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Arnold George Ott © Enid News and Eagle 09-2001 Submitted by: Jo Aguirre
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Alva – The funeral for Arnold George Ott, 78, will be 10 AM Thursday at Apostolic Christian Church of Kiowa, Kansas. Jon Kokanovich and Ron Allenbach will officiate. Burial will be in Apostolic Christian Church Cemetery at Burlington. Arrangements are by Marshall Funeral Home of Alva.
He was born April 22, 1923, on the family farm southeast of Burlington to Sam and Lydia Sheif Ott and died Sunday, September 23, 2001, at the Presbyterian Hospital in Oklahoma City.
He graduated from Burlington High School and attended Northwestern College before enlisting into the Army Air Corp 1943. He served as an airplane electrical mechanic until 1946. After his return, he joined his father in operating the family farm.
On November 13, 1947, he married Nelda Jean Schupbach. He was a member of Apostolic Christian Church and served as Sunday school superintendent and teacher, church treasurer, usher and representative to the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha, Kansas.
He was active in various livestock associations including American Limousin, shorthorn, Angus, Brookshire, and Hampshirer associations. He was named a local and state FFA Honorary Chapter Farmer and as a State Honorary 4 – H member.
He served many years on the Burlington Public Schools Board of Education and was founding member of Burlington Lions Club, serving as a district lieutenant governor. He was on numerous boards, including Alfalfa County Fair Board and Alfalfa County Excise Board. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service named him 1990 Oklahoma's State Friend of Extension.
Surviving are his wife, Nelda; one son, Sam of Norman; one daughter, Sandra Hamilton of Alva; one sister, Esther Hood of Kiowa; one brother, Marvin of Kiowa; and three grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by four sisters.
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