Irma Ruth Arnaman
Irma Ruth Arnaman
Irma Ruth Arnaman
March 10, 1929 – April 20, 2017
Grinnell, Iowa | Age 88
Irma Arnaman, 88 of Grinnell passed away Thursday evening, April 20, 2017 at Unity Point Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa after a very short illness.
Irma Ruth Arnaman was born on March 10, 1929 in Brooklyn, Iowa to Jesse and Louise Ackley Bunnell.
Irma grew up and helped her parents on the farm. She graduated from Montezuma High School with the class of 1946. Irma attended the American School of Beauty Culture in Des Moines after her high school graduation.
After dating a young Navy veteran for a year and a half, she and Ronald C. Arnaman were married. They began their life together on a farm north of Montezuma. They were the parents of three daughters, Beverly Ann, Vicky Lynn and Rebecca Jean. Irma was a wonderful wife and mother and enjoyed her beauty work for 66 years, gardening, church activities and raising their three daughters.
Irma and Ron loved to travel both in the states and abroad including England, Africa and Hawaii, went on bus tours, enjoyed square dancing, playing cards and all activities that their children and grandchildren were involved in. They were thrilled to have five grandsons and one granddaughter and later six great grandchildren.
Irma was a wonderful cook and made many batches of beef and noodles and many pies for her church potlucks as well as family dinners. Her homemade angel food cake was requested by many family and friends. She loved to play cards with her country club and Seeland Park friends, and the family considered her a real card shark.
Irma spent two winters in Texas with her niece Kay and Jerry Winchell, two very important people in her life. And lastly, her farm legacy will remain for years to come. Her life was happy and full and her loss is felt by many. She was a member of the Grinnell Presbyterian Church, served as an Elder and was on the Buildings and Maintenance committee.
Irma is survived by her daughters: Bev (& Ed) Hatcher of Grinnell, Vicky (& Gerald) Middendorf of Olathe, Kansas and Rebecca (& Bic Vogel) Wiley of North Augusta, South Carolina; her grandchildren: Michael (& Edie) Hatcher of Grinnell, Jason (& Kristen) Hatcher of West Des Moines, Dr. Daniel (& Katherine) Wiley of Macon, Georgia, Anne (& Chase Cullinan) Wiley of Augusta, Georgia, Matt Middendorf of Olathe, Kansas and Patrick Middendorf of Olathe, Kansas; her great grandchildren: Kade, Konner, Mikayla, Sydney, Abagail, and Mason Hatcher, and baby Wiley due in September; her brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Leonard and Annagrace Goeke as well as many nieces, nephews and friends.
She is preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Ron; her parents; and her sisters, Arlene (& Lewis) Hasley and Ella (& Howard) Hasley.
Funeral services will begin at 11:00 am Monday, April 24, 2017 at the Grinnell First Presbyterian Church with a luncheon immediately after.
Burial will be held in the Pleasant Township Cemetery in Ewart.
Visitation will be held Sunday afternoon, April 23, 2017 at the Holland-Coble Funeral Home in Montezuma with the family present from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm.
Memorial contributions may be made in Irma’s honor to the Grinnell First Presbyterian Church or St. Francis Manor Assisted Living.
