Surgeon. Son of Adam and Mary Elizabeth Arn. Married Minna M. ________. Father of Kenneth and Ray.
Seventy-ninth Grand Master of Masons in Ohio - 1935-1936.
DR. ARN IS DEAD; DEAN OF SURGEONS
The dean of Dayton's surgeons, Dr. Elmer R. Arn, died on Monday at Miami Valley Hospital. He was 65. Dr. Arn had been in ill health for the past two years.
The Arn home is at "Arnheim," 429 Ridgewood Ave., in Oakwood.
Dr. Arn was born July 8, 1886 on a farm at Arnheim in Brown County, the son of Adam and Mary Elizabeth Arn. He remained there until his high school days when the family moved to Russellville. There he attended high school and on graduation received a teacher's certificate.
The surgeon-to-be taught school four years, taking his spring and summer vacations in attendance at Miami University where he prepared for entrance to the University of Cincinnati medical school. After he entered medical school he earned his way by teaching mathematics and history in night classes at East High School. He received his medical degree in 1911 and came to Dayton where he interned at Miami Valley Hospital and later opened his practice.
Furthering his education in the field of surgery, Dr. Arn went to Europe in 1922 for study at medical centers in Berlin and Munich, Germany, and Berne, Switzerland. While there, he became one of the founders and later president of the American Goiter society.
Dr. Arn won acclaim in other fields besides medicine. He is remembered by hundreds of Dayton and area children as the man who helped them attain an appreciation of music. As founder of the Junior Friends of the Dayton Symphony, Dr. Arn paid half the price of season tickets of high school and elementary school students to the Dayton Philharmonic series each year.
He also had taken an active interest in affairs of the Dayton Art Institute for many years, and was a member of the board of the institute from 1947 to 1950.
In civic fields he served for two years as president of the Dayton Bureau of Community Services (Community Chest) in 1937 and 1938 and, in 1942, was president of the Dayton Philharmonic Association.
Dr. Arn's name has appeared on many civic improvement committees, indicative of his high interest in the Dayton community.
Outside of the Dayton community Dr. Arn received high honors both in the medical profession and as a member of the Masonic Lodge.
In 1945 he became the first Dayton Mason to be installed as deputy for the district of Ohio of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry for the Northern Masonic jurisdiction of the United States. He recently retired from that post. In 1947 Dr. Arn received the Albert Gallatin Mackey medal from the Masonic Grand Lodge of North Carolina for outstanding service to the lodge nationally.
He also held honorary membership in the Masonic lodge at Alexandria, Va., the oldest in that state. First master of that lodge was George Washington.
Dr. Arn was also a past grand master of the Grand Lodge F.&A.M. of Ohio. In 1946 he was commander of the Dayton Commandery 68, Knights Templar.
For the past 13 years Dr. Arn was president of the George Washington National Memorial Association, which maintains the George Washington Memorial at Alexandria, Va.
Ceremonies have been set for next February 22 for a marble bust of Dr. Arn to be placed in the Virginia memorial, a gesture of honor on the part of the Ohio Grand Lodge of Masons.
In the field of surgery, where he won many laurels, Dr. Arn rose in 1950 to the post of member of the board of governors of the American College of Surgeons.
Dayton physicians, recognizing Dr. Arn as the most respected of their group, honored him in 1949 by selecting him centennial president of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Montgomery County Medical society. He also is a member of the American Medical association and the Ohio State Medical association, and in December, 1951, was elected an honorary member of the county medical society.
As a surgeon, in 25 years of active practice, Dr. Arn recently estimates that he had performed between 500 and 600 operations each year. His technique in the field of surgery brought many young surgeons to Dayton to observe him at work and to hear him lecture.
He was a member of the Lutheran Church. He also had held membership in the Dayton Bicycle club and the Rotary club.
Survivors include his wife, Minna M.; two sons, Dr. Kenneth Arn of Cleveland and Ray Arn, head of Dayton Film Associates, in Dayton; and one brother, Dr. Roy D. Arn, also of Dayton.
(Copied from the Dayton Daily News, December 25, 1951)
SET PRIVATE SERVICES FOR DR. ELMER ARN
Private services for Dr. Elmer R. Arn, 65, widely-known Dayton surgeon, who died Monday at Miami Valley Hospital, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at Morris Sons Funeral Home, 1809 E. Third St., by the Rev. William C. Zimmann. Cremation will follow.
The family requests that donations be made to charity instead of flower offerings.
Public memorial services will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. January 6 in the First Lutheran Church, First and Wilkinson Sts.
(Dr. Arn's ashes were scattered at the George Washington Memorial in Alexandria, VA).
(Copied from the Dayton Daily News, December 26, 1951)
Seventy-ninth Grand Master of Masons in Ohio - 1935-1936.
DR. ARN IS DEAD; DEAN OF SURGEONS
The dean of Dayton's surgeons, Dr. Elmer R. Arn, died on Monday at Miami Valley Hospital. He was 65. Dr. Arn had been in ill health for the past two years.
The Arn home is at "Arnheim," 429 Ridgewood Ave., in Oakwood.
Dr. Arn was born July 8, 1886 on a farm at Arnheim in Brown County, the son of Adam and Mary Elizabeth Arn. He remained there until his high school days when the family moved to Russellville. There he attended high school and on graduation received a teacher's certificate.
The surgeon-to-be taught school four years, taking his spring and summer vacations in attendance at Miami University where he prepared for entrance to the University of Cincinnati medical school. After he entered medical school he earned his way by teaching mathematics and history in night classes at East High School. He received his medical degree in 1911 and came to Dayton where he interned at Miami Valley Hospital and later opened his practice.
Furthering his education in the field of surgery, Dr. Arn went to Europe in 1922 for study at medical centers in Berlin and Munich, Germany, and Berne, Switzerland. While there, he became one of the founders and later president of the American Goiter society.
Dr. Arn won acclaim in other fields besides medicine. He is remembered by hundreds of Dayton and area children as the man who helped them attain an appreciation of music. As founder of the Junior Friends of the Dayton Symphony, Dr. Arn paid half the price of season tickets of high school and elementary school students to the Dayton Philharmonic series each year.
He also had taken an active interest in affairs of the Dayton Art Institute for many years, and was a member of the board of the institute from 1947 to 1950.
In civic fields he served for two years as president of the Dayton Bureau of Community Services (Community Chest) in 1937 and 1938 and, in 1942, was president of the Dayton Philharmonic Association.
Dr. Arn's name has appeared on many civic improvement committees, indicative of his high interest in the Dayton community.
Outside of the Dayton community Dr. Arn received high honors both in the medical profession and as a member of the Masonic Lodge.
In 1945 he became the first Dayton Mason to be installed as deputy for the district of Ohio of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry for the Northern Masonic jurisdiction of the United States. He recently retired from that post. In 1947 Dr. Arn received the Albert Gallatin Mackey medal from the Masonic Grand Lodge of North Carolina for outstanding service to the lodge nationally.
He also held honorary membership in the Masonic lodge at Alexandria, Va., the oldest in that state. First master of that lodge was George Washington.
Dr. Arn was also a past grand master of the Grand Lodge F.&A.M. of Ohio. In 1946 he was commander of the Dayton Commandery 68, Knights Templar.
For the past 13 years Dr. Arn was president of the George Washington National Memorial Association, which maintains the George Washington Memorial at Alexandria, Va.
Ceremonies have been set for next February 22 for a marble bust of Dr. Arn to be placed in the Virginia memorial, a gesture of honor on the part of the Ohio Grand Lodge of Masons.
In the field of surgery, where he won many laurels, Dr. Arn rose in 1950 to the post of member of the board of governors of the American College of Surgeons.
Dayton physicians, recognizing Dr. Arn as the most respected of their group, honored him in 1949 by selecting him centennial president of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Montgomery County Medical society. He also is a member of the American Medical association and the Ohio State Medical association, and in December, 1951, was elected an honorary member of the county medical society.
As a surgeon, in 25 years of active practice, Dr. Arn recently estimates that he had performed between 500 and 600 operations each year. His technique in the field of surgery brought many young surgeons to Dayton to observe him at work and to hear him lecture.
He was a member of the Lutheran Church. He also had held membership in the Dayton Bicycle club and the Rotary club.
Survivors include his wife, Minna M.; two sons, Dr. Kenneth Arn of Cleveland and Ray Arn, head of Dayton Film Associates, in Dayton; and one brother, Dr. Roy D. Arn, also of Dayton.
(Copied from the Dayton Daily News, December 25, 1951)
SET PRIVATE SERVICES FOR DR. ELMER ARN
Private services for Dr. Elmer R. Arn, 65, widely-known Dayton surgeon, who died Monday at Miami Valley Hospital, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at Morris Sons Funeral Home, 1809 E. Third St., by the Rev. William C. Zimmann. Cremation will follow.
The family requests that donations be made to charity instead of flower offerings.
Public memorial services will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. January 6 in the First Lutheran Church, First and Wilkinson Sts.
(Dr. Arn's ashes were scattered at the George Washington Memorial in Alexandria, VA).
(Copied from the Dayton Daily News, December 26, 1951)
Surgeon. Son of Adam and Mary Elizabeth Arn. Married Minna M. ________. Father of Kenneth and Ray.
Seventy-ninth Grand Master of Masons in Ohio - 1935-1936.
DR. ARN IS DEAD; DEAN OF SURGEONS
The dean of Dayton's surgeons, Dr. Elmer R. Arn, died on Monday at Miami Valley Hospital. He was 65. Dr. Arn had been in ill health for the past two years.
The Arn home is at "Arnheim," 429 Ridgewood Ave., in Oakwood.
Dr. Arn was born July 8, 1886 on a farm at Arnheim in Brown County, the son of Adam and Mary Elizabeth Arn. He remained there until his high school days when the family moved to Russellville. There he attended high school and on graduation received a teacher's certificate.
The surgeon-to-be taught school four years, taking his spring and summer vacations in attendance at Miami University where he prepared for entrance to the University of Cincinnati medical school. After he entered medical school he earned his way by teaching mathematics and history in night classes at East High School. He received his medical degree in 1911 and came to Dayton where he interned at Miami Valley Hospital and later opened his practice.
Furthering his education in the field of surgery, Dr. Arn went to Europe in 1922 for study at medical centers in Berlin and Munich, Germany, and Berne, Switzerland. While there, he became one of the founders and later president of the American Goiter society.
Dr. Arn won acclaim in other fields besides medicine. He is remembered by hundreds of Dayton and area children as the man who helped them attain an appreciation of music. As founder of the Junior Friends of the Dayton Symphony, Dr. Arn paid half the price of season tickets of high school and elementary school students to the Dayton Philharmonic series each year.
He also had taken an active interest in affairs of the Dayton Art Institute for many years, and was a member of the board of the institute from 1947 to 1950.
In civic fields he served for two years as president of the Dayton Bureau of Community Services (Community Chest) in 1937 and 1938 and, in 1942, was president of the Dayton Philharmonic Association.
Dr. Arn's name has appeared on many civic improvement committees, indicative of his high interest in the Dayton community.
Outside of the Dayton community Dr. Arn received high honors both in the medical profession and as a member of the Masonic Lodge.
In 1945 he became the first Dayton Mason to be installed as deputy for the district of Ohio of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry for the Northern Masonic jurisdiction of the United States. He recently retired from that post. In 1947 Dr. Arn received the Albert Gallatin Mackey medal from the Masonic Grand Lodge of North Carolina for outstanding service to the lodge nationally.
He also held honorary membership in the Masonic lodge at Alexandria, Va., the oldest in that state. First master of that lodge was George Washington.
Dr. Arn was also a past grand master of the Grand Lodge F.&A.M. of Ohio. In 1946 he was commander of the Dayton Commandery 68, Knights Templar.
For the past 13 years Dr. Arn was president of the George Washington National Memorial Association, which maintains the George Washington Memorial at Alexandria, Va.
Ceremonies have been set for next February 22 for a marble bust of Dr. Arn to be placed in the Virginia memorial, a gesture of honor on the part of the Ohio Grand Lodge of Masons.
In the field of surgery, where he won many laurels, Dr. Arn rose in 1950 to the post of member of the board of governors of the American College of Surgeons.
Dayton physicians, recognizing Dr. Arn as the most respected of their group, honored him in 1949 by selecting him centennial president of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Montgomery County Medical society. He also is a member of the American Medical association and the Ohio State Medical association, and in December, 1951, was elected an honorary member of the county medical society.
As a surgeon, in 25 years of active practice, Dr. Arn recently estimates that he had performed between 500 and 600 operations each year. His technique in the field of surgery brought many young surgeons to Dayton to observe him at work and to hear him lecture.
He was a member of the Lutheran Church. He also had held membership in the Dayton Bicycle club and the Rotary club.
Survivors include his wife, Minna M.; two sons, Dr. Kenneth Arn of Cleveland and Ray Arn, head of Dayton Film Associates, in Dayton; and one brother, Dr. Roy D. Arn, also of Dayton.
(Copied from the Dayton Daily News, December 25, 1951)
SET PRIVATE SERVICES FOR DR. ELMER ARN
Private services for Dr. Elmer R. Arn, 65, widely-known Dayton surgeon, who died Monday at Miami Valley Hospital, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at Morris Sons Funeral Home, 1809 E. Third St., by the Rev. William C. Zimmann. Cremation will follow.
The family requests that donations be made to charity instead of flower offerings.
Public memorial services will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. January 6 in the First Lutheran Church, First and Wilkinson Sts.
(Dr. Arn's ashes were scattered at the George Washington Memorial in Alexandria, VA).
(Copied from the Dayton Daily News, December 26, 1951)
Seventy-ninth Grand Master of Masons in Ohio - 1935-1936.
DR. ARN IS DEAD; DEAN OF SURGEONS
The dean of Dayton's surgeons, Dr. Elmer R. Arn, died on Monday at Miami Valley Hospital. He was 65. Dr. Arn had been in ill health for the past two years.
The Arn home is at "Arnheim," 429 Ridgewood Ave., in Oakwood.
Dr. Arn was born July 8, 1886 on a farm at Arnheim in Brown County, the son of Adam and Mary Elizabeth Arn. He remained there until his high school days when the family moved to Russellville. There he attended high school and on graduation received a teacher's certificate.
The surgeon-to-be taught school four years, taking his spring and summer vacations in attendance at Miami University where he prepared for entrance to the University of Cincinnati medical school. After he entered medical school he earned his way by teaching mathematics and history in night classes at East High School. He received his medical degree in 1911 and came to Dayton where he interned at Miami Valley Hospital and later opened his practice.
Furthering his education in the field of surgery, Dr. Arn went to Europe in 1922 for study at medical centers in Berlin and Munich, Germany, and Berne, Switzerland. While there, he became one of the founders and later president of the American Goiter society.
Dr. Arn won acclaim in other fields besides medicine. He is remembered by hundreds of Dayton and area children as the man who helped them attain an appreciation of music. As founder of the Junior Friends of the Dayton Symphony, Dr. Arn paid half the price of season tickets of high school and elementary school students to the Dayton Philharmonic series each year.
He also had taken an active interest in affairs of the Dayton Art Institute for many years, and was a member of the board of the institute from 1947 to 1950.
In civic fields he served for two years as president of the Dayton Bureau of Community Services (Community Chest) in 1937 and 1938 and, in 1942, was president of the Dayton Philharmonic Association.
Dr. Arn's name has appeared on many civic improvement committees, indicative of his high interest in the Dayton community.
Outside of the Dayton community Dr. Arn received high honors both in the medical profession and as a member of the Masonic Lodge.
In 1945 he became the first Dayton Mason to be installed as deputy for the district of Ohio of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry for the Northern Masonic jurisdiction of the United States. He recently retired from that post. In 1947 Dr. Arn received the Albert Gallatin Mackey medal from the Masonic Grand Lodge of North Carolina for outstanding service to the lodge nationally.
He also held honorary membership in the Masonic lodge at Alexandria, Va., the oldest in that state. First master of that lodge was George Washington.
Dr. Arn was also a past grand master of the Grand Lodge F.&A.M. of Ohio. In 1946 he was commander of the Dayton Commandery 68, Knights Templar.
For the past 13 years Dr. Arn was president of the George Washington National Memorial Association, which maintains the George Washington Memorial at Alexandria, Va.
Ceremonies have been set for next February 22 for a marble bust of Dr. Arn to be placed in the Virginia memorial, a gesture of honor on the part of the Ohio Grand Lodge of Masons.
In the field of surgery, where he won many laurels, Dr. Arn rose in 1950 to the post of member of the board of governors of the American College of Surgeons.
Dayton physicians, recognizing Dr. Arn as the most respected of their group, honored him in 1949 by selecting him centennial president of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Montgomery County Medical society. He also is a member of the American Medical association and the Ohio State Medical association, and in December, 1951, was elected an honorary member of the county medical society.
As a surgeon, in 25 years of active practice, Dr. Arn recently estimates that he had performed between 500 and 600 operations each year. His technique in the field of surgery brought many young surgeons to Dayton to observe him at work and to hear him lecture.
He was a member of the Lutheran Church. He also had held membership in the Dayton Bicycle club and the Rotary club.
Survivors include his wife, Minna M.; two sons, Dr. Kenneth Arn of Cleveland and Ray Arn, head of Dayton Film Associates, in Dayton; and one brother, Dr. Roy D. Arn, also of Dayton.
(Copied from the Dayton Daily News, December 25, 1951)
SET PRIVATE SERVICES FOR DR. ELMER ARN
Private services for Dr. Elmer R. Arn, 65, widely-known Dayton surgeon, who died Monday at Miami Valley Hospital, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at Morris Sons Funeral Home, 1809 E. Third St., by the Rev. William C. Zimmann. Cremation will follow.
The family requests that donations be made to charity instead of flower offerings.
Public memorial services will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. January 6 in the First Lutheran Church, First and Wilkinson Sts.
(Dr. Arn's ashes were scattered at the George Washington Memorial in Alexandria, VA).
(Copied from the Dayton Daily News, December 26, 1951)
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