Spencer Arnold

SPENCER ARNOLD

Iowa City

Spencer Evan Arnold, 24, passed away Monday, May 2, 2016, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City. Family and friends will gather from 3 to 7 p.m. Friday, May 6, with a special sharing of memories at 7 p.m., at Stewart Baxter Funeral & Memorial Services, Mount Vernon. Military honors will be provided by the Iowa National Guard Funeral Honor Guard.

Survivors include his mother, Wendy (Bill) Burkle of Mount Vernon; father, Mark (Sarah Thomas) Arnold of Yukon, Okla.; siblings, Chelsea (Spencer) Ammons, Samuel and Lauren; grandparents, Susan (William) Thomas of Cedar Rapids, Terry Johnson of Sun City, Fla., Ruth Arnold of Ottumwa and Walter and Verna Mae Burkle of Dyersville; and many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.

Spencer was born Jan. 29, 1992, in Ottumwa. He grew up in the Mount Vernon and Iowa City area, graduating from West High School in 2010. Spencer joined the Iowa National Guard in 2009 and honorably served for six years. Recently he was working for Dillard's in Coralville.

Spencer loved being outdoors, especially camping and fishing, and riding ATVs with his family and friends at Holiday Lake. He also enjoyed numerous trips with his dad, and loved animals, including his pug, Cash.

Spencer will be remembered for his one-of-a-kind sense of humor and living on the edge.

He was and always will be loved and adored by his parents, siblings and extended family.

He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Jack Arnold; and great-grandparents, D.B. and Dottie Arnold and Frieda Oswalt.

A memorial fund has been established.

Please share your support and memories with Spencer's family on his tribute wall at www.stewartbaxter.com under obituaries.