Grant Harmon Arnold, Jr, 82, of Raytown, MO, passed away from lung cancer on February 28, 2015 at home surrounded by family and friends. Funeral services will be held at Floral Hills Funeral Home on Saturday, March 7th at 2:00 pm. Visitation will be held at the funeral home, one hour prior to the service. Grant was born on October 7, 1932 in Kansas City, MO. He graduated from Rockhurst High School in 1949. He served in the Navy as a Seaman First Class aboard the USS McCoy Reynolds (DE-440) during the Korean War. He graduated from the Kansas City Art Institute where he met his wife Doreene. He worked as a dot etch artist in the printing industry. Grant was preceded in death by his father Grant Harmon Arnold, Sr; his mother Claribel Pruett Arnold; his wife Doreene Estella (Davidson) Arnold and his sisters Julia A. Carson and Emily Wilson. He is survived by his daughters Kathy Arnold Watkins (Aaron); Cynthia Nuber (John) and son Grant Harmon Arnold III (Michele) as well as numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Wayside Waifs. Condolences may be left at www.floralhillsfuneralhome.com. Arr. D.W. Newcomer’s Sons Floral Hills Funeral Home, 7000 Blue Ridge Blvd., KCMO, (816) 353-1218.
