A family memorial service for Gertrude "Irene" Arnhart, age 91, will be held at a later date. Cremation arrangements are by Anderson-Burris Funeral Home and Crematory.

            She was born to Ruben and Lillie (Leonard) Simpson on February 5, 1916, in Aurora, Missouri, and died Sunday, February 18, 2007, in Enid.

           Gertrude grew up in Hominy and Oilton, and attended schools there. On September 25, 1933, she married Claude B. Arnhart in Drumright, Oklahoma. He became a minister with the First Church of God in 1948, and they pastored churches in Pauls Valley, Waynoka, Hobart, Ripley, Gage, Miraloma, California and Kinsley, Kansas. They retired in Woodward before moving to Enid in 1998. She resided at The Commons in Enid at the time of her death.

            She is survived by one daughter, Barbara S. Walker of Enid; three sons, James R. Arnhart of Valencia, CA, Larry D. Arnhart of Mabank, TX, Tommy L. Arnhart of Springboro, OH; one sister, Grace Campana of Banning, CA; ten grandchildren; and eleven great-grandchildren.

            She was preceded in death by her husband Claude on November 30, 1999, two brothers, Otho Simpson and Jesse R. Simpson; and two sisters, Mary Ringgold and Lucille Pierlot.