Submitted by: Dan Rich

Tommy W. Arnett

May 8, 1938 - June 19, 1999

South Bend Tribune 8/22/1999

Tommy W. Arnett, 61, residing on Erie Street, Osceola, Ind., passed away on Saturday afternoon, June 19, in his home. Mr. Arnett was born on May 8, 1938, in Waterloo, Ala., to Grover and Stella (Harrison) Arnett, and had lived in this area since the age of 3. He was preceded in death by his father, Grover Arnett; and by a grandson, Mark Douglas Polston, Jr., in 1984. He retired from the Kroger Corporation where he had been employed in the produce department, and was working part- time with the Sears & Roebuck Automotive Department. On June 6, 1959, in Mishawaka, Ind., he married Linda K. Bach, who survives. He is also survived by his mother, Stella Arnett of Mishawaka; three daughters and their husbands, Debbie (Mike) Wolf, Lori (Mark) Polston and Dianna (Mark) Lawson, all of Elkhart, Ind.; five grandchildren, Derek Polston, Doug Polston, Matt Polston, Josh Polston and Kaylee Wolf, all of Elkhart; four sisters, Mary Otott of Vista, Calif., Hazel Mohns of Germantown, Wis., Dorothy Wolfe of South Bend and Janet Wappenstein of Portage, Mich.; and by a brother, Charles Arnett of Huntington, Conn. Mr. Arnett was a member of the Retail Clerks Union, and served in the United States Navy. He was a 1958 graduate of Mishawaka High School.