Ardella Laurene Pinney

Family oriented, hardworking, and compassionate are just a few ways to describe Ardella Pinney. A few historical events that occurred in 1921 would include: the Tomb of the Unknowns is established in Arlington National Cemetery, Babe Ruth sets a new career home run record, Boeing Corporation abandons furniture making in favor of building aircraft, and on January 17, 1921 in Ossian, IN Homer and Hattie (Allen) Neuenschwander welcomed the birth of their first child Ardella L. Neuenschwander.
Ardella attended Ossian Schools and graduated with the Class of 1940. She was the oldest of three children and from the time she was able to work and help make ends meet for the family she did all she could do. After graduating from high school Ardella worked at General Electric in Decatur and was quickly promoted to supervisor. She was engaged to a young man named Truman Krueckeberg in her early 20s, who died serving in the Army during WWII.
Later she transferred to the experimental department in Fort Wayne and worked there for five years. While working there, she met Jack Pinney . They dated and soon fell in love. On December 6, 1947 Ardella married Jack Clinton Pinney at the Waynedale United Methodist Church, Fort Wayne. They added to their family two daughters Priscilla and Rita. Then in 1954, she started working at Lincoln Life, where she was an account analyst until her retirement in 1987. Shortly after she was called back and worked an additional two years. After retirement Ardella and Jack wintered in Texas and returned to Bear Lake in the summers. Occasionally she could also be found fishing, but she wanted nothing to do with any kind of swimming.
Ardella always stressed the importance of family values, hard work, virtues of honesty and most of all, compassion to her children. She also loved to have family dinners, holiday gatherings, along with cooking and baking her favorite Amish recipes. She was a very family oriented person who helped her family in every way possible. She liked to stay in touch with her closest friends by calling and writing letters.
Ardella loved quilting and made countless numbers of them for family and friends. She also enjoyed reading quilting and architectural magazines and the Holy Bible, gardening, growing plants, and keeping flowers in the yard looking fantastic. Her favorite television show was the Lawrence Welk Show and her favorite movie was The Sound of Music. On a rare occasion that Ardella get very upset she would use a phrase her grandfather used to say "Du bist ein dummer esel".
Ardella will be well remembered in the hearts of those that knew and loved her, never to be forgotten.
Ardella L. Pinney, age 97, of Albion, IN passed away at 11:33 am on Thursday November 8, 2018 at Parkview Whitley Hospital, Columbia City. Survivors include her daughters Priscilla (Greg) Jeffrey of Fort Wayne and Rita (Mark) Newman of Rome City; 5 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Jack, two brothers, and a grandson.
Funeral services for Ardella will be held at 1:00 pm on Tuesday November 13, 2018 at DeMoney Grimes, a Life Story Funeral Home, 600 Countryside Drive, Columbia City, with calling two hours prior to service.
Burial will follow in Pleasant Grove Cemetery, North Manchester.
Memorial contributions in memory of Ardella may be made to the donor's choice.
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