Arthur Oliver
October 17, 2015
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Arthur Oliver, 88, passed away Saturday, October 17, 2015 at Bright Kavanagh House.
Arthur was born December 4, 1926 in Des Moines to Joseph and Jennie (Tone1li) Oliver. He proudly served in the United States Navy. Arthur retired in 1990 from the Des Moines Public Schools where he had worked as a custodian. Prior to that, he was a school teacher, worked for the IRS and was also self employed. Arthur loved to golf and garden.
Arthur is survived by his sisters, Beverly Boshart and Mary Nizzi brother, Milo Oliver; and a host of nieces, nephews, extended family and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his wife Mary.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, October 22, 2015 at Hamilton’s Southtown Funeral Home, 5400 SW 9th Street followed by burial at Glendale Cemetery. Visitation will be held two hours prior to the service at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be directed to the family in loving memory of Arthur.
Online condolences may be expressed at www.HamiltonsFuneralHome.com.
Rick Romeo
10/20/2015
I met Art when I was a kid living across from Jefferson School on Watrous and a couple of years later had a summer job at the school working for Art. He taught me to play pitch which we played every morning. He really became a good friend with me as well as many of the other kids in the neighborhood. I seen him a couple of times over the years, the last time about 15 years ago when I was on an early morning walk and ran into him doing the same. We talked for a while about life back then and he asked about the others in the old neighborhood and still knew all their names. The thing I learned from him was even though he was an adult, he treated me and others, no matter what their age with kindness and respect. R.I.P. Art. You were a good man.