Bryan County, OK - Obituary - H. D. VanArsdell - Soundex V562

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Source:  Durant Daily, April 12, 2000
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H.D. VanArsdell, 79
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at First Christian Church, Durant, for
H. D. VanArsdell, 79, Durant, who died Tuesday in Denison,. The Rev.
Charles Bretz and Bob Shaw will officiate.

VanArsdell was born Oct. 31, 1920, to Sam Duane and Bertha (Howell)
VanArsdell in Stilwell. On Dec. 9, 1946, he married Jean Hatcher in
Independence, Kan. He was a highway patrolman for 34 years, serving as
captain with Troop E for years. He was a 32nd Degree Mason a member of
the First Christian Church and Texoma Good Sams. He was a man of many
talents. He loved to fish, hunt and travel. But most of all, the love he had
for his family and friends will be his most cherished legacy. 

VanArsdell was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Virginia Beck. 

He is survived by his wife, Durant; sons, Sam VanArsdell, Tulsa, and
Robert VanArsdell, Durant; daughter Pat Montana, Wilburton; sisters,
Merle Lee, Wichita, Kan., and Bonnie Wilson and husband Bert, Pawnee,
and granddaughters, Dena, Maryann and Leah, Wilburton. 

Family hour is 6-7 p.m. today at Murray Funeral Home. 

Burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Durant, with pallbearers Mike
Williams, John Haynie, Bill Flanagan, Ike Miller, Merle Freeman and
Johnny Simpson. Honorary pallbearers are Paul Clark and Bernie Yandell. 

Murray Funeral Home is handling arrangements.