Larned – Nira Jean Arnold, 93 passed away June 8, 2014 at Diversicare of Larned.

She was born December 16, 1920 in Larned; the daughter of Harry L. and Nira Elizabeth Welch Hunsley. A lifetime area resident, she was a licensed mental health technician at the Larned State Hospital.

She was a member of the First Baptist Church, Larned, she was a D.A.R. and E.H.U. Extension Units member and was a school board member for the Brown School District #6.

On February 11, 1938 she married Roy Earl Arnold in Kinsley. He passed away Sept. 9, 2004.

Survivors include; two sons, David Arnold, Larned and Phillip Arnold, Wichita; two daughters, Phyllis Thompson, Wichita and Diane Zook, Larned; eleven grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by; two sons, Richard and Roger; a brother, Harry L. Hunsley II and three sisters, Maureen Scheuler, Yuba Hansen and Harriet Orr.

Funeral will be at 2:00 p.m. Thursday at the Beckwith Mortuary Chapel with Rev. Josh Leu presiding. Visitation will be from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday at the mortuary. Burial will be in the Larned Cemetery, Larned, Kansas.

Memorials may be given to the Pawnee County 4-H Foundation in care of Beckwith Mortuary, P.O. Box 477, Larned, KS 67550. Personal condolences may be left for the family at www.beckwithmortuary.com.