Background
Edwards, Ardis Lavonne Quam was born on July 30, 1930 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States. Daughter of Norman and Dorothy (Cade) Quam.
Edwards, Ardis Lavonne Quam was born on July 30, 1930 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States. Daughter of Norman and Dorothy (Cade) Quam.
Teaching credentials, Augustana Lutheran College, Sioux Falls, 1949; provisional teaching credentials, San Jose State College, 1953; student, San Jose State College, 1953-1957.
Manager, The Cottage Restaurant, Sioux Falls, 1943-1950; one-room school teacher, Whaley School, Colman, South Dakot, 1949-1950; one-room school teacher 8 grades, East Sioux School, Sioux Falls, 1950-1951; recreation director, City of Albany, California, 1951-1952; first grade teacher, Decoto (California) School District, 1952-1958; retired, 1958.
Treasurer Parent-Teachers Association, Hayward, California, 1959. Chairman Our Savior Lutheran Church Blood Bank, since 1968. Officer Healthy Communities, Healthy Youth.
Member American Heart Association, March of Dimes, American Cancer Society, Arthritis Foundation. Room mother Chadbourne Grammar School. Team mother Fremont Little League.
Brownie leader, den mother. Bible school teacher, Sunday school teacher East Side Lutheran Church, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 1945—1951. Charter member Our Savior Lutheran Church, Fremont, California, since 1964, member choir, transition task force, Christian Week Day School teacher, 1970, 1987, church historian, since 1986.
Other offices; president Lutheran Women's Missionary League, 1976. Education officer, fraternal communicator, respecteen officer Lutheran Brotherhood. Youth director Thrivent Finance for Lutheran.
Member National Association of Female Executives, AARP, Republic Airlines Retired Pilots Association, Retired Airline Pilots Association, Northwest Airlines Retired Pilots Association, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, Southwest Airways Pilots Wives Association, Concerned Women for American, World Affairs Council, Philomathian Literature Society, Tri-Cities Association Evangelicals, Union City History Museum, Washington Township History Society, Mission Highlands Swim Club.
Married Paul Edwards, April 18, 1953 (deceased September 1988). Children: Kevin (deceased 1980), Kendall, Erin, Sally, Kristin, Keely.