Ardis Lorraine Klumb

MARQUETTE, MI – Ardis Lorraine (Ames) Klumb, age 98, passed away at her home in Marquette on November 8, 2026, in the loving care of her family and guided by the U.P. Home Health and Hospice. As the second to the youngest child of Leo D. and Sophia (Blaker) Ames, she was born and raised in Munising, MI. After graduating from Mather High School, she made her way to Milwaukee, WI at the invitation of her brother, Bob, where she resided until completing her course at the Milwaukee Beauty Academy. Upon returning to Marquette, she met and married Bernard Mineau and together they raised four children. In the mid-1960’s Ardis attended nursing classes at St. Luke’s Hospital where she earned her PCA and took great pride in caring for the patients there. Thereafter Ardis met and married Ronald Klumb where they became a blended family of nine children in total.

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