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Orville Lee Arms

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Orville Lee Arms

Birth
Lookeba, Caddo County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
18 Apr 2017 (aged 87)
Chowchilla, Madera County, California, USA
Burial
Winton, Merced County, California, USA Add to Map
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Orville with parents Charlie and Bertie Arms and sister Juanita left their farm in Oklahoma during the Dustbowl and arrived in Chowchilla in 1934. In Calif. a sister and brother were born to the family, Geniva and Charles.

At 16 Orville left home and began working to support himself but he saw no future in it." When I was twenty, I said thank you for the good job you gave me, and I thank you for letting me work for you but you don't pay enough money.I gotta leave I gotta move." He moved into more profitable industries and at thirty left the Valley altogether and moved to the Bay Area where he helped build the AC Transit system. At sixty he moved back to Chowchilla. Orville owned the business Arms Septic Service until retirement.

Orville was married to Sybil Poe Arms for 67 years, they had three children, Larry, Evon and Dawn,
On Orville and Sybil last anniversary he tenderly told her that he loved her as they headed to a night on the town. He held back tears and said if he had to do it again She is the one for him.

Orville was called by several names, Dad, Grandpa, PaPa, Big Pa, and Great PaPa
Orville with parents Charlie and Bertie Arms and sister Juanita left their farm in Oklahoma during the Dustbowl and arrived in Chowchilla in 1934. In Calif. a sister and brother were born to the family, Geniva and Charles.

At 16 Orville left home and began working to support himself but he saw no future in it." When I was twenty, I said thank you for the good job you gave me, and I thank you for letting me work for you but you don't pay enough money.I gotta leave I gotta move." He moved into more profitable industries and at thirty left the Valley altogether and moved to the Bay Area where he helped build the AC Transit system. At sixty he moved back to Chowchilla. Orville owned the business Arms Septic Service until retirement.

Orville was married to Sybil Poe Arms for 67 years, they had three children, Larry, Evon and Dawn,
On Orville and Sybil last anniversary he tenderly told her that he loved her as they headed to a night on the town. He held back tears and said if he had to do it again She is the one for him.

Orville was called by several names, Dad, Grandpa, PaPa, Big Pa, and Great PaPa


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