Rev. Dr. Kenneth H. Arnold

IN MEMORY OF
REV. DR. KENNETH H. ARNOLD

BORN
March 16, 1959
Chicago, Illinois
PASSED AWAY
November 29, 2006
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

FUNERAL SERVICE
10:00 A.M. Saturday
December 2, 2006
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Sheldon, Iowa
OFFICIATING
Rev. John Wolf
Bethel Lutheran Church in Inwood, Iowa
Liturgist: Bishop Michael Last
Lector: Intern Carrie Anderson

MUSIC
“How Great Thou Art”
Soloist: Clint Badberg
“Be Still My Soul/What A Friend We Have In Jesus”
Soloist: Susan Lichty
CONGREGATIONAL HYMNS
“Hark the Herald Angels Sing”
“I Know That My Redeemer Lives”
“On Our Way Rejoicing”
Organist: Jean Giddings

CASKET BEARERS
Arlyce Oosterhuis Lillian Green
Nicholas Stallman Lowell Appleton
Dean Freed James Buenger
Susan Tokheim Susan Roth
Craig Vander Linden

FINAL RESTING PLACE
St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
Sheldon, Iowa

Arrangements under the care of the
Vander Ploeg Funeral Home
of Sheldon, Iowa

After the graveside service relatives
and friends are invited to join the family in the fellowship hall of the church.

REV. DR. KENNETH H. ARNOLD

Rev. Dr. Kenneth H. Arnold, the son Warren and Christa (Hellmann) Arnold, was born March 16, 1959 in Chicago, Illinois. He attended school in Chicago and graduated from high school in 1977. He then went on to graduate from Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa in 1983; Wartburg Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa in 1987 and received his Doctorate in Pastoral Care and Counseling from the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago, Illinois in 1998. He was united in marriage to Kathy Allsup on June 9, 1984 in Burbank, Illinois. Pastor Arnold had served the congregations of Zion Lutheran in La Porte City, Iowa; St. Paul’s Lutheran in Rockwell City, Iowa. In August of 1999, he was called to serve St. Paul Lutheran Church in Sheldon, where he was currently the Senior Pastor. Pastor Kenneth Arnold passed away on Wednesday, November 29, 2006, at the Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, reaching the age of 47 years, 8 months and 13 days.
He was on the Candidacy Committee for the Western Iowa Synod. He enjoyed collecting sports cards and was an avid Chicago White Sox and Chicago Bears fan.
Pastor Arnold leaves to cherish his memory, his wife, Kathy of Sheldon; and their children, Katie, Kristine and Karl all at home; his parents Warren and Christa Arnold of Crest Hill, Illinois; two brothers and their spouses, Mark and Lauri Arnold of Hickory Hills, Illinois; Glenn and Linda Arnold of Frankfort, Illinois; and other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents.

Memorials may be directed to:
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Major Repair Project






Jesus said,
“In my Father’s house are many rooms;
if it were not so would I have told you
that I go to prepare a place for you?
And when I go and prepare a place for
you, I will come again and will take
you to myself, that where I am you
may be also. And you know the way I
am going.”

“I am the way, and the truth,
and the life;
no one comes to the Father,
but by me.”

“Because I live, you will live also.”

John 14:2-6, 19