- Date Of Birth: March 7, 1924
- Date Of Death: April 21, 2015
- State: Kentucky
Mrs. Christine Arnold-Hook, 91, passed away Tuesday April 21 at The Willows in Lexington under hospice care. Mrs.
Chrissie, as she was known to friends, was an avid golfer, bowler, gardener, reader, bridge player and loved to spend time with her family. She graduated from Western High School in Hickman, Kentucky in 1942. Following high school she was nominated to attend the Defense Vocational School where she studied aircraft inspection and mechanical blueprints and was then recruited to the Goodyear Aircraft Shipping Department in Akron, Ohio where the first blimp was made. It was there she met the love of her life, Charles H. Arnold.
They were married February 7,, 1945, and the Arnolds moved to Maysville where Mr. Arnold returned to work for the family soft drink business in Falmouth, Kentucky.
She was preceded in death by her late husband’s Charles H. Arnold who was tragically killed in a plane crash January 1966; and George M. Hook Jr. who died in December 2001. She was also preceded in death by two infant brothers, Verlon and Laverne Benson, and two sisters Pearl Melville and Marie Craddock.
Chrissie is survived by two daughters Kathy Arnold Stone (Robert) of Lexington Kentucky, Cheryl Arnold Brown (Brian) of Lexington Kentucky, three grandchildren Julie Lowe Owens (Jordan) of Lexington Kentucky, Patrick Alexander Brown of Frisco Colorado, Kristen Elizabeth Brown of Lexington Kentucky, two great-grandchildren, Reece Allen Owens and Jonathan Downing Owens both of Lexington Kentucky. She is also survived by two sisters Laura Croan of Fort Scott Kansas, and Carol Farmer of Southgate Kentucky. The heartfelt thanks to special caregiver, Caprice Brown.
