Dr. John E. Arford, 83, went home to be with his Lord and Savior at 9:00 pm on Thursday May 16, 2013 at Millers Merry Manor, Warsaw, Indiana.
On September 28, 1929, John was born in Washington, Indiana to Alva and Trula (Johnson) Arford. On September 18, 1954, he married the love of his life, Harriet (Rockhill) Arford in Warsaw, who survives, living at the Tippecanoe Lake Home.
John graduated from Washington High School in Washington, attended and graduated from Indiana University and The Indiana University School of Medicine with BA in Bacteriology and Mirobiology in 1955. John then joined the U.S.Navy, serving his country as a medical naval surgeon from 1957 through 1959 in San Francisco, California. During this time he was trained in wartime nuclear disaster medicine, treating nuclear bomb patient. He returned to Warsaw in 1959 and opened his family practice from March of 1959 through 1973. John joined a group of doctors in 1973 and formed Parkview Emergency Physicians where he practiced until 1987. It was during this time that they began to look at regional trauma centers. It was then that John opened the Occupational Health Service in the Center-Center Shopping Center, Warsaw. He retired from his career as a family doctor in 1993.
John loved ballroom dancing, creating oil paintings and fishing. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge #73 F&AM, Warsaw, Scottish Rite, Fort Wayne and AAONMS Shriners, Fort Wayne, Jesters member. John also was a member with Delta Upsilon Fraternity at Indiana University, Elkhart Royal Order of the Moose, Lake Tippecanoe Country Club, Columbia Club of Indianapolis, Orchard Ridge Country Club, The United States Amateur Ballroom Dancers and Rozella Ford Country Club. He also had a Dance membership at the Cloister, Sea Island, Georgia and the Greenbrier, White Sulfur Springs, West Virginia.
John enjoyed and loved his family and church, he and Harriet attended as members of the United Methodist Church, Warsaw where he was on multiple committees along with multiple bible studies.
John is survived by his wife, Harriet Arford, Tippecanoe Lake; two sons, John Stephen (and spouse, Linnaea) Arford, Fort Wayne and Michael Vincent (and spouse, Janalyn) Arford, Leesburg; one daughter, Rebecca Lynne(and spouse, Richard) Arford–Smith, Columbia City; seven grandchildren, Heather (and spouse, Adam) Harter, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Jared (and spouse, Julie) Arford, Fishers; MacKenzie Arford, Fort Wayne; Kaitlyn Arford, Ball State University, Michaela Arford, Laura Arford, and William Arford, all of Leesburg. John also has four great grandchildren, Riley, Hayden, Wyatt and Madison. As well as a sister, Kathleen Utley, Evansville, as well as several nephews and nieces.
John was preceded in death by his mother and mother, two sisters, Vivian Mae Weiland Brown and Carol Rose Pliner along with a granddaughter, Madelyn Arford.
A funeral service will be held at 10:00 am Monday, May 20, 2013 at First United Methodist Church, Warsaw with Pastor Scott Carmer officiating. Burial will be in Leesburg Cemetery, Leesburg.
Visitation hours will be from 2:00 – 4:00 and 6:00 – 8:00 pm Sunday, May 19, 2013 at McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Warsaw.
McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel - May 18, 2013
On September 28, 1929, John was born in Washington, Indiana to Alva and Trula (Johnson) Arford. On September 18, 1954, he married the love of his life, Harriet (Rockhill) Arford in Warsaw, who survives, living at the Tippecanoe Lake Home.
John graduated from Washington High School in Washington, attended and graduated from Indiana University and The Indiana University School of Medicine with BA in Bacteriology and Mirobiology in 1955. John then joined the U.S.Navy, serving his country as a medical naval surgeon from 1957 through 1959 in San Francisco, California. During this time he was trained in wartime nuclear disaster medicine, treating nuclear bomb patient. He returned to Warsaw in 1959 and opened his family practice from March of 1959 through 1973. John joined a group of doctors in 1973 and formed Parkview Emergency Physicians where he practiced until 1987. It was during this time that they began to look at regional trauma centers. It was then that John opened the Occupational Health Service in the Center-Center Shopping Center, Warsaw. He retired from his career as a family doctor in 1993.
John loved ballroom dancing, creating oil paintings and fishing. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge #73 F&AM, Warsaw, Scottish Rite, Fort Wayne and AAONMS Shriners, Fort Wayne, Jesters member. John also was a member with Delta Upsilon Fraternity at Indiana University, Elkhart Royal Order of the Moose, Lake Tippecanoe Country Club, Columbia Club of Indianapolis, Orchard Ridge Country Club, The United States Amateur Ballroom Dancers and Rozella Ford Country Club. He also had a Dance membership at the Cloister, Sea Island, Georgia and the Greenbrier, White Sulfur Springs, West Virginia.
John enjoyed and loved his family and church, he and Harriet attended as members of the United Methodist Church, Warsaw where he was on multiple committees along with multiple bible studies.
John is survived by his wife, Harriet Arford, Tippecanoe Lake; two sons, John Stephen (and spouse, Linnaea) Arford, Fort Wayne and Michael Vincent (and spouse, Janalyn) Arford, Leesburg; one daughter, Rebecca Lynne(and spouse, Richard) Arford–Smith, Columbia City; seven grandchildren, Heather (and spouse, Adam) Harter, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Jared (and spouse, Julie) Arford, Fishers; MacKenzie Arford, Fort Wayne; Kaitlyn Arford, Ball State University, Michaela Arford, Laura Arford, and William Arford, all of Leesburg. John also has four great grandchildren, Riley, Hayden, Wyatt and Madison. As well as a sister, Kathleen Utley, Evansville, as well as several nephews and nieces.
John was preceded in death by his mother and mother, two sisters, Vivian Mae Weiland Brown and Carol Rose Pliner along with a granddaughter, Madelyn Arford.
A funeral service will be held at 10:00 am Monday, May 20, 2013 at First United Methodist Church, Warsaw with Pastor Scott Carmer officiating. Burial will be in Leesburg Cemetery, Leesburg.
Visitation hours will be from 2:00 – 4:00 and 6:00 – 8:00 pm Sunday, May 19, 2013 at McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Warsaw.
McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel - May 18, 2013
Dr. John E. Arford, 83, went home to be with his Lord and Savior at 9:00 pm on Thursday May 16, 2013 at Millers Merry Manor, Warsaw, Indiana.
On September 28, 1929, John was born in Washington, Indiana to Alva and Trula (Johnson) Arford. On September 18, 1954, he married the love of his life, Harriet (Rockhill) Arford in Warsaw, who survives, living at the Tippecanoe Lake Home.
John graduated from Washington High School in Washington, attended and graduated from Indiana University and The Indiana University School of Medicine with BA in Bacteriology and Mirobiology in 1955. John then joined the U.S.Navy, serving his country as a medical naval surgeon from 1957 through 1959 in San Francisco, California. During this time he was trained in wartime nuclear disaster medicine, treating nuclear bomb patient. He returned to Warsaw in 1959 and opened his family practice from March of 1959 through 1973. John joined a group of doctors in 1973 and formed Parkview Emergency Physicians where he practiced until 1987. It was during this time that they began to look at regional trauma centers. It was then that John opened the Occupational Health Service in the Center-Center Shopping Center, Warsaw. He retired from his career as a family doctor in 1993.
John loved ballroom dancing, creating oil paintings and fishing. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge #73 F&AM, Warsaw, Scottish Rite, Fort Wayne and AAONMS Shriners, Fort Wayne, Jesters member. John also was a member with Delta Upsilon Fraternity at Indiana University, Elkhart Royal Order of the Moose, Lake Tippecanoe Country Club, Columbia Club of Indianapolis, Orchard Ridge Country Club, The United States Amateur Ballroom Dancers and Rozella Ford Country Club. He also had a Dance membership at the Cloister, Sea Island, Georgia and the Greenbrier, White Sulfur Springs, West Virginia.
John enjoyed and loved his family and church, he and Harriet attended as members of the United Methodist Church, Warsaw where he was on multiple committees along with multiple bible studies.
John is survived by his wife, Harriet Arford, Tippecanoe Lake; two sons, John Stephen (and spouse, Linnaea) Arford, Fort Wayne and Michael Vincent (and spouse, Janalyn) Arford, Leesburg; one daughter, Rebecca Lynne(and spouse, Richard) Arford–Smith, Columbia City; seven grandchildren, Heather (and spouse, Adam) Harter, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Jared (and spouse, Julie) Arford, Fishers; MacKenzie Arford, Fort Wayne; Kaitlyn Arford, Ball State University, Michaela Arford, Laura Arford, and William Arford, all of Leesburg. John also has four great grandchildren, Riley, Hayden, Wyatt and Madison. As well as a sister, Kathleen Utley, Evansville, as well as several nephews and nieces.
John was preceded in death by his mother and mother, two sisters, Vivian Mae Weiland Brown and Carol Rose Pliner along with a granddaughter, Madelyn Arford.
A funeral service will be held at 10:00 am Monday, May 20, 2013 at First United Methodist Church, Warsaw with Pastor Scott Carmer officiating. Burial will be in Leesburg Cemetery, Leesburg.
Visitation hours will be from 2:00 – 4:00 and 6:00 – 8:00 pm Sunday, May 19, 2013 at McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Warsaw.
McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel - May 18, 2013
On September 28, 1929, John was born in Washington, Indiana to Alva and Trula (Johnson) Arford. On September 18, 1954, he married the love of his life, Harriet (Rockhill) Arford in Warsaw, who survives, living at the Tippecanoe Lake Home.
John graduated from Washington High School in Washington, attended and graduated from Indiana University and The Indiana University School of Medicine with BA in Bacteriology and Mirobiology in 1955. John then joined the U.S.Navy, serving his country as a medical naval surgeon from 1957 through 1959 in San Francisco, California. During this time he was trained in wartime nuclear disaster medicine, treating nuclear bomb patient. He returned to Warsaw in 1959 and opened his family practice from March of 1959 through 1973. John joined a group of doctors in 1973 and formed Parkview Emergency Physicians where he practiced until 1987. It was during this time that they began to look at regional trauma centers. It was then that John opened the Occupational Health Service in the Center-Center Shopping Center, Warsaw. He retired from his career as a family doctor in 1993.
John loved ballroom dancing, creating oil paintings and fishing. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge #73 F&AM, Warsaw, Scottish Rite, Fort Wayne and AAONMS Shriners, Fort Wayne, Jesters member. John also was a member with Delta Upsilon Fraternity at Indiana University, Elkhart Royal Order of the Moose, Lake Tippecanoe Country Club, Columbia Club of Indianapolis, Orchard Ridge Country Club, The United States Amateur Ballroom Dancers and Rozella Ford Country Club. He also had a Dance membership at the Cloister, Sea Island, Georgia and the Greenbrier, White Sulfur Springs, West Virginia.
John enjoyed and loved his family and church, he and Harriet attended as members of the United Methodist Church, Warsaw where he was on multiple committees along with multiple bible studies.
John is survived by his wife, Harriet Arford, Tippecanoe Lake; two sons, John Stephen (and spouse, Linnaea) Arford, Fort Wayne and Michael Vincent (and spouse, Janalyn) Arford, Leesburg; one daughter, Rebecca Lynne(and spouse, Richard) Arford–Smith, Columbia City; seven grandchildren, Heather (and spouse, Adam) Harter, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Jared (and spouse, Julie) Arford, Fishers; MacKenzie Arford, Fort Wayne; Kaitlyn Arford, Ball State University, Michaela Arford, Laura Arford, and William Arford, all of Leesburg. John also has four great grandchildren, Riley, Hayden, Wyatt and Madison. As well as a sister, Kathleen Utley, Evansville, as well as several nephews and nieces.
John was preceded in death by his mother and mother, two sisters, Vivian Mae Weiland Brown and Carol Rose Pliner along with a granddaughter, Madelyn Arford.
A funeral service will be held at 10:00 am Monday, May 20, 2013 at First United Methodist Church, Warsaw with Pastor Scott Carmer officiating. Burial will be in Leesburg Cemetery, Leesburg.
Visitation hours will be from 2:00 – 4:00 and 6:00 – 8:00 pm Sunday, May 19, 2013 at McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Warsaw.
McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel - May 18, 2013
Gravesite Details
The gravesite has a singular headstone with husband and his wife. Engraved on the back are the names of their three children.
At the foot of the grave is a concrete mounted bronze plaque with his permanent Naval rank at discharge.
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