Obituary of Goldie Weyant Arndt

Goldie Marie Weyant Arndt, age 94, a resident of Uniontown, Kansas, passed away Sunday, January 26, 2025, at the Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute, Kansas.  She was born April 27, 1930, in Ft. Scott, Kansas, the daughter of Willis William Wells and Goldie Belle Weston Wells.

Goldie was raised in the Uniontown area and graduated from the Uniontown High School.  She married Miles Weyant on December 25, 1948.  Together they had five children, Jim, Brad, Chuck, Mary and Matt.

Goldie loved to cook.  She owned and operated her own restaurant, Goldie’s Place, located on the north side of the square in Uniontown, for many years.  During this time, she made countless pies and was often called on to cater the annual Thanksgiving dinner for the employees of Bourbon County.

Goldie’s husband, Miles, preceded her in death on December 13, 1993.  She later married Larry Arndt on October 4, 2003.  They enjoyed several happy years together until his death in 2015.

Goldie was loved by many and will be greatly missed by all who knew her.

 

Survivors include her three children, Chuck Weyant (Donna) of Bronson, Kansas, Mary Beerbower (Alvin) of Uniontown, Kansas and Matt Weyant also of Uniontown and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.  Also surviving is a brother, Richard Wells (Sharon) of Poteau, Oklahoma.

In addition to her husbands, Goldie was preceded in death by her parents, two sons, Jim and Brad Weyant, three grandsons, Clayton Michael Weyant, Brandon Weyant and Tony Weyant, a granddaughter, Melanie Beerbower and a sister, Una Wells.

 

Rev. Marty Dewitt will conduct a memorial service at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, February 1st at the First Missionary Baptist Church in Uniontown.

Private burial will take place at a later date at the Uniontown Cemetery.

Memorials are suggested to the First Missionary Baptist Church and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, P.O. Box 347, Ft. Scott, KS 66701.  Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.

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