ARNOLD, Alice May (BOLES)

ARNOLD, BOLES, BLYTHE, WOOD, RIEB, JOHNSON

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 5/2/2015 at 15:53:52

Obituary ~ Alice May (Boles) Arnold
March 13, 1931 ~ April 26, 2015

Leon Journal-Reporter
Leon, Decatur County, Iowa
Thursday, April 30, 2015

Alice May Arnold, age 84, of Grand River, Iowa, was born to Orel and Beryl Boles on March 13, 1931. She died at the Ringgold County Hospital in Mt. Ayr, Iowa on Sunday, April 26, 2015.

Alice was the oldest of six siblings. She attended Brick School for elementary, Leon High School for three years, and Van Wert High School for her senior year, graduating in 1950. On April 30, 1951, she married Dale Edward Arnold at Shephard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas. To this union two sons were born, Gary Lee and Randall Dale.

Over the years, Alice worked at several places including Decatur County Hospital as a medical librarian, Whitfield Feed and Hatchery as a bookkeeper, Metcalf Drug all before attending Southwestern Community College. In 1975, she graduated with an LPN degree in nursing. She worked at the Ringgold County Hospital in Mt. Ayr for over 20 years. In her free time, Alice enjoyed knitting and crocheting. She was an avid reader and enjoyed attending and dancing at the Jam Sessions with Dale. She liked country music.

Preceding her in death were her parents and great granddaughter, Lexy. Survivors include her husband, Dale Arnold, of Grand River; sons, Gary Arnold and Randy Arnold, both of Grand River; three grandchildren, Dale Randall Arnold, Kara Arnold and Curtis, and Meghin and David Blythe; great grandchildren, Gavin and Jayce; siblings, David & Mardell Boles and Susie & Keith Wood, all of Iowa, Anne & Richard Rieb of Colorado, Mary Boles and Lorraine Johnson, both of Washington; and other relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be held at the Slade - O'Donnell Funeral Home in Leon, Iowa at 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 1, 2015, with Pastor Rick Hawkins officiating. Burial will be in the Grand River Cemetery, Grand River, Iowa.

Slade-O'Donnell Funeral Home of Leon and Lamoni were in charge of arrangements.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, May of 2015

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