Thanks to Bruce W. Arnold for providing the photographs.

Photo of Robert & Irene was taken in a fair booth around 1938.

Robert & Irene & Family
L to R
Back: Beulah, Irene, & Robert Arnold
Front: Gilbert with cousin Billy Earl Arnold

The Arnold Boys
L to R
Front: Charlie, Robert, Ben
Back: Clyde, Clarence, Farris
Taken at their parents home in Viola, MO

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Robert was the son of Robert Madison & Barthena (Burton) Arnold. His siblings were:
Charlie Monroe (1890 – 1947)
Bessie (1892 – 1971)
James Benjamin (1896 – 1968)
Clarence (1901 – 1975)
Clyde (1905 – 1975)
Farris (1906 – 1982)

He married Irene Jane Wallace in Neosho, Newton Co, MO on Jan. 29, 1927. Irene was known as Janie.

Their children were:
Beulah Mae (1927 – 1996)
Gilbert Leon (1929 – 2006)

"ROBERT ARNOLD
Robert Arnold, 47-year-old farmer who lived southwest of Wyandotte, died at the Miami Baptist hospital at 9:45 o'clock Wednesday night. He had been ill for several months.

Arnold is survived by his wife, Mrs. Irene Arnold; one son, Gilbert Arnold of the home; a daughter, Mrs. Beulah Phillips of Vinita; one sister, Mrs. Bess Coker, Exter, Calif.; and four brothers, Farris and Ben Arnold of Hughson, Calif., Clyde Arnold of Viola, Mo., and Clarence Arnold, Golden, Mo.

Funeral arrangements will be announced later by the Biddlecome Funeral Home of Seneca, MO."

Source:
Miami Daily News Record
Thursday, May 27, 1948

"ROBERT ARNOLD RITES
Funeral services for Robert Arnold, 47-year-old farmer in the Wyandotte community who died at Miami Baptist hospital Wednesday night, will be conducted at the Wyandotte Baptist church at 2 p.m. Sunday. The Rev. G. Blomoterm will officiate.

Burial will be in Wyandotte cemetery under direction of the Biddlecome Funeral home of Seneca, Mo."

Source:
Miami Daily News Record
Friday, May 28, 1948

Researched & compiled by Virginia Brown
November 2012