Terrell B. Ard

Terrell B. Ard, age 76, of Nevada, Ohio, passed away on Friday, February 24, 2012 at 3:45pm at Marion General Hospital in Marion, surrounded by his family.

Terrell was born in Vinnie, Kentucky on March 6, 1935 to Marshal and Edna (Grammer) Ard, both of whom are deceased. He married Dorothy Prince on November 26, 1955 at the Church of the Nazarene in Upper Sandusky and she survives.

Also surviving are 3 children: Rex, and his wife Sharon Ard of Bucyrus, Dexter Ard, of Bucyrus, his fiancAC.e Kelly Wood, and Lisa Ard and Gus Sergakis of Columbus. Four grandchildren, Amber (Scott) Langenderfer, Nick (Sarah) Ard, Josh (Kelly) Ard and Brandon Ard, along with 6 great grandchildren, Chloe, Preston and Micah Ard, and Avery, Collin and Hayden Langenderfer.

Terrell is also survived by a sister Maxine Johnson of Faubush, KY and by 2sister in laws, Sarah Vanbuskirk of Nevada and Susie and her husband Bob, Blankenship of rural Nevada; their son Matthew and his wife Whitney, along with their children Emily, Madilynn and Hunter. To the Blankenship family, especially Susie growing up and spending of lot of her younger years in The Ard home, Terrell was like a father to her and in later years a grandpa to her son Matt. Terrell is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews that were very dear to him and his family.

He was preceded in death by a daughter Crystal Ann Ard, a brother Ethard and 5 sisters, Ruth Johnson, Catherine Vanhoosier, Thelma Neeley, Eller Berdine, and Dorothy Foster.

Terrell was retired from Swan Hose in Bucyrus where he had worked for over 40 years. He attended the Church of the Nazarene in Upper Sandusky and was a member of the Wyandot County Coon Hunters Association, Pheasants Forever and the Backwoods Sportsman Club in Somerset, KY.

For hobbies he enjoyed being outdoors, whether fishing or hunting or working in his garden. Terrell would spend time in the morning drinking coffee with his friends at McDonalds and he also liked to collect Vaseline Glass.

Funeral services for Terrell B. Ard will be held at 11:00am Wednesday, February 29, at the Lucas-Batton Funeral Home in Upper Sandusky with the Rev. Ben Gregory officiating. Burial will follow in Nevada Cemetery.

Visitations will be held on Tuesday from 4:00pm to 8:00pm at the Lucas-Batton Funeral Home in Upper Sandusky.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Columbus Oncology and Hematology and can be sent to Lucas- Batton Funeral Home, 476 S. Sandusky Ave. Upper Sandusky, OH 43351.