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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Elsie M. Arnold
Elsie M.
Arnold
Aug 31, 1924 — Nov 12, 2007
Elsie M. Arnold's Obituary
MEADE – Elsie M. Arnold, age 83, died early Monday morning, November 12, 2007, at her Meade residence.
She was born August 31, 1924, at Guymon, Oklahoma, the daughter of John Andrew and Viola Marie (Pickard) Costner. As a young girl she attended the Guymon school system. She later was a graduate of the Liberal Academy of Hairdressing. A longtime resident of Guymon and Liberal, she owned and operated Elsie's Beauty Shop and was a co-owner of Arnold Dirt Construction both of Guymon. In 1996, she moved to Meade, moving from Liberal.
She formerly attended the Four Square Gospel Church of Guymon, was a member of the Veteran's of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Post #770, Ashland; attended the Beam Senior Center, Meade, and sang with the Golden Notes. She enjoyed attending to her plants, playing the guitar, and singing.
She married Vernon Webb in November, 1939, the couple later divorced. She then married Robert Willis Forbes on June 27, 1942, they later divorced. On June 13, 1954, she married Carl R. Arnold at Clayton, New Mexico. He passed away in 1987.
She is survived by:
Her children, Verna McPhail and husband, Dean of Ashland, Kansas
Milton Forbes and wife, Mary Ann of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Loni Rhea of Florence, South Carolina
Boni Khea of Guymon, Oklahoma
Robert Forbes and wife, Marlene of Plains, Kansas
Carlene Hancock and husband, Hayden of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Son-in-law Jim Mosburg of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Twenty-three grandchildren Many great-grandchildren
Twenty-one great-great-grandchildren
She is preceded in death by her parents; husbands; a daughter, Roberta Mosburg; a brother, John Andrew Costner, Jr.; two sisters, Ozella Reed and Betty Lou Dain; a granddaughter, Jacquelin Williams; and a great-grandson, Dustin Chance.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, November 16, 2007, at Fidler-Orme-Bachman Mortuary Chapel, Meade, with the Reverend Ron Willard presiding. Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. Thursday at the mortuary. Interment will be at 2:00 p.m. Friday in the Guymon Cemetery, Guymon, Oklahoma.
The family would welcome memorials to the Golden Notes or the VFW Auxiliary in care of the mortuary.
She was born August 31, 1924, at Guymon, Oklahoma, the daughter of John Andrew and Viola Marie (Pickard) Costner. As a young girl she attended the Guymon school system. She later was a graduate of the Liberal Academy of Hairdressing. A longtime resident of Guymon and Liberal, she owned and operated Elsie's Beauty Shop and was a co-owner of Arnold Dirt Construction both of Guymon. In 1996, she moved to Meade, moving from Liberal.
She formerly attended the Four Square Gospel Church of Guymon, was a member of the Veteran's of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Post #770, Ashland; attended the Beam Senior Center, Meade, and sang with the Golden Notes. She enjoyed attending to her plants, playing the guitar, and singing.
She married Vernon Webb in November, 1939, the couple later divorced. She then married Robert Willis Forbes on June 27, 1942, they later divorced. On June 13, 1954, she married Carl R. Arnold at Clayton, New Mexico. He passed away in 1987.
She is survived by:
Her children, Verna McPhail and husband, Dean of Ashland, Kansas
Milton Forbes and wife, Mary Ann of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Loni Rhea of Florence, South Carolina
Boni Khea of Guymon, Oklahoma
Robert Forbes and wife, Marlene of Plains, Kansas
Carlene Hancock and husband, Hayden of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Son-in-law Jim Mosburg of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Twenty-three grandchildren Many great-grandchildren
Twenty-one great-great-grandchildren
She is preceded in death by her parents; husbands; a daughter, Roberta Mosburg; a brother, John Andrew Costner, Jr.; two sisters, Ozella Reed and Betty Lou Dain; a granddaughter, Jacquelin Williams; and a great-grandson, Dustin Chance.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, November 16, 2007, at Fidler-Orme-Bachman Mortuary Chapel, Meade, with the Reverend Ron Willard presiding. Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. Thursday at the mortuary. Interment will be at 2:00 p.m. Friday in the Guymon Cemetery, Guymon, Oklahoma.
The family would welcome memorials to the Golden Notes or the VFW Auxiliary in care of the mortuary.
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