Arthur Charles Standing (1894-1970)
STANDING, NICHOLSON, HENDERSON, THOMPSON, GRIFFITH, KNIGHT
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Date: 4/2/2022 at 14:16:30
Services Held Monday For Arthur Standing
Funeral services were held Monday January 26th for Arthur C. Standing at 2:00 p.m. at the Friend's Meeting House near Paulina. Mr. Standing died Saturday January 24 in a Des Moines Hospital following a short illness.
Pallbearers were: Ernest Wilson, Alfred Fawcett, Ellis Standing, Burton Kisling, Glen Tjossem and Don Mott. Interment was in the cemetery adjacent to the meeting house and Gaudian funeral home was in charge of arrangements.
Obituary
Arthur C. Standing was born in Earlham. Iowa, October 15, 1894 and passed away January 24, 1970 at the age of 75. He was the oldest of 7 children in the family of Charles and Mary Alice Standing of the Bear Creek Meeting of Friends. He spent his childhood in the Earlham community and his high school years in Friend's boarding schools.
A conscientious objector to war, during World War I, he did reconstruction work in 1918 and 1919 in France under the auspicious of the American Friend's Service Committee. Upon his return, he started farming for himself.
On March 28, 1925 he married Lydia Henderson of the Paullina Meeting of Friends. To this union were born two daughters, Reva and Wanda. The family continued farming in Earlham until 1948 when Arthur's health forced his retirement from that profession. At this time they moved to Primghar where he became custodian of the Farm Bureau building across from their home. He had retired from this position only a few months before he was stricken. Although he was in poor health for much of his life, he was a man of cheerful disposition. He maintained a wide variety of interest. Through his paintings of landscapes and cultivation of flowers, he expressed his love of natural beauty. Through his conversation and warmth, he reached out to others.
A Birthright Friend, he was active in whatever meeting he was a member, and he cherished the social concerns of Friend's.
He is survived by his wife, Lydia, and two daughters; Mrs. John Griffith of Ames, and Mrs. Roy Knight of Earlham, their husbands, nine grandchildren, 1 great granddaughter, brothers and sisters, nieces and nephews.
Source: Paullina Times, published in Paullina, Iowa on Thursday, January 29th, 1970, Page 1
Contributor: Kent Pauling (47438725)
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