John William Arthur "Bill" was the oldest of eleven children of Joseph Calvin Arthur and Cordia Alice Hillenburg.
Bill was short and stout with brown hair and blue eyes.
His father had been a farmer when Bill was younger. Bill worked his own farm when he started out on his own.
Later Bill's father turned contractor. Bill lived with his parents and worked for his father as a plasterer in 1930.
On Feb 5 1932 Bill married Viola Elma Brown. He was 40 and she was 28. She had been married previously and had children. Together they had one additional son, Robert "Bobby" Ivan Arthur.
During WWII Bill was employed by the U.S.Navy at the Naval Ammunition Depot in Burns City (Crane).
He died Feb 11 1954 at the age of 62.
Bill was short and stout with brown hair and blue eyes.
His father had been a farmer when Bill was younger. Bill worked his own farm when he started out on his own.
Later Bill's father turned contractor. Bill lived with his parents and worked for his father as a plasterer in 1930.
On Feb 5 1932 Bill married Viola Elma Brown. He was 40 and she was 28. She had been married previously and had children. Together they had one additional son, Robert "Bobby" Ivan Arthur.
During WWII Bill was employed by the U.S.Navy at the Naval Ammunition Depot in Burns City (Crane).
He died Feb 11 1954 at the age of 62.
John William Arthur "Bill" was the oldest of eleven children of Joseph Calvin Arthur and Cordia Alice Hillenburg.
Bill was short and stout with brown hair and blue eyes.
His father had been a farmer when Bill was younger. Bill worked his own farm when he started out on his own.
Later Bill's father turned contractor. Bill lived with his parents and worked for his father as a plasterer in 1930.
On Feb 5 1932 Bill married Viola Elma Brown. He was 40 and she was 28. She had been married previously and had children. Together they had one additional son, Robert "Bobby" Ivan Arthur.
During WWII Bill was employed by the U.S.Navy at the Naval Ammunition Depot in Burns City (Crane).
He died Feb 11 1954 at the age of 62.
Bill was short and stout with brown hair and blue eyes.
His father had been a farmer when Bill was younger. Bill worked his own farm when he started out on his own.
Later Bill's father turned contractor. Bill lived with his parents and worked for his father as a plasterer in 1930.
On Feb 5 1932 Bill married Viola Elma Brown. He was 40 and she was 28. She had been married previously and had children. Together they had one additional son, Robert "Bobby" Ivan Arthur.
During WWII Bill was employed by the U.S.Navy at the Naval Ammunition Depot in Burns City (Crane).
He died Feb 11 1954 at the age of 62.
Inscription
62 years, 10 months, 10 days
Gravesite Details
This may be a replacement stone. The inscription was recorded c. 1970s
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