Ardyth J. Nath, 64. of Riceville, Iowa passed away at her residence on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2000 after an extended illness. Funeral services were held Monday, Feb. 28, at St. Peters Lutheran Church, Riceville, at 1:30 p.m. with Rev. Matthew Versemann officiating. Burial was in Riverside Cemetery, Riceville.

Ardyth Jean Nath was born on September 12, 1935 in Tama County to Warren and Mildred Tomlinson Gray. She attended local schools and graduated from Riceville High School in 1953. On September 29, 1955, Ardyth and Richard Nath were united in marriage at St. Peters Lutheran Church in Riceville, Iowa.

Survivors include her husband, Dick Nath of Riceville; three sons: Doug and his wife Trudy of Riceville, Dana of Riceville, and Christopher of Fraser, Colorado; one daughter, Debora and her husband Kevin Wright of Carbondale, Colorado; five grandchildren; two brothers: Howard Gray and his wife Rosemary of Sauk Centre, Minn, and Dr. James Gray and his wife Karen of Spring Grove, Minn.; and two sisters, Elaine (Robert) Robinson of Fenton, Mich, and Evelyn (Carrol) Watson of Lime Springs, Iowa.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Source: Riceville Recorder Mar. 2, 2000 from the Elma library collection assembled by Marian (Marr) McGee, Transcribed by ABBYY FineReader® 12, Adapted to the web by Bill Waters