Berdenia Merle Ball
Berdenia Merle Ball, 83, on Jan. 8, at 1:45 a.m. stepped into Heaven walking hand in hand with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, into everlasting life, welcomed by her loving husband Bob, along with family and friends.
She was born on Aug. 18, 1932, in a little house at the edge of Fulton, to her parents Urbin and Edith (Baird) Jackson and older sister Charlene.
On June 17, 1951, at the Fulton Evangelical United Brethren Church in a double wedding ceremony with her sister Charlene, who married Gene Williams, she married Walter “Bob” Ball Jr. Just two days shy of 60 years of marriage, they raised four children who were blessed to have loving, caring parents.
After graduating from Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in 1956 as a registered nurse, she worked in surgery, OB and on various medical floors in several hospitals, along with doing private duty nursing, director of nursing at the Rochester hospital and Strawberry Village Nursing Home. She also taught nursing classes at several nursing homes and worked for home care before retiring from the nursing field.
Berdenia was a loving and caring mother and will be dearly missed by Steven [Nadiya] Ball of Fort Wayne, Mary Ann [Leland] Hooley of Ligonier, Phillip [Tina] Ball of Ligonier, and Mary Alice [Bryan] Yoes of Houston, Texas; grandchildren: Jeremiah [Rhoda] Ball of Ligonier, Olivia [Jonathan] Kline of Huntington, Megan [Tyler] Esposito of Houston, Texas, Ashley and Elizabeth Yoes of Houston, Texas, and Ruslan [Shelia] Sadonova Ball of Napa Valley, California; and great-grandchildren: Audrey and Colten Kline, Alina and Sasha Sadonova Ball, Juliette Ball and Hallie Joy Esposito.
Family and friends will be received on Friday, Jan. 15, 2-8 p.m. at Yeager Funeral Home, 1589 Lincolnway South, Ligonier. On Saturday, Jan. 16, viewing will be at Ligonier Evangelical Church; 1911 Lincolnway South, Ligonier, 10-11 a.m., followed by the service at 11 a.m. Pastor Troy Diersing will officiate. Burial will take place at Oak Park Cemetery, Ligonier.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be directed to the International Rett Syndrome Association or the Ligonier Evangelical Church.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.yeagerfuneralhome.com.
(Pulaski County Journal — Jan. 13, 2016)