OBITUARY - Daily News, Moscow-Pullman (ID) - September 14, 2001
Arthur was born May 7, 1909, at Dayton, Wash., to Charles and Bertha Hatfield Crossler. Following high school he attended business college for one year in Walla Walla but felt it was too great an expense for his father to bear and moved to Moscow where he operated a horse-drawn delivery service and built an apartment house with his profits.
When a truck delivery service opened in town, he upgraded his operation by convincing his competition that a new apartment building was a better investment and negotiated a trade. For seven years, Art lived in the Moscow fire station and served as a volunteer firefighter for many years.
When Walla Walla beat the U of I football team in the 1930s, Art was so incensed by the Vandal loss that he started the Athletic Department, or AD Club. He predated the Idaho Lottery by 50 years by investing 100-percent of the proceeds from his area slot machine club to benefit the AD Club, which still funds the UI athletic scholarships to this day and boasts a principle exceeding $1 million. Art married Helen P. Franklin May 15, 1950, in Reno, Nev. She preceded him in death in 1992.
Art served as the exalted ruler of the Elks Lodge. He never forgot the lessons learned early in life and never asked of his employees what he himself would not do. Art was a good businessman, well respected by his peers and loved by generations of family and friends. His wit and wisdom, his gracious manner, his honesty and strength of character were an inspiration to all those who knew him. He lived a good life and will be missed by those left behind.
He is survived by his daughter, Patricia Gratton of Moscow; his sons, James Crossler of Troy and Jerry Meyerhoeffer of Twin Falls; two brothers and spouses, Don and Nellie Crossler and Johnny and Marilyn Crossler, all of Moscow. Ten grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Short's Funeral Chapel. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the First United Methodist Church in Moscow. The Rev. Bill Green of that church will officiate. A graveside service will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at the Moscow Cemetery.
Arthur was born May 7, 1909, at Dayton, Wash., to Charles and Bertha Hatfield Crossler. Following high school he attended business college for one year in Walla Walla but felt it was too great an expense for his father to bear and moved to Moscow where he operated a horse-drawn delivery service and built an apartment house with his profits.
When a truck delivery service opened in town, he upgraded his operation by convincing his competition that a new apartment building was a better investment and negotiated a trade. For seven years, Art lived in the Moscow fire station and served as a volunteer firefighter for many years.
When Walla Walla beat the U of I football team in the 1930s, Art was so incensed by the Vandal loss that he started the Athletic Department, or AD Club. He predated the Idaho Lottery by 50 years by investing 100-percent of the proceeds from his area slot machine club to benefit the AD Club, which still funds the UI athletic scholarships to this day and boasts a principle exceeding $1 million. Art married Helen P. Franklin May 15, 1950, in Reno, Nev. She preceded him in death in 1992.
Art served as the exalted ruler of the Elks Lodge. He never forgot the lessons learned early in life and never asked of his employees what he himself would not do. Art was a good businessman, well respected by his peers and loved by generations of family and friends. His wit and wisdom, his gracious manner, his honesty and strength of character were an inspiration to all those who knew him. He lived a good life and will be missed by those left behind.
He is survived by his daughter, Patricia Gratton of Moscow; his sons, James Crossler of Troy and Jerry Meyerhoeffer of Twin Falls; two brothers and spouses, Don and Nellie Crossler and Johnny and Marilyn Crossler, all of Moscow. Ten grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Short's Funeral Chapel. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the First United Methodist Church in Moscow. The Rev. Bill Green of that church will officiate. A graveside service will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at the Moscow Cemetery.
OBITUARY - Daily News, Moscow-Pullman (ID) - September 14, 2001
Arthur was born May 7, 1909, at Dayton, Wash., to Charles and Bertha Hatfield Crossler. Following high school he attended business college for one year in Walla Walla but felt it was too great an expense for his father to bear and moved to Moscow where he operated a horse-drawn delivery service and built an apartment house with his profits.
When a truck delivery service opened in town, he upgraded his operation by convincing his competition that a new apartment building was a better investment and negotiated a trade. For seven years, Art lived in the Moscow fire station and served as a volunteer firefighter for many years.
When Walla Walla beat the U of I football team in the 1930s, Art was so incensed by the Vandal loss that he started the Athletic Department, or AD Club. He predated the Idaho Lottery by 50 years by investing 100-percent of the proceeds from his area slot machine club to benefit the AD Club, which still funds the UI athletic scholarships to this day and boasts a principle exceeding $1 million. Art married Helen P. Franklin May 15, 1950, in Reno, Nev. She preceded him in death in 1992.
Art served as the exalted ruler of the Elks Lodge. He never forgot the lessons learned early in life and never asked of his employees what he himself would not do. Art was a good businessman, well respected by his peers and loved by generations of family and friends. His wit and wisdom, his gracious manner, his honesty and strength of character were an inspiration to all those who knew him. He lived a good life and will be missed by those left behind.
He is survived by his daughter, Patricia Gratton of Moscow; his sons, James Crossler of Troy and Jerry Meyerhoeffer of Twin Falls; two brothers and spouses, Don and Nellie Crossler and Johnny and Marilyn Crossler, all of Moscow. Ten grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Short's Funeral Chapel. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the First United Methodist Church in Moscow. The Rev. Bill Green of that church will officiate. A graveside service will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at the Moscow Cemetery.
Arthur was born May 7, 1909, at Dayton, Wash., to Charles and Bertha Hatfield Crossler. Following high school he attended business college for one year in Walla Walla but felt it was too great an expense for his father to bear and moved to Moscow where he operated a horse-drawn delivery service and built an apartment house with his profits.
When a truck delivery service opened in town, he upgraded his operation by convincing his competition that a new apartment building was a better investment and negotiated a trade. For seven years, Art lived in the Moscow fire station and served as a volunteer firefighter for many years.
When Walla Walla beat the U of I football team in the 1930s, Art was so incensed by the Vandal loss that he started the Athletic Department, or AD Club. He predated the Idaho Lottery by 50 years by investing 100-percent of the proceeds from his area slot machine club to benefit the AD Club, which still funds the UI athletic scholarships to this day and boasts a principle exceeding $1 million. Art married Helen P. Franklin May 15, 1950, in Reno, Nev. She preceded him in death in 1992.
Art served as the exalted ruler of the Elks Lodge. He never forgot the lessons learned early in life and never asked of his employees what he himself would not do. Art was a good businessman, well respected by his peers and loved by generations of family and friends. His wit and wisdom, his gracious manner, his honesty and strength of character were an inspiration to all those who knew him. He lived a good life and will be missed by those left behind.
He is survived by his daughter, Patricia Gratton of Moscow; his sons, James Crossler of Troy and Jerry Meyerhoeffer of Twin Falls; two brothers and spouses, Don and Nellie Crossler and Johnny and Marilyn Crossler, all of Moscow. Ten grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Short's Funeral Chapel. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the First United Methodist Church in Moscow. The Rev. Bill Green of that church will officiate. A graveside service will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at the Moscow Cemetery.
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