Kern County Obituaries

Charles William Arbuthnot, Sr.

Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008

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Charles William "Arby" Arbuthnot, Sr., 77, born in San Francisco, Indiana 
on August 4, 1924, passed away on November 2, 2001 in Antelope Valley 
Hospital, Lancaster, CA after many years of living with heart problems. 
Arby was a long-time resident of Mojave and Rosamond, CA. He served in the 
US Navy during and after World War II. He retired after thirty years as a 
firefighter in the Civil Service Fire Protection Branch of the United 
States Air Force on the Air Force Flight Test Center Team. He spent most 
of those years at Edwards AFB. He then worked for the Mojave Airport, 
Calcite of Rosamond, and other jobs in the area.

Arby is survived by two brothers, Harold Arbuthnot and Clarence Arbuthnot,
and two sisters, Hattie Fletcher and Bonnie Mitchell, all of Indiana; four 
of his children, Jacque Hall of Ridgecrest, CA Charles Arbuthnot, Jr. of 
Palmdale, CA, Starla Jeppson of Boise, ID, and Lisa Sokolowski of California 
City, CA; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded 
in death by his wife of 45 years, Barbara in 1998 and one son, Alan Lance 
Arbuthnot in 1984.

The viewing was held on November 7, 2001 and Memorial services will be held 
on November 8, 2001, 11 a.m. at Stickel Mortuary in Mojave. Internment will 
be at East Kern Cemetery in Mojave, CA.

Arrangements by Stickel Mortuary.

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