Arvilla K Carr

Arvilla K. "Arvy" Carr, age 92, Clark died on Sunday evening, December 11, 2011 in the Golden Living Center at Clark. She was the widow of Jack Carr. A funeral mass will be celebrated on Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 10:30 AM in the St. Michael's Catholic Church in Clark with burial following in the St. Boniface Cemetery in Clark. Eileen Heilman will be the organist. The music for the mass will be "How Great Thou Art" #418 as an entrance hymn, for the Offertory, "Mary's Song" #717, during Communion, "You Are Mine" #491, ending Mass, "Song of Farewell" #841 and "Here I Am Lord" #375 for the recessional song. The Reverend John Short will be the celebrant. Casketbearers will be Jakob, Nicholas & Joshua Weisbrod, Jim Fleischhacker, Darwin DesLauriers and Scott and Mike Hanson. A Rosary service will be held at 4:45PM, led by Father John Short, followed by visitation from 5-7PM at the Furness Funeral Home Chapel in Clark on Wednesday. Visitation will continue one hour prior to the funeral mass at the Church on Thursday morning. She was born Arvilla Kathleen Geise on March 12, 1919 to Earl and Delia (Hallinan) Geise. She was raised on their farm in Merton Township and attended a Township elementary school. During the time she attended Clark High School, she was employed by the George Sherwood family and lived with them for a number of years. She graduated from "Normal School" (Teacher's College) and became a teacher in one-room school houses in Clark County. She also served as a long-term substitute at Clark Elementary School in the 1950's. In addition to her skills as a teacher, Arvy had considerable skill as a bookkeeper. She was employed in that capacity by Citizens State Bank of Clark and Clark Roller Feed Mill. She retired from her position at the Mill in the 1970's. Arvy became part of the large Carr family when she was united to Jack Carr on September 23, 1944, in his home town of Caldwell, Idaho. Following Jack's death in 1987, Arvy remained in their home in Clark until 2005. She moved first to the Geise family home in Clark and then to the Wika Apartments. She lived for several years at Wookey Assisted Living before moving to the nursing home in Clark, where she passed away. She was a member of St. Michael's Catholic Church in Clark, the St. Michael's Altar Society and for many years played cards belonging to a bridge club. She also enjoyed tending to her pet poodle, "Pepi" and in years past, raising Huskies with her husband Jack. Arvy is survived by one sister, Genevieve Stockwell, of Longmont, CO. She held a mother-like position in the lives of numerous nieces and nephews who also survive and who are grateful for her love and support. Also surviving is a sister-in-law, Margaret Geise and a brother-in-law, Lee (Helen) Hanson. In addition to her husband, Jack, Arvy was preceded in death by her parents, brothers Keith, Emil "Tuffy", and Vincent Geise and sisters Regina Hanson and Valeria Fleischhacker. Arrangements are with the Furness Funeral Home at Clark where there is an on-line registry at www.furnessfuneralhome.com