Arnold C. Blindert

Arnold Celestine Blindert, age 74, of Potosi, died on Saturday, May 24, 2008, at Orchard Manor Nursing Home in rural Lancaster. He was born on February 14, 1934, in Rockville, WI, the son of Harold and Bernadette (Klar) Blindert. On August 5, 1965, Arnold was united in marriage to Ruth I. Skinner at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, IA. Arnold was employed with John Deere Dubuque Works for thirty years, until his retirement in 1985. He served his country in the United States Navy from 1951 until his honorable discharge in 1955. Arnold enjoyed his daily trips to the Roadhouse to visit with friends and play poker machines and Shake-A-Day. He commercial fished for many years and also enjoyed deer, rabbit, squirrel and ginseng hunting, regular fishing and putting puzzles together.

Survivors include his children: Diana Brunton, Platteville; Michael (Tina) Blindert, Loveland, CO; his five grandchildren: Emily, Damien, and Makyla Brunton, Platteville, and Dustyn and Shane Blindert, Loveland, CO; three brothers: Harold (Karen) Blindert, Potosi; Carl (Dorothea) Blindert, Potosi; Douglas Blindert, Burnet, TX; two sisters: Betty (Eldon) Pluemer, Potosi; Ann (Francis) Klein, Platteville; three sisters-in-law: Jackie Blindert, Potosi; Carol Blindert, Platteville; Mary Pauley, Burton; a brother-in-law, Eugene (Alice) Skinner, Dubuque, IA; a special niece, Catherine Nix, Burton; and many nieces and nephews.

Arnold was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth on May 18, 1997; his father, Harold; his mother and step-father, Bernadette and Herbert Ducky Besler; two grandsons in infancy, brothers: Vernon and Bernard, a sister, Lucy Faherty; a brother-in-law, Harland Pauley and his favorite sidekick, his dog, Girlie.

A Celebration of Life was held on Wednesday, May 28, 2008, at the Martin Funeral Home in Potosi, from 3:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. with a blessing at 5:30 p.m. by Father Richard Leffler. Burial will be at a later date. In lieu of plants and flowers, an Arnold C. Blindert memorial fund has been established. A special thanks to Kim Leamy and Grant County Hospice, and the staff at Orchard Manor.