Carol Ardyce Andersen
Saturday, April 9, 1921
Date of Death:
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Age:
95 years old
Visitation
Date: Sunday December 04, 2016
Time: 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: River Park Chapel at Macken Funeral Home [ view map ]
Second Visitation
Date: Monday December 05, 2016
Time: 10:00 am
Location: Gloria Dei Lutheran Church [ view map ]
Memorial Service
Date: Monday December 05, 2016
Time: 11:00 am
Location: Gloria Dei Lutheran Church [ view map ]
Burial
Burial of Carol's ashes will take place at Maple Lawn Cemetery in Faribault, MN at a later date.
Saturday, April 9, 1921
Date of Death:
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Age:
95 years old
Saturday, April 9, 1921
Date of Death:
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Age:
95 years old
Carol Ardyce Andersen
Carol Ardyce Andersen, 95, died peacefully on November 30, 2016 at Pine Haven Care Center in Pine Island. She had resided at Shorewood Place for the last 15 years.
Carol A. Ulen was the oldest of twelve children born to Charles and Johanna Sorbel Ulen on April 9, 1921 in Hanska, Brown County, MN. She was baptized at the family home when she was an infant. The family spent time in Faribault and rural Morristown. She graduated from Faribault High School in 1940.
She married Edgar Andersen on December 20, 1942 at First English Lutheran in Faribault, MN. Carol and Edgar moved to South St. Paul in 1943 and spent most of their time in the Twin Cities. Carol worked as an executive secretary for 42 years. Her hobbies were sewing and knitting. She completed a genealogical book on her paternal grandfather after her retirement and enjoyed many hours of research. She also became a ham radio operator (call letters KB0NRA) after retirement and enjoyed her contacts with her ham radio friends.
Carol was preceded in death by her husband Edgar and grandson Andy. She is survived by her daughter Joanna “Joni” and husband Carl Johnson. Three grandsons Kirk, Jeff (Janna), and Bruce (Traci) and one granddaughter Leah (Terry), one great grandson Edgar. She is also survived by five sisters, Maxine (Don) Nordmeier, Joanne (Gerald) Schwichtenberg, Sandra (Gordon) Krause, Charlene (Maynard) Schroeder and Noreen (Orman) Kalien and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers, Victor, Clayton, Myron and Ron Ulen – two sisters Lois Kramer and Betty Weum, sisters-in-law Ione Ulen, Iris Ulen and Patricia Ulen, brothers-in-law Gordon Krause, Don Nordmeier and Curt Weum and two infant children.
A Memorial Service for Carol will be held on Monday, December 5, 2016 at 11:00AM at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Rochester with Pastor Karna Hagen-Moskalik officiating. Visitation will be held on Sunday afternoon, December 4, 2016 from 2:00pm until 5:00pm in the River Park Chapel of Macken Funeral Home. Visitation will also be held one hour prior to the service at the church on Monday.
A private interment will be at the Maple Lawn Cemetery in Faribault, MN at a later date.
Condolences
The family of Carol Ardyce Andersen has received the following condolences.
We look forward to seeing our loved ones again because of the Bible's promise at Acts 24:15 "And I have hope toward God, which hope these men also look forward to, that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous."
It is with a VERY heavy heart that I have to write these feelings and can not deliver them personally. Carol was more than just a God Mother, and matriarch to me. She was the kind of person that all strive to be. To say that she will be terribly missed is a VAST understatement. One thing that you can say without hesitation, is that Carol left her foot-print on this earth. I will never be able to thank her enough for getting me involved in genealogy, and understanding our complex roots.
On this day our heart cries, but why? Our Carol has been called home...her job here on earth is done, and now it is time for her to take her rightful place. I know that I am being selfish in saying this, but I just wanted to keep her around for a little while longer. I can say Thank You for the time we had together, and her kindness and understanding. Even as a young active child, it is hard to recall her ever getting mad at me, and I'm sure that I gave her more than enough reason to do so.
I won't say goodbye, I will just until we meet again.
My dear Ulen sisters, Maxine, Joanne, Sandy, Charlene, and Noreen,
Sincere sympathies for the loss of your oldest sister . But also happy for you because Carol knew about Jesus ~ ~ ~ she is with Him in heaven. Love, Helen