Marjorie Ruth Arn, 93, of rural Convoy, passed away peacefully at 2:40 p.m., Monday at the Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born on December 8, 1921, in Ohio City to William O. and Ruth Marie (Stewart) Blush. On August 26, 1940, she married Walter H. Arn who died on January 19, 1997. She later married David Roger Jones who died in May of 2009. Mrs. Arn was a mother, homemaker and farm wife. She graduated from Ohio City-Liberty High School in 1939, where she played basketball. She was a member of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Convoy and the Fidelitis Guild. She had been a member of the Convoy Grange, Van Wert County Pomona Grange and the National Grange. She was also a member of Convoy Japonica Garden Club. She and Walter enjoyed traveling with their Coachman motorhome and had gone to Alaska, Florida, Arizona and Texas. They belonged to the Good Sam's Camping Club, Auglaize Valley Coachmen's Club, Van Wert County Farm Bureau and the National Holstein Association. Marjorie was an accomplished seamstress and had won awards for her fashions. She liked to enter her homegrown flowers in shows and had won many blue ribbons over the years. She enjoyed playing cards, especially Euchre and Liverpool Rum. Survivors include four sons, Jeffery (Sue) Arn, Carl (Cheryle) Arn, Michael (Sherri) Arn and Rex (Patti) Arn, all of Van Wert; three daughters, Nancy (Paul) England of South Vienna, Ohio, Marcia (Dale) Laukhuf of Lima, and Jo (Brad) Green of Easley, SC; seventeen grandchildren; 35 great grandchildren; three great great grandchildren; three step grandchildren; and eleven step great grandchildren. Also surviving are one brother, Lawrence (RuthAnn) Blush of Archbold; a sister, Jayne Selby of Celina; and many nieces and nephews. Marjorie was preceded in death by her parents; an infant son; two grandsons; three brothers, Richard, George and David Blush; and one sister, Christine Farlow. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, May 1, 2015, at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Convoy with Rev. Douglas Meyer officiating. Interment will follow at Ohio City Woodlawn Cemetery. Friends may call Thursday 2 - 4 and 6 - 8 p.m., at Cowan & Son Funeral Home, and Friday one hour before the services at the Church. Preferred memorials are to the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church or the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center.
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