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Deceased Classmate: Russell Arthur
Date Deceased: 09-29-2009
Age at Death: 59
Cause of Death:
Classmate City: Mt Vernon,Ohio
Classmate State: OH
Classmate Country: USA
Survived By: Surviving are his son Ananda Li of Mount Vernon; his grandson Kyle Ananda Jones; his mother Charlene Arthur of Mansfield; sisters Elizabeth Jane Arthur and Rebecca June Arthur both of Mansfield; his brothers Kenneth Allen (Linda) Arthur, and Kevin James Arthur all of Mansfield; and Kerwin John (Denise) Arthur of Chattanooga, TN. He left a girlfriend and significant other Brenda Algire and a special cousin Stephen J. Arthur of Columbus; nephews Cale Arthur, Timothy Arthur, Caleb Arthur, Titus Arthur and a niece Jennifer Arthur.
MOUNT VERNON ~ Russell Kingsley Arthur, age 59, of Mount Vernon, passed away on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 in Wooster. He was born July 12, 1950 in Waterloo, Iowa, and was graduated from Mansfield Senior High School in 1968. Kingsley was graduated from Kenyon College, in Gambier, and Central Ohio College of Massage Therapy, in Newark. He had worked with Mount Vernon Developmental Center and JCPenney HealthClub on Polaris Parkway in Columbus. Kingsley enjoyed playing the violin, camping, caring for his pet turtle Chin, and was secretary of his numismatics club. He was preceded in death by his daughter Rachel Diane; and his father The Rev. Russell A. Arthur.
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Frederick Wiegand
I first met Kingsly in 5th grade at Brinkerhoff along with Danny Porter, Cathy Smith, Paula Kiffner, Mark Homsley, Carol Scott (I had a crush on her) and a bunch of other 5th graders from around the city. I never knew Kingsly's first name was Russell untill we were reunited in 10th grade at MSH. To me he was always King Arthur, which I thought a rather grand name for such an odd person. I enjoyed Kingsley's strange humor and rather high brow comments even though it often took me awhile to figure out just what the heck he was talking about. A rather odd memory of Kingsley was that he was the only guy I've ever seen that would sit at a school desk (grade school or high school) and cross his right leg over the top of the left leg with his calf dangled straight down so his foot almost touched the floor, and then slide his rear end forward on the seat like a recliner - creating a kind of strange backward S curve with his body. I tried it once and it took about 10 minutes to get un-wound. Wierd what we remember about people we know isn't it?
After MSHS we all went our own ways and I only kept up on Kingsley thru his brother Ken who works in the Building Code Department for Richland County, and his sister Becky whom I would see at church or sometimes while walking on the street downtown. Ken told me in the summer of 2009 that Kingsly was still living in Gambier, Ohio, but in weaking health. His passing was not a surprise, but when I heard about it I thought of the five years I knew him (5,6,10,11 &12th grades) and in a world where a lot of people are trying to be sombody they're not, I salute Russell Kingsly Arthur for always just being himself - for me one of a kind and "King Arthur" forever.
From Fred Wiegand 2013