{"id":4189,"date":"2024-09-13T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=4189"},"modified":"2026-01-01T10:16:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T15:16:51","slug":"happy-birthday-cousin-arnold-wellman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=4189","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday Cousin Arnold Wellman!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arnold Wellman was born on September 13, 1929 in West Point, Iowa. Arnold is Walt&#8217;s first cousin once removed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arnold Henry Wellman was the son of George and Veronica Moeller Wellman. He was the fourth of 8 children born to the couple. They were farmers in the West Point area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arnold lived in West Point for many years. He served in the Air Force from March of 1951 until June 5, 1955. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He married Betty Lafferty in November of 1958. They had four children together.  They divorced sometime in the 1970s.  On July 1, 1983, he married Norma Sjrinkle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"629\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therabbithoel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Grave-stone.jpg?resize=629%2C470&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therabbithoel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Grave-stone.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therabbithoel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Grave-stone.jpg?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therabbithoel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Grave-stone.jpg?resize=768%2C574&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arnold Wellman died on March 18, 1996 in Berryville, Arkansas. He was buried in Bell Plain Kansas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There a a few posts that talk about his parents including this <a href=\"https:\/\/therabbithoel.com\/?p=2152\">one<\/a> in Georgie&#8217;s memories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arnold Wellman was born on September 13, 1929 in West Point, Iowa. 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