Lewis Kelley Arnold

Monday, April 24, 2017

Lewis Kelley Arnold, age 91, a former resident of Fort Scott, Kan., and more recently of Pittsburg, Kan., died Monday, April 24, 2017, at Via Christi Hospital, Pittsburg. He was born Sept. 21, 1925, in Fort Scott, the son of Lewis B. Arnold and Susie M. Kelley Arnold. Kelley graduated from the Fort Scott High School. He served with the United States Army during World War II. He first married Maxine Ashford on Sept. 9, 1951, at Fort Scott. She preceded him in death on July 14, 1998. He later married Carol Simmerman. She preceded him in death on March 5, 2015. Kelley had managed the Ben Franklin Store in downtown Fort Scott for many years. He later operated his own mechanic shop. He was a member of the Community Christian Church. He was also a member of the Olson Frary Burkhart Post No. 1165 Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion, the Garland Masonic Lodge, the Scottish Rite Consistory and the Mirza Shrine.

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