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Roscoe Harold “Peanut” Arthur

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Roscoe Harold “Peanut” Arthur

Birth
Heltonville, Lawrence County, Indiana, USA
Death
14 Feb 1978 (aged 61)
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Leesville, Lawrence County, Indiana, USA GPS-Latitude: 38.8437789, Longitude: -86.282986
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Roscoe Harold ("Peanut") Arthur died February 14, 1978 in Chicago after a brief illness. Born March 14, 1916 in Heltonville, Indiana, he was the son of James Robert and Tinza Jane (Martin) Arthur. He married Wilma Wesner Aug. 4, 1943 and she survived.

Mr. Arthur served in the U.S. Navy during World War II from May 21, 1938 to Aug 17, 1945 as a PTR3 (Painter, 3rd Class Petty Officer). After the war, he worked in the Steel Mills in Hobart, Indiana, where he lived till after his retirement. After retirement, he returned to Bedford, where he lived until shortly before his death.

Survivors include his wife, their daughter, Janice Sue Arthur of Hobart, IN, three brothers, Raymond Gerald Arthur of Bedford, Rollie Merle Arthur of Chicago, and Erastus Earl Arthur of Michigan City, Indiana, and two sisters, Ruby Pearl (Roy) Howe of Clearsprings, Indiana and Ruth Beryle (Leston) Hillenburg of Bedford, also several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Lizzie Arthur, in infancy.
Roscoe Harold ("Peanut") Arthur died February 14, 1978 in Chicago after a brief illness. Born March 14, 1916 in Heltonville, Indiana, he was the son of James Robert and Tinza Jane (Martin) Arthur. He married Wilma Wesner Aug. 4, 1943 and she survived.

Mr. Arthur served in the U.S. Navy during World War II from May 21, 1938 to Aug 17, 1945 as a PTR3 (Painter, 3rd Class Petty Officer). After the war, he worked in the Steel Mills in Hobart, Indiana, where he lived till after his retirement. After retirement, he returned to Bedford, where he lived until shortly before his death.

Survivors include his wife, their daughter, Janice Sue Arthur of Hobart, IN, three brothers, Raymond Gerald Arthur of Bedford, Rollie Merle Arthur of Chicago, and Erastus Earl Arthur of Michigan City, Indiana, and two sisters, Ruby Pearl (Roy) Howe of Clearsprings, Indiana and Ruth Beryle (Leston) Hillenburg of Bedford, also several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Lizzie Arthur, in infancy.


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