Obit: Arndt, Florence Helen (1877 - 1960)

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Surnames: Arndt, Whaples, Stannard, Cowen, Waldhart, Schimek, Steen

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 01/28/1960

Arndt, Florence Helen (3 June 1877 - 28 Jan. 1960)

Mrs. Gus Arndt, 83, died Jan. 28 at 1:30 a.m. after an illness of a year at the home of her daughter, Mrs.  Bart Whaples, ? Maple St., Fort Atkinson, Wis.

The former Florence Helen Stannard was born June 3, 1877, in the town of Holton, near Abbotsford, the daughter of William and Sarah Cowen Stannard. She was married June 16, 1896 to Mr. Arndt, who died April 30, 1935.

Mrs. Arndt spent most of her life in this area, both on a farm and in the village. Since the death of her husband, she had spent the winters at Fort Atkinson with her daughter and the summers at her home here.

She was a member of the Presbyterian church.

She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Bart M. (Sarah) Whaples, Fort Atkinson and Mrs. Fred (Ella) Waldhart, Abbotsford; one sister, Mrs. Frank Schimek, Fort Atkinson; one brother, Clarence Stannard, Jefferson; five grand children and 12 great grand children. One son also preceded her in death.

Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday from the Roy L.F. Hayes Funeral Home, with the Rev. Roy Steen, pastor of the First Methodist church, officiating. Burial was made in Lake View cemetery at Fort Atkinson.