GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE
February 22. 1996
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Kathryn (Violett) Arnold
HARLEM - Kathryn (Violett) Arnold, 83, died Monday at a Havre hospital
of
natural causes.
Her funeral is 2 p.m. Friday at the Harlem Methodist Church, with bural
in
Harlem Cemetery. Edwards Funeral
Home is handling arrangements. Memorials are
suggested to the Harlem Senior
Citizens Center.
She was born March 23, 1912, in Madison, Iowa, and moved with her
parents to
a homestead north of Harlem in
1913. She graduated from Harlem High School in
1930 and attended Dillon Normal
College and Northern Montana College in
Havre
to recieve her teaching
certificate. She taught in rural school in East Blaine
County. In 1933 she married John
Arnold in Harlem and they farmed south of
Harlem, where she worked in the
fields, gardened and fed bum lambs. In 1958 she
joined JC Penney as a bookkeeper
and manager, retiring in 1973.
She and her husband moved into Harlem after he retired from farming in
1975.
He died in 1984 and she recently
moved to the Northern Montana Care Center.
Surviving are a son, John Arnold of Phoenix; daughters, Josephine
Lorentzen
of Willow, Alaska, and Anne Wilson
of Federal Way, Wash.; a brother, Byron
Violett of Tehachapi, Calif.;
eight grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
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Havre Daily News
February 22, 1996
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Kathryn (Violett) Arnold
HARLEM - Kathryn (Violett) Arnold, 83, died Feb. 19 at Northern Montana
Hosp.
in Havre due to natural causes.
Her funeral is 2 p.m. Friday, Feb.23, in the Harlem Methodist Church,
with
burial following at the Harlem
Cemetery.
Arnold was born to Dewey and Anna (Strieff) Violett on March 23, 1912,
at
Madison, Iowa. She came with her
parents in 1913 to settle 18 miles North of
Harlem on a homestead. Arnold
attended schools in Harlem and gradated from
Harlen High School in 1930.
She attended Dillon Normal
College and Northern Montana College in
Havre
to recieve her teaching
certificate. She taught in rural school in East Blaine
Countyand married John Arnold on
June 14, 1933, in Harlem.They farmed two miles
south of Harlem, where she worked
in the fields, did gardening and fed
bum
lambs.
In 1958, she went to work as a
bookkeeper for the J.C0. Penney store in Harlem
and later bookkeeper and manager,
when Skogno's purchaced the store
retiring in
1973.
She and her husband purchaced a home in Harlem when he retired from the
farm
in 1975. Her husband preceded her
in death in 1984 and she continued to live at
the family home until just
recentlyshe moved to Northern Montana Care Center.
Arnold is survived by one son, John Arnold of Phoenix; and two
daughters,
Josephine Lorentzen of Willow,
Alaska, and Anne Wilson of Federal Way, Wash.;
one brother, Byron Violett of
Tehachapi, Calif.; eight grandchildren and 16
great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be sent to the Harlen Senior Citizens Center.
Arrangements by Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook.
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