Arlie Arther

Funeral Services for Arlie Arther, 88,Hydro resident and former Clinton resident will be held 11:00 A.M., Saturday, March 23, 2019 in the Kiesau Memorial Chapel, officiated by Doyle Kinney. Burial will follow in the Clinton Cemetery under the direction of the Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home. Arlie Edward Arther was born May 30, 1930 to Edward and Lavernia (Cariker) Arther in Shamrock, Oklahoma and passed away Tuesday, March 19, 2019 in the Maple Lawn Manor Nursing Home in Hydro, Oklahoma. Arlie was raised in Oilton, OK and his family moved to Ada, Oklahoma his senior year and he graduated from Ada High School in 1948. He continued his education at Oklahoma University and was working on a degree in music. He moved to California and worked for the United Retail Foods and retired after 38 years. In the early 1990's he moved back to Wewoka, Oklahoma to care for his ailing mother and they moved to Clinton, Oklahoma in 1993. He married Betty (Hodge) Glenn September 30, 1995 in Clinton. Together they enjoyed traveling, gardening and listening to music. Arlie was a concert pianist and he loved to entertain and enjoyed being with family. He was preceded in death by his parents, brother, T.L. Arther and a son, Joseph Arther. He is survived by his wife, Betty, and her five children, Ed Lee and wife, Catherine, Salina, KS, Lela Farmer and husband, Rick, Hydro, OK, J.T. Lee and wife, Lissa, Hydro, OK, Troy Lee and wife, Toni, Clinton, OK and Jack Lee and wife, Peggy, Clinton, OK; a cousin Arleen Harris, of Clinton, OK. He is also survived by seven children, Kim Allen Arther, Kevin Paul Arther, Theresa Maria Johnson, Elizabeth Karen Corbett, Suzanne Irene Brown, Gretchen Antoinette Arther and Steven Andrew Arther, and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren, all of California.