Emilie Marie Arnold
1885 - 1971
Emilie Arnold
Klemme - Funeral services for Emilie Marie Arnold, 85, will be held at 2 p.m.
Wednesday in the United Methodist Church of Klemme. She died Friday at a Clear
Lake nursing home.
The Rev. George Brighton will officiate. Burial will be in the Klemme Cemetery.
The Johnston Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Emilie Arnold was born July 19, 1885, the daughter of Ernest and Friederika Lenz,
on a farm near Klemme. She attended Charles City College and taught at Fenton
and Klemme until her marriage.
She was married to Clarence Arnold on Aug. 28, 1912. They farmed in Liberty
Township until his death Oct. 23, 1922. She continued to manage the farm until
moving to Prairie View Apartments in Garner.
Mrs. Arnold was active in the United Methodist Church, the W.S.C.S. and served
as superintendent of the primary department of the Sunday School. She also was
active in Farm Bureau and 4-H work.
She is survived by two sisters, Minnie Lenz, Clear Lake, and Mrs. Harry (Esther)
Gibbs, Klemme.
Mrs. Arnold was preceded in death by her husband and a sister, Martha Ridder.
source: Mason City Globe Gazette, 1 Jun 1971, page 18, column 5
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- Emilie Marie Lenz Arnold: born 19 Jul 1885
Hancock County, Iowa - died 28 May 1971 Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Grave marker at Calvary Cemetery, Klemme, Hancock County, Iowa - Block 4, Lot 78
Daughter of Ernest Henry Lenz, born 1851 - died 1925 and Friederike Louise
Koerner, born
1859 - died 1923
Wife of Clarence Arthur Arnold, born 1888 - died 1922
Sister of:
Minnie S. Lenz (1879-1974)
Esther Sarah Lenz Gibbs (1891-1976)
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source: Find-A-Grave, memorial# 96419364
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