Ardath K. Scott

Ardath K. "Ardie" Scott, 93, formerly of Moline, Illinois, died Saturday, April 23, 2016, in Illinois Veterans Home, LaSalle, Illinois.

Services are 11 a.m. Thursday, May 12, 2016, in the Horizon Room at Trimble Funeral Home at Trimble Pointe, 701 12th Street, Moline, with visitation one hour before the services. Friends are invited to join the family at a funeral luncheon at CityView Celebrations at Trimble Pointe following the funeral service. Memorials may be made to Illinois Veterans Home, LaSalle.

Ardath Elaine Kucera was born March 16, 1923, in Lincoln, Nebraska, to Michael and Estelle (Howell) Kucera. She was a corporal in the US Marine Corps Women's Reserve during WW II, She married Corporal Robert Lee Scott in 1945, in Galena, Illinois. Ardie graduated from Augustana College and received her Master's Degree from the University of Illinois. She was a teacher and principal for Moline School District #40 for 30 years, retiring as principal of Roosevelt School in 1983. She was responsible for starting the Head Start Program which later became Title I. She was the first woman board member of the Moline YMCA and was on the board when the new Y was planned and built. She was a member of Riverside United Methodist Church, Moline, She loved spending time with her family, and enjoyed music, traveling, going to the race tracks, playing cards in her basement, and her stock club.

Ardie is survived by her daughter, Sharon Scott Coulston of Moline; her son Mark Scott of Moline; her daughter-in-law, Judy Scott of East Moline; three grandchildren and their spouses, Tiffaney and Dan Matthews, Michelle and Albert Johnson, and Jennifer and Ray Green; seven great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; her sister, Myrna Strafford of Moline; and nieces and nephews and their spouses, Lisa Strafford and Mike Fisher, David and Cathy Strafford, Julie and Peter Greiner, Robert and Nancy Kucera, and Jimmy and Lynn Kucera, and their families. She was preceded in death by her son, Richard "Scotty" Scott; her son-in-law, Carroll Coulston; her daughter-in-law, Amy Scott; her brother and sister-in-law, Glenn and Kathryn Kucera; her brother-in-law, Robert Strafford; and a great-great-grandchild.

Ardie's family invites friends to share stories and condolences and light a free candle in her memory at www.TrimbleFuneralHomes.com.