March 29, 1940 - August 2, 2024
The services for Mary Jo Arnold will be held Thursday August 15, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. in Henninger-Hinson Funeral Home Chapel. Officiating the service Chaplin Butch Phillps.
Mary Jo was born March 29, 1940, in Enid to the late A.C. and Evelyn Blockcolski and passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by family on August 2, 2024. She attended local schools and graduated from Enid High School with the class of 1958.
On February 20, 1959, she married Ira “Lester” Arnold, and the couple made their home in Enid. Mary Jo went by “Mom, Mee-maw, Jo, and Jody” after her children were born, she was pretty much a stay-at-home mom. Later she went to work for “The Fireplace Shop” in Enid. She volunteered for the Tri-State Music Festival and volunteered for the Garfield County Election Board during elections. Later she and Lester owned and operated Arnold Mobile Home Parts and Service in 1984, later changing the name to Arnold's RV Parts and Service.
In her early years she enjoyed camping, boating, waterskiing, and traveling with her friends and family across the United States. In the later years the couple enjoyed their Keystone Lake getaway with more boating and hanging out with family and friends. She will be remembered as a kind and loving person.
She was preceded in death by her husband Lester, her parents and grand-daughter Nikki. She is survived by her son, Darren and wife Jan of Tulsa, daughter Peggy Arrington and husband Chris of Enid. Also surviving her brother Lewis Blockcolsky of Norman, and loving nieces and nephews.
Memorials to be made to FURever Friends Animal Rescue or the Enid SPCA.
Obituaries are posted, in part, due to the generosity of The Commons.
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