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Ardith R. Mandery, 63

Ardith R. Mandery, 63, of Fort Calhoun, died Sept. 15, 2003, in Omaha. Private funeral services are pending with Sievers-Sprick Funeral Home.

Ardith Rae (Kussman) Mandery was born Sept. 24, 1939, in Pawnee City.

She was married May 5, 1963, to Richard Mandery. The couple later divorced.

She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Susan and Richard Vise of Missouri, daughter and fiancé, Darcy Jordan and Roger Coleman of Council Bluffs, Iowa, five grandchildren, and her ex-husband, Richard Mandery of carter Lake, Iowa.

She was preceded in death by two sons, Bruce Melby and Wendall Melby; her mother, Madel Kussman, brothers, Dale Kussman, William Kussman, Dick Kussman, Larry Kussman Jr. and Fred Kussman, and sisters, Donna Kussman, Gracy Kussman and Barbara Jean Kussman.

Memorials are suggested to Hospice House of Omaha.