Ardonnah Sylver Elligsen Nowlin, 84, died here in Sweet Home, Ore., April 22, 2017.
She was born in Oregon City, Nov. 3, 1932, to Harry Elligsen and wife Maud (Davis).
Ardonnah, or “Donie,” as her friends called her, grew up on a farm between Wilsonville and Tualatin. She was active in 4H.
She graduated from Sherwood High School in 1949, attended Oregon State University for two years, then transferred to Oregon College of Education in…