Shelby County Indiana
Obituaries
Arkenau
Obituaries
Arkenau
The Kokomo Tribune
February 20, 1970
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MRS. LILLIAN ARKENAU
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Tipton------ Mrs. Lillian Arkenau,
72, 409 N. Conde St., died early
Wednesday night in her home following a several month illness. Funeral
services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Leatherman-Morris Funeral Home
with burial in the Forest Hill Cemetery at Shelbyville. Born Dec. 28, 1897,
in Shelby County, she was the daughter of Joseph and Nancy Stewart.
In
1940, in Corydon, she was married to George Arkenau, who preceded her in
death in 1952. She was a member of the Kemp United Methodist Church, the
Daughters of the American Revolution, the Busy Bee Club and the Embroidery
Circle. She had been an employee of the Arkenau Drug Store for many years
and had worked for the Republican Party in Tipton. Surviving are four
daughters, Mrs. William (Margaret) Kirk, Shelbyville; Mrs. Charles (Jean)
Hepp, Bay Village, Ohio; Mrs. John (Mary Ann) Guy, Studio City, Calif., and
Mrs. Clark (Charlotte) Keenan, Menlo Park, Calif; one brother, Donald
Stewart, Tipton County; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.February 20, 1970
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MRS. LILLIAN ARKENAU
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Contributed by Janet McColley Franklin
The Kokomo Tribune
January 20, 1953
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GEORGE H. ARKENAU
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Tipton---- January 20, 1953
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GEORGE H. ARKENAU
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George H. Arkenau, 67, Tipton druggist for more than 26 years, died at the Tipton County Memorial Hospital at 9:15 p.m. Sunday following an illness which seized him early Saturday morning at his store in South Main Street. Mr. Arkenau had been a business man and resident in Tipton for the past 26 years. He had operated drug stores in Indianapolis and Summitville before he purchased the Tipton store. He was active in civic enterprises as a member of the Chamber of Commerce and the Tipton Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. He was treasurer for the latter organization for more than a decade. He was a member of St. John's Catholic Church, the Knights of Columbus and the Elks. The deceased was born in Covington, Ky., March 27, 1885. He was one of seven children born to Henry and Elizabeth Renanaker Arkenau, four of whom survive him. He was graduated from the Cincinnati School of Pharmacy in 1904 and had clerked in several Indianapolis stores before acquiring a business of his own. He married Mrs. Hulda Burkher in Shelbyville who died at Tipton July 14, 1939. He later married Mrs. Lillian Kendall who survives with four stepdaughters; Mrs. William Kirk and Mrs. Charles Hepp of Shelbyville, Mrs. Donald Wagner of Los Angeles and Mrs. C. F. Keenan of Chicago. Surviving also are two brothers, Harry of Cincinnati and Edward of Detroit; two sisters, Mrs. John E. McCain of Dearborn, Mich., and Mrs. Leo Reilly of Cincinnati. There are six grandchildren. Funeral services were held at St. John's Church at 10 a.m. Tuesday with the Rev. Jerome C. Walski in charge. Burial followed in Forest Hill Cemetery at Shelbyville.
Contributed by Janet McColley Franklin
