

He was born in Bayon, New Jersey on December 17, 1922. He was married to Rita Sorin, and they had 4 daughters, Sharon Harzenski, Doreen Bailey, Michelle Sosin, and Lisa Susser.
Arthur served in the United States Army from September 14th, 1943, and received an Honorable Discharge on October 11,1945. He arrived in Europe on June 10th, 1944, D-Day+4. He was awarded the European African Middle Eastern Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal, and a Purple Heart Medal.
He later married Kathleen O’Conner and gained 2 stepdaughters, Eileen Truglia and Rita Joyce. Kathleen preceded him in death in October 2002.
Arthur married Ernestine Brooks on February 14, 2003. He gained another stepdaughter, Robin Barber and a stepson, Bruce Brooks. Ernestine and Arthur spent many years traveling, going to Santa Fe to visit Doreen, vacations to the Jersey Shore to spend time with his girls and their families, going to Philadelphia to visit Michelle and Steve and his grandchildren, and Boston to visit Lisa. They traveled to Europe with family and friends.
Arthur was such a kind, patient, and loving man. He was kind to all, and considered everyone a friend, even his Dr.’s, his insurance agent, Rocco, and their favorite servers from all their favorite restaurants. His favorite food was chicken tenders, and when ordering and you asked him what he wanted to eat he would say, “I’ll have MY chicken tenders”, or “I’ll have MY cheese blintzes with extra sour cream”, or at Olive Garden, it was “I’ll have MY chicken alfredo.”
Arthur loved to play golf in his community at Orange Tree Golf Club and played until he could no longer see the ball due to macular degeneration. He loved watching/listening to his Duke Blue Devils play basketball. He looked forward to his weekly facetime phone calls on Wednesday nights with his 4 daughters and some of the grandchildren, talking about sports, the weather and keeping up with their busy lives.
Arthur was a Real Estate Broker until he was 99 years young and had a career in Land sales and then was a manager at Resort World.
He is survived by his 4 daughters, Sharon Harzenski, Doreen Bailey, Michelle Sosin (Steve) and Lisa Susser, as well as stepchildren Rita Joyce (Michael), Eileen Truglia (Anthony), Bruce Brooks, and Robin Barber (Kevin). Grandchildren: Gregory Harzenski (Molly), Brian Cummings (Laura), Jill Cummings, Michael Joyce, Jr., Andrew Joyce, Natalia Joyce, Angelina Truglia, Anthony Truglia, Jr., Jason Clifton, Jessica Hughes (Craig) and Zachary Kemp (Kendal).
Great-grandchildren Suneil Harzenski, Michael Squillace, Austin Squillace, Isabella Cummings, Kaden Wise, Jackson, Eliza, Charlotte, and Ruby Joyce, Graidy, Braxton, and Emersyn Hughes, Skylyn Clifton, and Madilyn, and Morgan Kemp.
Funeral arrangements will be held at 11:00 a.m., July 19th, 2025, at 13001 S. John Young Parkway, Orlando Florida, 32837.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to Vitas Healthcare at vitascommunityconnection.org and the Wounded Warrior Project at https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org in his name.
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