ARKE
 
ADAMS, DAVID L.   ADAMS, VICTOR   ADAMSON   AGLE   AHARONIAN   ALBERTS   ALEXANDER   ALLEN   ALLISON   ALTENHOFEN   ANDREUS   ARCHER   ARCHULETA   ARENS   ARKE   ARMSTRONG   ARNAU   ASHTON   ATKINSON   AUFDERHEIDE   AUSTIN   BACKLUND   BAEHR   BANTZ   BARNES   BARRETT   BARTLEY   BASS   BAUER, JAMES   BAUER, THOMAS   BEASLEY   BEAUVAIS   BECQUET   BEHNKE   BELINA   BELSER   BELTZ   BENNER   BENSON   BENTON   BERGSTRESSER   BERNIER   BERRY   BIEBEL   BIGELOW   BIGGS   BIRD, J   BIRD, G   BLACKLEDGE   BLAESS   BLAIR   BOBBITT   BOBO   BOEHM   BOURCIER   BOWERS   BRADLEY   BRADY   BRAGG   BRAHNEY   BRIDGES   BRIMS   BRITTON   BROOKS   BROUSSARD   BROWN, CHESTER   BROWN, JOHN   BROWNLEE   BRYANT   BURNETT   BUTCHKA   CAHILL   CALLIHAM   CAPORICCI   CARBINE   CASSITY   CATO   CHRISTIANSEN, R.   CIEMNIECKI   CLARK   CLEMONS   CLEVELAND   CLOAR   CLOUSE   COCHRAN   COFFEE   COLEMAN   COLIP   COOMBS   COOPER   COPPERTHITE   CORSON   COURCHAINE   COWAN, JAMES   COWAN, STETSON   COX   CROUCH   CROWE   CRUPPER   CUMMINGS, LAWRENCE C.   CUMMINGS, LAWRENCE R.   DAILY   DAMOTH   DANIELS   DEHMLOW   DELAY   DEVINEY   DICKSON   DIEL   DIGGS   DODGEN   DORGAN   DOW   DOWDY   DUCKWORTH   DUNHAM   DUNN, HARRY   DUNN, RAY   DUNAWAY   DYER   EAGAN   EDER   EDGE   EDWARDS   ELDER   ELKINS   ELROD   ESELGROTH   FARR   FEIGERT   FERREIRA   FERRELL   FERRY   FISER   FITZPATRICK   FLANIGEN   FONK   FOOTE   FORBEY   FORTNER   FOUTS   FOX   FRASE   FREUND   FUNK   FURMAN   GAGNON   GASBARRI   GATCOMB   GATES, BOB   GATES, HERBERT   GILZEAN   GLASGOW   GLASSFORD   GOGUEN   GOLDSTEIN   GOVEN   GRANT   GREEN   GREER   GREGORY   GREINER   GRIFFIN   GRIFFITH   GROVE   GRUVER   GUILMARTIN  



DOUGLAS "DOUG" DEL ARKE

Final Flight on October 21, 2009




Douglas "Doug" Del Arke, MSgt., USAF (Retired)

April 17, 1943 - October 21, 2009



Douglas "Doug" Del Arke, age 66, of Niceville, Fla., passed away Oct. 21, 2009, following a determined battle with heart disease. He was born on April 17, 1943, in Petaluma, Calif., to the late Elwood and Lenora Arke.

 

He was raised in Petaluma until moving to Texas during high school. In 1961 he graduated from South San Antonio High School where he met and married his high school sweetheart, Gail.

 

Doug, a Vietnam veteran and retired master sergeant proudly served our country for 26 years in the U.S. Air Force as a fire fighter and helicopter crew chief. He moved to Florida upon his military retirement.

 

Doug was a loving and supportive husband, father, grandfather and brother. He was very mechanically inclined and enjoyed working on projects in his home and garage. Despite the challenges life presented he always kept a positive attitude, was inspiring and encouraging, and never had a negative word to say about anybody.

 

He is survived by his loving wife of 46 years, Gail Arke of Niceville; son, Michael and his wife Shellie of DeFuniak Springs, Fla.; son, Shawn and his wife Nani of Pearl City, Hawaii; daughter, Brook Arke Hay and her husband Dustin Hay of Parrish, Fla.; grandson, Keanu; granddaughters, BrieAnna, Kehau, Allie and Madison; sister, Gloria Smith of Bend, Ore.; nieces and nephews; and many wonderful friends. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Kenneth Arke.

 

Funeral services will held on Monday, Oct. 26, at 11 a.m. at Heritage Gardens Funeral Home, 2201 N. Partin Drive, Niceville (850-729-1955), with a viewing one hour prior to the service. Interment with military honors will follow in Heritage Gardens Cemetery. You may share memories and condolences to the family at www.heritagegardensfuneralhome.com.

 

The family would like to offer a special thank you to all the wonderful "angels on earth" who provided such compassionate care over the past few years.

 

Memorial donations in Doug's name may be made to the American Heart Association, 1101 Northchase Pkwy., Suite 1, Marietta, GA 30067 (1-800-242-8721). You may find Doug's memorial page on the American Heart Association website (www.americanheartassociation.com).

 

Heritage Gardens Funeral Home is entrusted with arrangements.



       



"FREEDOM ISN'T FREE"

~SOMEONE PAYS FOR YOU AND ME~


"HELICOPTERS" - THE ONLY WAY TO FLY


~NEVER FORGOTTEN~