Former resident of Pilgrim Road, Houghton; Woodside Lane, Dollar Bay; and The Bluffs, Houghton. She was the 13th child of Emile and Celina (Perreault) DesJardin. She grew up in Hubbell where she attended the St. Cecilia School and graduated from Lake Linden High School in 1955. After graduating, she worked at JC Penneys in Calumet until she married Frederick (Fritz) Ahola on September 17, 1955. They moved to Lincoln, NE, where Fritz was stationed in the U.S. Air Force. Their first two of seven children were born in Lincoln and in 1958, they returned to the Copper Country, living on Pilgrim Road on Fritz's family farm until after retirement when they moved to Woodside Lane in Dollar Bay. She worked for Michigan State University as the first female program assistant for Houghton and Keweenaw Counties 4-H. She was also the first manager for the Houghton County Fair, and worked as a religious education coordinator at St. Ignatius Catholic Church, and as a pastoral pssistant at St. Albert the Great. She was also self-employed by Stanley Home Products, Avon, and Pampered Chef, and she sold a lot of homemade Thimbleberry jam that the family made together. She volunteered with the Dial Help Crisis Center for 25 years, and 4-H for a total of 50 years. She was a member of FCE (Family Community Education - Formerly Extension Homemakers), Noteworthy Singers, Aqua Fit-Wellness Center, The Red Hats, The Catholic Order of Foresters and St Ignatius Catholic Women. She was preceded in death by her husband Fritz; son Frederick William, Jr. (1962); five DesJardin brothers, Emil, Frances, William Paul, Raymond, Joseph; and sisters, Emily DeCourcy, Theresa, Louise Buchmoyer, Marie Burgess, Madonna Kajander, Helen McCormick, and Anne J Ullery (18 Jul 1927 - 15 Feb 2007). She is survived by her 6 children, 16 grandchildren, and 17 great-grandchildren: daughter, Vicki (Mark) Little of Tapiola and their 2 sons, Mark (Krystal) and Jay, and their children, Megan, Jake, Vera, and Ryder; son, Ricky (Sandra) Ahola of Houghton and their 5 children, Amy (Allan Johnsen), Philip, Nathan (Heather), Amber (Bryce) Tuttle, Erica (Eric) Bates and their children, Dane, Tori, Taylor, Denny, Noah, Antionette, Damian, David, Elizabeth, and Wyatt; son, Jon (Laura) Ahola of Portage, WI, and their 3 children, Zachary (Alexis), Kaelyn, and Maxwell; daughter, Dawn (Michael) Guzak of Battle Creek, MI, and their 3 children, Charles (Rachel), Kristine (Nick Johnson), and Emilee, and Krissy's son, Gideon; daughter, Mary (Daniel) Crane of Chassell and their 2 daughters, Amanda (Eric) Deyaert and Rachel, and Amanda's 2 daughters, Kinsley and Delaney; and daughter, Sandy Allen (Israel Alfonso) of Miami, FL, and her daughter Ashley.