Arthur Hyrum Mineer

December 5, 1917 -

November 27, 2008

Art passed away early this morning at the nursing home where he resided for about a year. This picture of him and Carma who passed away three weeks ago, taken at the time of their marriage is more fitting than a recent picture of him in his decline.

Arthur was a product of that "greatest generation" which underwent the trials of the great depression and World War II, building his family through and after the War. He served in the war constructing and working in a huge army port at the mouth of the Euphrates on the Iraq-Iran border. After returning home he obtained employment doing much the same blue-collar work while raising his family. He believed strongly in his family, ensuring that his daughters received higher education if they so desired. Arthur was known all over his neighborhood as friendly and supporting. Although he never made much in wages, he maintained a straightforward and simple life that permitted him to buy his home and build up savings that rival those of many of us. Though he wasn't an active member of the LDS Church, he always permitted his wife and 4 daughters to maintain their relationship with the Church. We have much to thank him for in what he did accomplish.