Clarence G. Arsers, 98, a trumpet player who was music director of Gonzaga College High School from 1954 until he retired in 1962, died of congestive heart failure Dec. 14 at Southern Maryland Hospital Center in Clinton.
Mr. Arsers, a resident of Temple Hills, was a native of Osage, Iowa. He served in World War I as an Army bandsman. He later received a bachelor's degree in music education from the MacPhail Center for the Arts in Minneapolis.
He was a high school band teacher in Minnesota until moving to the Washington area in 1953. In addition to teaching at Gonzaga, he gave private lessons, and he continued teaching privately until 1970.
Mr. Arsers was a member of the Veterans of World War I and the American Legion.
His wife of 65 years, Bessie Arsers, died in 1985.
Survivors include four sons, William Arsers of Tamarac, Fla., John Arsers of New Ulm, Minn., and Kenneth and Samuel Arsers, both of Temple Hills; two daughters, Lorraine Kohlmeyer of Rochester, Minn., and Clarice Arsers of Temple Hills; 10 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Mr. Arsers, a resident of Temple Hills, was a native of Osage, Iowa. He served in World War I as an Army bandsman. He later received a bachelor's degree in music education from the MacPhail Center for the Arts in Minneapolis.
He was a high school band teacher in Minnesota until moving to the Washington area in 1953. In addition to teaching at Gonzaga, he gave private lessons, and he continued teaching privately until 1970.
Mr. Arsers was a member of the Veterans of World War I and the American Legion.
His wife of 65 years, Bessie Arsers, died in 1985.
Survivors include four sons, William Arsers of Tamarac, Fla., John Arsers of New Ulm, Minn., and Kenneth and Samuel Arsers, both of Temple Hills; two daughters, Lorraine Kohlmeyer of Rochester, Minn., and Clarice Arsers of Temple Hills; 10 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Clarence G. Arsers, 98, a trumpet player who was music director of Gonzaga College High School from 1954 until he retired in 1962, died of congestive heart failure Dec. 14 at Southern Maryland Hospital Center in Clinton.
Mr. Arsers, a resident of Temple Hills, was a native of Osage, Iowa. He served in World War I as an Army bandsman. He later received a bachelor's degree in music education from the MacPhail Center for the Arts in Minneapolis.
He was a high school band teacher in Minnesota until moving to the Washington area in 1953. In addition to teaching at Gonzaga, he gave private lessons, and he continued teaching privately until 1970.
Mr. Arsers was a member of the Veterans of World War I and the American Legion.
His wife of 65 years, Bessie Arsers, died in 1985.
Survivors include four sons, William Arsers of Tamarac, Fla., John Arsers of New Ulm, Minn., and Kenneth and Samuel Arsers, both of Temple Hills; two daughters, Lorraine Kohlmeyer of Rochester, Minn., and Clarice Arsers of Temple Hills; 10 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Mr. Arsers, a resident of Temple Hills, was a native of Osage, Iowa. He served in World War I as an Army bandsman. He later received a bachelor's degree in music education from the MacPhail Center for the Arts in Minneapolis.
He was a high school band teacher in Minnesota until moving to the Washington area in 1953. In addition to teaching at Gonzaga, he gave private lessons, and he continued teaching privately until 1970.
Mr. Arsers was a member of the Veterans of World War I and the American Legion.
His wife of 65 years, Bessie Arsers, died in 1985.
Survivors include four sons, William Arsers of Tamarac, Fla., John Arsers of New Ulm, Minn., and Kenneth and Samuel Arsers, both of Temple Hills; two daughters, Lorraine Kohlmeyer of Rochester, Minn., and Clarice Arsers of Temple Hills; 10 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
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