Larry Eugene Arnold, 74, of New Philadelphia, died Monday, December 10,
2012 at Union Hospital in Dover following a brief illness.
A son of the late Marie Helen (Arnold) Strange, Larry was born January
30, 1938 at Piedmont, Ohio. Larry was also preceded in death by his
grandmother, Lula Arnold who raised him during his childhood.
Larry was preceded in death by his mother and grandmother, his dear son,
Larry Kevin Arnold who passed away on April 8, 2009 and a sister, Norma
Jean Smith.
The family will receive friends on Thursday, December 13, 2012 from 6 to
8 p.m. in the Linn-Hert-Geib Funeral Home & Crematory at New
Philadelphia with a Christian Wake service being held at 5:45 p.m. At
the conclusion of the Wake Service, Rev. Harry Milligan will share a
song as requested by Larry. Then at 8 p.m. a Lodge of Sorrow service
will be conducted by B.P.O. Elks Lodge #1555. Father Jeff Coning will
celebrate a Mass of Christian Burial on Friday, December 14, 2012 at 10
a.m. in Sacred Heart Catholic Church at New Philadelphia. Burial will
follow in Greenmont Union Cemetery at Freeport. Following the committal
service, a luncheon will be held in St. Ambrose Hall at the church.
Those wishing to do so may send the family a personal condolence and
light a candle in remembrance of Larry by visiting the funeral home
Web site.
Contributions may be made in Larry’s memory to Sacred Heart Catholic
Church, 139 Third Street NE, New Philadelphia, OH 44663.
A full obituary will appear in the next print edition of the Harrison News-Herald.