Gentry, Ardella

Ardella Gentry
April 16, 1904-March 26, 1980


Niles Daily Star, Thursday, March 27, 1980, page 2, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library


Mrs. Ardella Gentry, 75, of 1702 Ferry St., died at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Pawating Hospital following a lengthy illness.

Mrs. Gentry was born April. 16, 1904, in Niles, and was a lifetime resident here. She was  a member of the Apostolic Faith Assembly Church, where she belonged to the Ladies Auxiliary and the Pastor's Aid.  She was a homemaker.

On Jan. 1, 1927, in South Bend, She married Thurston D. Gentry. He survives.

Other survivors include two sons, Frank Gentry and Jerrell Gentry, both of Niles; and a daughter, Mrs. Ted (Joyce) Miller, also of Niles; nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Apostolic Faith Assembly with the Rev. W.J. Coad officiating.  Burial will follow in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Thrusday[sic] at the Pifer-Smith Funeral Home in Niles. Memorials may be given to the Apostolic Faith Assembly and the Berrien County Cancer Service.