Arnold Joseph Adams Obituary
Arnold Joseph Adams of Florence, WI and Mesa AZ. passed away on Friday, July 17, 2015 in Mesa, AZ. Arnold was born December 10, 1937 in Menominee, MI to Lawrence and Delia Adams. Arnold was a veteran of the U.S. Army National Guard and was an engineer for the Milwaukee Public Schools system. Arnold loved God, his family, fishing, hunting, the Menominee River, the Green Bay Packers and Las Vegas. Arnold will be greatly missed and is survived by his beloved wife of 52 yrs., Mary-Jo, wonderful sons, Bruce of Phoenix, AZ and Kevin (Tami) of Gilbert, AZ, two special grandsons, Austin and Alec Adams of Gilbert, AZ, sister Roselyn Hatton of Dunbar, WI. sister-in-law Diane Adams of Florence, WI and many dear friends. Dear uncle of Sue, Patricia, Shannon, Amy, Mike, Jack, Erin, BJ, Seanine, Ben, Quinn, Brian, Krista, Robert, Roger, Lisa, Howie and Joey. He was preceded in death by two sisters, Gloria Adams and Carol Norman; three brothers, Ralph, Roger and Jerry. Visitation will be held from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 P.M. Thursday, July 23, 2015 at the Mountain View Funeral Home 7900 E. Main St. Mesa, AZ. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Hospice of the Valley, 1510 E. Flower St., Phoenix, AZ 85015 would be appreciated. The family of Arnold would like to thank Hospice of the Valley for their kind and compassionate care of Arnold and his family during his illness.
Arnold and Mary Jo are our summer neighbors on the Menominee River. Arnold enjoyed life. He fished when he could, took care of a large river view yard and was the Mayor of our Road Commission. Often times you would find Arnold exercising from a previous winter surgery. He was always in shape, put most of we younger folk to shame. We looked forward to May when we would look over and see the lights on and knew summer had begun as our wonderful neighbors were back. The WI summers were not Mary Jo’s favorite but she supported Arnold’s love of the river and we became fast friends as well. We so miss our great neighbors and will miss Arnold’s common sense and humor. Our love goes out to Mary Jo and family.
We had the pleasure of knowing Arnold for a brief time as we brought personalized music on MP3 players to Brookdale Mesa residents. He LOVED and sang along to Johnny Cash and Kenny Rogers. We even loaded some John Wayne sound bites on there for him. Arnold was always so friendly and always smiling as he listened to his music. We will miss him – Prayers for your family in this difficult time~
Dick and Arnold were good friends and we will miss him. Prayers to the family during this time. Our thoughts are with you.
We spent many summers at Pilgrims Campgrounds with Arnie and Mary and had some great times and many wonderful memories. Sam, Armie,Bert and Joe would sit for hours around the campfires trying to solve the world problems. I’m sure Arnie and Sam are reminiscing now with a refreshment in hand. You and the boys have my deepest sympathy.
We have known Arnold several years as friends/neighbors in Mesa. It was hard to watch him struggle but admired his “fight”. He is at peace now. Love, Rachel and Frenchy