William Henry Ady

Son of Howard Robert Ady and Juanita Ellen Howe.

William "Bill", as he was known, was born February 7, 1938, on the Homestead in Jordan, Montana, on the outskirts of the town of Brusett, Montana. He rode horses bareback before he started kindergarten. He loved to read; even as a little kid, he would have a flashlight underneath his blankets at night so he could read books.

Graduated from Jordan High School in 1955. In the fall of 1955, he and his brother Howard went to work for the roads service. One of the places they worked was Beaver, Utah where met his future wife Ardella Parkinson, at a roller-skate rink in Beaver, Utah. His brother Howard also met his future wife, Eyelyn Hardy, at the same roller rink on the same date. Ardella and Eyelyn are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

William was baptized on 26 March 1957 in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

He married Ardella Parkinson on 26 June 1958 in St. George Temple, St. George, Utah

They had seven kids: Linda Marie, Kathy Lynn, Rodney William, Gerald Delmar, Curtis Arthur, Susan Joyce, and Rory Charles.

They lived in several places in Utah. In the early or mid-1960s, they bought a home at 416 Bryant Avenue in Salt Lake City, Utah.

In 1969, he graduated from the University of Utah with a bachelor's degree in Accounting.

In 1970, he got a job for Pelican Cold Storage Co. The family moved from Utah to Seattle, Washington, in 1970. They rented a house by Glacier High School.

In 1973, his job made him move to Pelican, Alaska, as the office manager for Pelican Cold Storage Co. The family stayed there until 1975, when the family moved back to Seattle.

We stayed with our aunt Sharon’s uncle Gerald’s for a while, September through early January 1976. They bought a house in January 1976 at 10008 11th Ave. SW in the White Center area. He got a job for Wards Cove Packing Company in 1975. He basically got hired on the spot once they found out he was from Pelican, Alaska, because at the time Wards Cove was thinking about buying Pelican Cold Storage Co. From 1976 until 2001, he would spend May through July in Naknek, Alaska, working for Wards Cove at Red Salmon Cannery. He stayed at Wards Cove until 2001 when he retired. Once he retired, he became a security guard for Delta Marine in Seattle. In 2006, his wife Ardella passed away. He stayed at the White Center house until 2019. He sold it and bought a trailer house in a 55 in older community, Bow Lake, in SeaTac, Washington. He stayed there until 2023, and then he moved into an adult family home, where he passed away on 26 October 2026.

Preceding him in death are his mother and father, all his brothers and sisters, his wife, Ardella, and his daughter, Kathy.

Linda, Rodney, Gerald, Curtis, Susan, and Rory are still alive, as well as the grandchildren and great-grandchildren.