- Date Of Birth: December 27, 1925
- Date Of Death: June 16, 2019
- State: Michigan
Harry George Arnold was called home by his Lord and Savior on June 16, 2019. He was born on December 27, 1925, in Paterson, NJ, the son of George C. and Clara (Gross) Arnold.
During his senior year in high school, he enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps, serving on active duty from 1944 through 1946. After release from military service in WWII, he enrolled in Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI. Completing his college degree in 1950, he enrolled at Calvin Seminary from which he graduated in 1953. Having received and accepted a call to become pastor of the First Christian Reformed Church in Minneapolis, MN, he was ordained to the Ministry of the Word on September 25, 1953.
Thereafter, as Pastor, he served churches in East Palmyra, NY, Zeeland, MI, Lansing, IL and Grace CRC in Kalamazoo, MI. He retired from Grace Church in January of 1991 but continued to serve area churches as supply pastor for the next 25 years, concluding his preaching ministry on his 90th birthday in 2015. He would want to be remembered only as a faithful servant of the Lord.
During the years of his ministry Pastor, Arnold continued theological studies, receiving a Master of Theology degree from Calvin Seminary in 1970 and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, IL in 1981. Dr. Arnold was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Chris, George, and John; a sister Nellie Bergsma; and a grandson, Bradley Joel Arnold.
Dr. Arnold is survived by his wife Kathryn (De Nooy) with whom he was joined in marriage on June 29, 1949; four children, Rebecca (Bob) Furlong, Thomas (Cathy) Arnold, Sarah (Robert) Douma, and Stephen Arnold. He is survived also by four grandchildren, John T. (Jennifer) Arnold, Kathryn G. Douma, Jacob R. Douma, and Christopher G. Arnold; three great-grandchildren, Ella, Abigail, and Olivia Arnold; and many nieces and nephews.
