Ethel Marie (Johnson) ARTHUR

JOHNSON, ARTHUR, KATUIN, WILES, SWANSON, DELLAVALLE, ROSE, DENSON, KRAUSE, DUMBLER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 10/18/2016 at 04:07:44

August 1, 1923 ---- September 29, 2016

Ethel Arthur

Ethel Marie Johnson was born in Wright County Iowa on August 1, 1923; she was one of 5 girls and 5 boys born to Tommy and Louise Johnson. After she graduated high school she taught school for a few years. After WW II she moved to Fresno California, where her brother Lawrence was living, and started work with the telephone company. During her time in Fresno she met Eugene Arthur and they were married in January of 1950. Dale was born in October of 1950 and Lois and Linda were born in May of 1952; she always told us how busy she was with 3 children under 18 months old. In 1958 they moved to 5 acres in Bonadelle Ranchos in Madera County; they bought a two story house removed the top story and moved it to their 5 acres. Over the next several years they spent all their free time putting a roof on the house, building bedrooms on the east side of the house and building a garage. Also during that time Paul was born in 1957 and Mark was born in 1962. Her sister Ruth and John Katuin, their longtime friends Andy and Faye Anderson and dad’s sister Lena and Marvin Wiles all moved out to the ranchos over the next several years. During their time in the ranchos they were very active at Trinity Lutheran Church in Madera and they also started a card club with the local neighbors living in the ranchos; we always remember the good times they had at the card parties. Every Christmas we would get together with Ruth and John Katuin’s family and celebrate Christmas. Mom and Ruth (mom’s sister) would make a wonderful dinner with potato cake and sometimes lutefisk (none of us kids liked this much). We always had great times with all of our cousins. She also worked at the school cafeteria for 13 years. After she and dad retired they started doing crafts together, Dad would make tops and other figures and mom would paint them; they attended a lot of craft fairs and enjoyed meeting people. They also enjoyed going up to the casino every once in a while; this continued after dad passed away when Linda would take her up to the casino, gamble and spend the night and then come back the next morning; she played the penny machines so never spent over $50. She also enjoyed going to Fort Washington with Linda and Robert on Bingo night and going to dinner over at Lois’s house; she always liked an outing with her kids. Mom was really devoted to her kids and always wanted to know how we were doing and what we were doing in our lives. We will miss her very much.

She is survived by her sister Ruth Katuin and Francis and Dean Swanson, her children Dale and Carolyn Arthur, Lois and Gene Dellavalle, Linda and Robert Rose, Paul Arthur, Mark Arthur; six grandchildren, Steven and Debbie Arthur, Sarah and Matt Denson, Matthew Arthur, Vanessa and Rudi Krause, Ross and Helene Dellavalle, Amber and Denny Dumbler; eight great grandchildren Raymond Arthur, Morgan Arthur, Taylor Denson, Abigale Denson, Madelyn Dellavalle, Conrad Krause, Lehven Dumbler, Dashel Dumbler.

Visitation will be on Friday, October 7, 2016 from 2 to 8 PM at Jay Chapel in Madera. A service in Celebration and Thanksgiving of Ethel’s Life will be on Saturday, October 8, 2016 art 11 AM at Trinity Lutheran Church in Madera. Private Interment will be at Arbor Vitae Cemetery in Madera. Remembrances may be made to Trinity Lutheran Church of Madera, 1125 N. Lake Street, Madera, CA. 93638

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Ethel Marie Arthur, Passed away on Thursday, September 29, 2016 at Cedar Creek Retirement Community in Madera. Ethel was born in Iowa, where she was raised in Forest City and received her early education. Ethel moved to California following World War II, originally settling in Fresno. She married Eugene "Gene" Arthur and they relocated to rural Madera County in 1958. Ethel was a stay at home mom but after her children were in college she went to work at Webster School in the Cafeteria and later at the Madera Unified Food Service Center. Ethel and her husband were active members of Trinity Lutheran Church of Madera for many years. At Trinity Church, Ethel was always ready to chair events and was an integral part of the quilting groups.

In addition to her husband of 52 years, Gene, Ethel was preceded in death by her parents Thomas and Louise Johnson, and by seven siblings. Ethel is survived by her children, Dale Arthur and his wife Carolyn of Porterville, CA, Paul William Arthur of Troy, Idaho, Mark Steven Arthur of Hawthorne, CA, Lois Marie Dellavalle and her husband Gene of Madera, CA and Linda May Rose and her husband Robert Glenn Rose of Fresno, CA. She is the sister of Ruth Katuin of Clovis, CA and Francis Swanson and her husband Dean of Iowa. She is the cherished grandmother of six grandchildren eight great-grandchildren. Also surviving Ethel are numerous nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be at Jay Chapel in Madera, on Friday, October 7, 2016, from 2:00 p.m to 8:00 p.m. A service in Celebration and Thanksgiving of Ethel's Life will be at Trinity Lutheran Church in Madera, on Saturday, October 8, 2016, 11:00 a.m. A private Interment will be at Arbor Vitae Cemetery in Madera. Remembrances may be made to Trinity Lutheran Church of Madera, 1125 N. Lake Street, Madera, CA. 93638 Jay Chapel, 1121 Roberts Avenue, Madera, California.

Fresno Bee --- Fresno, California
October 6, 2016