Dr. John E. Arford

Dr. John E. Arford Dr. John E. Arford, 83, went home to be with his Lord and Savior at 9 p.m. May 16, 2013, at Miller’s Merry Manor, Warsaw. He was born Sept. 28, 1929, in Washington, Ind., to Alva and Trula Johnson Arford. On Sept. 18, 1954, in Warsaw, he married the love of his life, Harriet Rockhill, who survives at Tippecanoe Lake. He graduated from Washington High School, Indiana University and The Indiana University School of Medicine in 1955. He then joined the U.S. Navy, serving his country as a medical doctor from 1957-59 in San Francisco, Calif. He returned to Warsaw in 1959 and opened his family practice from March 1959 to 1973. He joined a group of doctors in 1973 and formed Parkview Emergency Physicians, where he practiced until 1987. It was then that he opened the Occupational Health Service in the Center-Center Shopping Center, Warsaw. He retired from his career as a family doctor in 1993. He loved ballroom dancing, creating oil paintings and fishing. He was a member of Masonic Lodge, Warsaw; Scottish Rite, Fort Wayne; Shriners Club as a “Jesters” member; Delta Epsilon Social Society at Indiana University; Elkhart Royal Order of the Moose; Lake Tippecanoe Country Club; Columbia Club of Indianapolis; Orchard Ridge Country Club; The United States Amateur Ballroom Dancers; and Rozella Ford Golf Club. He also had a dance membership at the Cloister, Sea Island, Ga., and the Greenbrier, White Sulfur Springs, W.Va. He enjoyed and loved his family and church. He and his wife attended as members of the United Methodist Church, Warsaw, where he was on multiple committees along with multiple Bible studies. Also surviving are a daughter, Rebecca (and spouse Dick) Smith, Columbia City; two sons, John Stephen (and spouse Linnea) Arford, Fort Wayne, and Michael Vincent (and spouse Jan) Arford, Leesburg; a sister, Kathleen Utley, Evansville; seven grandchildren: Heather (and spouse Adam) Harter, Fort Campbell, Ky.; Jared (and spouse Julie) Arford, Fishers; Kaitlyn Arford, Ball State; Michaela, Laura and William Arford, all of Leesburg; and Mackenzie Arford, Fort Wayne; and four great-grandchildren: Rilley, Hayden, Wyatt and Madison. He was preceded in death by his mother and father; two sisters, Vivian Brown and Carol Rose Prater; and a granddaughter, Madilan Arford. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at First United Methodist Church, Warsaw, with Pastor Scott Carmer officiating. Burial will be in Leesburg Cemetery. Calling is from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Warsaw. ***** Memorials may be made to Warsaw Christian School, 909 S. Buffalo St., Warsaw, IN 46580; First United Methodist Church, 179 S. Indiana Ave., Warsaw, IN 46580; or the Animal Welfare League, 3489 E. CR 100S, Warsaw, IN 46582. Condolences may be sent via mchattonsadlerfuneralchapels.com