Julius "Charles" Arnold Obituary (2015)

Funeral services for Julius “Charles” Arnold age 81 of Blair will be held at 2:00PM Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at Campbell Aman Funeral home in Blair, with internment following in the Blair Cemetery. Visitation will be held prior to services beginning at 12:00PM. Mr. Arnold died March 21, 2015 at Memorial Community Hospital in Blair. Julius Charles Arnold was born on March 19, 1934 on a farm near Verdon, Nebraska to Walter H. and Goldie M. Arnold. He graduated from Dawson High School in 1953. He was employed with Vickers Hydraulic Pump Factory in Omaha before being drafted into the United States Army where he served with the 25th Infantry Division in Hawaii. After his discharge from the Army he was united in marriage to Wanda Clements on February 1, 1959 in Muleshoe, Texas and then began his college education. He earned a degree in education and worked as a teacher for 3 years before going into preaching and serving the Lord's people. Following the death of his first wife, he was united in marriage to Barbara Janiece Stambaugh in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma on September 5, 1978. In 1983, they moved to Blair where Charles served as the minister for the Blair Church of Christ until he retired. Mr. Arnold is survived by his wife Janiece of Blair, children; DaOnda Elliott of Tahlequah, Oklahama, Rodney Stambaugh of Gardner, Kanasas, Rex (Becca) Stambaugh of Blair, Charles D. (Laura) Arnold of Searcy, Arkansas, Stacy Stambaugh of Omaha, and Andy W. (Regina) Arnold of Sacramento, California, as well as many grandchildren and great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife Wanda Joyce Clements, daughter Ginger Marie Arnold Plants, brothers Vernon, Vester, Edward, Virgil and Walter Jr, and sisters Violet Harring and Eva Lilly. In lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to the Blair Church of Christ.