OBITUARIES

ARTHUR E. ARNOFF

Arthur E. Arnoff, 87, died on Nov. 18 at the Health Center in Essex Meadows Conn. Mr. Arnoff, formerly of Greenwich, Conn., had, for the last three years, been living in Essex Meadows.

Born in 1920 in New York City, Arthur Arnoff was educated at the Horace Mann School and was a graduate of the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1941 he joined the United States Navy and served as a Lt. (JG) on the aircraft carrier USS Ranger in the Pacific and on the USS Pasadena in the Atlantic. Upon his return to civilian life, he joined the Shirley Fabrics Corporation as an executive and later became its president.

After selling the company he retired and focused on his family and his favorite activities; golf, gardening, boating and picnicking. He and his family spent many summers in their house in 'Sconset, Nantucket. He was for many years a member of the Nantucket Yacht Club and Sankaty Head Golf Club.

He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Peggy House Arnoff, his four children: Linda Mackay of Hanover, N.H., Ellen Sonis of Sherborn, Mass., Arthur (Peter) Arnoff, Jr. of Katonah, N.Y. and Polly Arnoff of Bath, Maine, his sisters Shirley A. Baerwald and Betty A. Prashker of New York City, and six grandchildren. Amemorial will be held in Nantucket.

Donations in his name can be made to the Nantucket Conservation Foundation, P.O. Box 13, Nantucket, Mass., 02554. Arrangements by Robinson, Wright & Weymer Funeral Home, Centerbrook, Conn.