Ardie was born in 1932 in Keystone, Iowa to Walter & Dora Kallsen and was raised on a family farm until her junior year in high school. She was one of nine children! Her family moved to Cottonwood, Arizona where she completed her senior year at Cottonwood High School graduating in 1949. Shortly after graduating she moved to Glendale, California to live with her 2 older sisters, Lois and Audrey. Soon she began working at Capital Records in Hollywood.
At the request of a friend, Ardie became pen pals with an Air Force serviceman who was serving in Okinawa, Japan ~ Thomas Windsor Paulsen. They were married December 22, 1956. Tom & Ardie had two children, Mark Edward and Jolie Kristine Paulsen and raised their family in Southern California. For many years she volunteered in local schools and then was hired as an “ESL” teacher. She loved working with the children. In 1990 Tom retired from Rockwell International and they spent 21 of their retirement years living in a golf community in Las Vegas, Nevada. In 2011 they relocated to Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Ardie loved good food, visiting with family and friends, painting, arts & crafts and traveling. She also enjoyed going to movies, plays and being involved with her church. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle was of utmost importance to her. Most of all, she loved and adored her hus-band, children and grandchildren.
She is survived by her husband Tom, son Mark and his wife Michelle of Reno, Nevada; daugh-ter Jolie and her husband Erik Lutz of Sedalia, Colorado along with six grandchildren: Meagan, Matthew and Melissa Paulsen along with Chayce, Riese and Bryce Lutz. Ardie also leaves be-hind a loving extended family of sisters, nieces, nephews and cousins.
Memorial arrangements for Ardath are being planned for a private graveside
service at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, California. Date still to be determined.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made as donations to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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