rden Dee Albaugh was born on October 11, 1927 to James and Letha Albaugh in Gary, Indiana. Arden passed away on March 6, 2018 at Largo Medical Hospital.
Family
He is survived by the love of his life, Betty Jean Albaugh, his daughter Sherry, son Terry, grandchildren Heidi, Todd, Samantha and Joshua and great grandson Jasan.
Military
Arden proudly served our country in the First Cavalry with a tour of duty in Japan from September of 1946 to December of 1947. Upon his discharge he received the WWII victory medal and the Army of Occupation Medal – Japan. Returning from the service, Arden married Betty on March 6, 1948. Their life together started on March 6, 1948 and ended 70 years later.
Life
His educational career started during his time serving in Japan where he attended Sendai University. Upon his return to the States, he and Betty moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota where he completed his degree in History at Northwestern Bible College. His lifetime passion for fishing was at its zenith while living in Minnesota. Arden and Betty returned to Indiana where he started his elementary education career of 40 years. He taught sixth grade and was a beloved teacher. His classroom was regularly visited during lunch and off times by students who enjoyed many of his hobbies. These hobbies ranged from playing chess and Nintendo, to making sugar crystals.
Arden’s life was one of fierce commitment to his values. Honesty, integrity and loyalty were of great importance to him. He exemplified this in his life with his family, friends, students and his Lord. Arden had a love of God and the scriptures, in his later years he greatly enjoyed drawing on his college training in Greek and thrived on a good exegesis teaching from the original text.
Arden & Betty retired to North Redington Beach, Florida in 1994 where they thrived and celebrated the latter season of their 70-year marriage. Arden also cherished the relationships developed and the time spent as a part of the community at First Baptist Church of Indian Rocks.
Arden loved his family dearly and will be greatly missed by them.
