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The Life of VERDA LEONA BARIDON

Verda Baridon, 83, passed away July 23, 2013, at Iowa Lutheran Hospital. She was born in Nankin, Ohio, on January 5, 1930, daughter of Mary Ziegler and Theron Landon. She accepted the Lord Jesus as her Savior and was baptized in the Grace Brethren Church in Ashland, Ohio. She graduated from Swedish Covenant Nursing School, Chicago, IL. Verda married David Baridon on August 20, 1953, at her parents’ home in Ashland. She worked as a nurse at Mayo Clinic and Blank Children’s Hospital until she became a full-time mother and later, grandmother. Verda is survived by her husband, David of Ankeny; sons, David Mark of Louisville, KY, and Bruce (Marilyn) of Cedar Falls, IA; grandchildren, Elizabeth, Anna, Laura, and Steven, and her sister, Opal Raymer of Charlotte, NC. Funeral services will be held at Ankeny Baptist Church, 2842 SW 3rd Street, on Saturday, July 27, at 3:00 p.m. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service time at the church. Burial will be 10 a.m., Monday, July 29, at Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery, 1 NE 60th Avenue in Des Moines. Memorial contributions may be directed to Faith Baptist Bible College and Seminary, Ankeny, IA, in loving memory of Verda.

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