Floyd O’Dell “Dutch” Arendell, 88, passed away on Wednesday, May 11, 2011, at his home in Overgaard. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 21, at the Heber Chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A viewing will begin at 9 a.m. at the church. Concluding services and interment will be at the Heber Cemetery.
Dutch was born on April 25, 1923, in DuQuoin, Ill., to Nathan and Clara Louise Sutter Arendell. He never knew a stranger and always had a smile on his face. Family was always first in his life.
On Feb. 4, 1943, he married Lois Alleen Jones in Long Island City, N.J., while serving in the military.
After the war, they lived in Illinois for several years until they moved to Arizona in 1953. They lived in Phoenix until 1978 when they moved to Overgaard.
He worked as a mechanical foreman, and was a great handyman.
Dutch was an active member of the LDS church. He and his wife were privileged to have served two missions for the church, first in Rapid City, S.D., and then in England.
Survivors include his children, Cheryl McGuire and Connie Nabors, both of Tacoma, Wash., Bill Arendell of Overgaard and Dale Arendell of Sanger, Calif.; nine grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren; his nephew, George Roegler of Pasadena, Calif.; and his niece, Melinda Malvaney of Memphis, Tenn.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Lois Alleen Arendell on Oct. 22, 2001.
Owens Livingston Mortuary of Show Low was in charge of the arrangements.
