ROBERT EARL ARNOLD

Robert Earl Arnold, 84, of Pittsburg, Kansas died at 8:08 P.M. Sunday, March 15, 2026 at Quaker Hill Rehabilitation Center at Baxter Springs, Kansas

Mr. Arnold was born October 25, 1941 at Worland, Missouri, the son of Thomas Seth and Rhoda Lavon Kessel Arnold.  Robert was a retired machinist for the Kansas City Southern Railroad where he worked for 30 years. He had been a resident of Pittsburg most of his life. He was raised in Pleasanton, Kansas and graduated from Pleasanton High School. He married Mary Margaret Brooks on September 14, 1963 in Pittsburg, Kansas. Mrs. Arnold preceded him in death August 25, 2018. Survivors include three sons, Gene (Jeanie) Arnold of Berryton, Kansas, John (Jo) Arnold of Lamar, Missouri, and Michael (Joyce) Carpenter of Omaha, Nebraska, and a daughter, Tammy Sue (Jerry) Wayman of Franklin, Kansas, nine grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, a son, Kirk Carpenter, and three sisters, Dorothy Lea Haggard, Dorothy Lavon Mead, and Sara Mae Lounsbury.

Graveside services will be at 11 A.M. Saturday, March 21, 2026 at the Pittsburg Garden of Memories with Pastor Mike Johnson officiating. The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 A.M. Saturday at the Bedene Funeral Home prior to the graveside services. The family suggests memorials to the Living Faith Church of the Nazarene in Girard, Kansas. Donations may be sent to or left at the Bedene Funeral Home, 517 E. Washington, Box 621, Arma, Kansas 66712.