Arneta L.(Calvin) Staves

ARNETA LOUISE, DAUGHTER OF JOHN (SHORTY) AND EDNA PEARL (CROGHAN) CALVIN , WAS BORN MARCH 4, 1918 AT LA CYGNE, KANSAS. SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL IN
LA CYGNE. ON DECEMBER 24, 1936, SHE AND GEORGE J. STAVES WERE MARRIED IN OLATHE, KANSAS.. GEORGE WAS EMPLOYED IN THE OIL INDUSTRY AND DURING THOSE YEARS THEY LIVED AND WORKED MANY INTERESTING PLACES IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES AS WELL AS INDONESIA AND BANGLADESH. THEY RETIRED IN 1976 AND MOVED HOME TO LA CYGNE, KANSAS WHERE THEY LIVED UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1987. ARNETA WAS A LOVING WIFE AND MOTHER AND ADORED HER GRANDCHILDREN. SHE WAS A WONDERFUL HOMEMAKER. SHE LIVED FOR A TIME IN KEARNEY, MISSOURI. THEN LIVED WITH HER DAUGHTER AND HER FAMILY IN AURORA, COLORADO FOR HER REMAINING YEARS. SHE IS PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS; HER HUSBAND, GEORGE; AND HER BROTHER, CLARENCE (GUINEA) CALVIN. SHE IS SURVIVED BY TWO SONS AND THEIR WIVES, RUSSELL WARREN AND ALICE STAVES OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI; GARY CALVIN AND JEANNE STAVES OF CASTLE ROCK, COLORADO; ONE DAUGHTER AND HER
HUSBAND , APRIL JANEL (STAVES) AND THOMAS BAUER OF AURORA, COLORADO; EIGHT GRANDSONS, AND ONE GRANDDAUGHTER; NINE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND ONE GREAT- GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER.

ARNETA PARTED THIS LIFE FEBRUARY 20, 2009 AT 90 YEARS OF AGE IN AURORA, COLORADO. BURIAL WILL BE IN LA CYGNE, LINN COUNTY, KANSAS.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, PLEASE MAKE MEMORIALS TO THE CHARITY OF YOUR CHOICE. THE FAMILY RECOMMENDS NAMASTE HOSPICE 1633 FILLMORE ST. SUITE 300 DENVER, COLORADO 80206 OR THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION