Arthur Charles Standing (1970)

GRIFFITH, HENDERSON, KNIGHT, STANDING

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 11/5/2008 at 09:06:44

Earlham Echo
Earlham, Iowa
Thursday, February 5, 1970

Services Held for Arthur Standing

Arthur Standing was visiting in the Roy and Wanda Knight home when he suffered a stroke on January 14. After struggling to live for ten days, he died on January 24 at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines. It seems fitting that his last illness should have taken place in this community, as 52 years of his life he spent as a resident here.

Obituary

Arthur Charles Standing was born at Earlham, Iowa October 15, 1894 and passed away January 24, 1970 at the age of 75 years. He was the oldest of seven children in the family of Charles and Mary Alice Standing of the Bear Creek Meeting of Friends. He spent his childhood years in the Earlham community and his high school years in Friends boarding schools.

A conscientious objector to war during World War I, he did reconstruction work in 1918 and 1919 in France under the auspices of the American Friends Service Committee. Upon his return, he started farming for himself.

On March 28, 1925 he married Lydia Henderson of the Paullina Meeting of Friends. To this union were born two daughters, Reva and Wanda. The family continued farming near Earlham until 1948 when Arthur’s health forced his retirement from that profession. At this time they moved to Primghar where he became custodian for the Farm Bureau building across from their home. He had retired from this position only a few months before he was stricken.

Although he was in poor health for much of his life, he was a man of cheerful disposition. He maintained a wide variety of interests. Through his painting of landscapes and cultivation of flowers, he expressed his love of natural beauty. Through his conversation and warmth, he reached out to others. A birthright Friend, he was active in whatever meeting he was a member, and he cherished the social concerns of Friends.

He is survived by his wife, Lydia of Primghar, two daughters, Mrs. John Griffith of Ames and Mrs. Roy Knight of Earlham, and their husband, nine grandchildren, one great granddaughter, brothers and sisters, nieces and nephews.

Services were held at Mapleside meetinghouse near Paullina, January 26, at 2:00 p.m. The final resting place is the cemetery adjacent to the meetinghouse.

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