Beth Coleen Arnold, 73, of Columbia City, passed away in the company of family at 12:56 p.m.  Thursday, April 17, 2025, at Parkview Whitley Hospital.

She was born November 15, 1951, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, a daughter of the late Merle and Laura (Clifford) Felger.  Growing up on a farm near Arcola, she developed a lifelong passion for farm life.  She graduated from Carroll High School in 1970.

Mechanically inclined, Beth worked for over ten years in the maintenance department at Easterseals Arc of Northeast Indiana.  Most recently, she worked in the kitchen for the daycare at the Whitley County Family YMCA, Columbia City.

Family was always her priority, raising three children and joining her siblings for a monthly breakfast.  She liked fishing, looking after her flower garden, repairing and riding bicycles, and restoring furniture.  In her quiet time, she enjoyed assembling jigsaw puzzles or figuring out how to do her next project.

A member of the Unity Church in Fort Wayne, she volunteered to do maintenance work and lots of painting.

Surviving are her children, Nathan W. (Melinda) Arnold of Columbia City, Zenda M. (John) Tyler of Brownsburg, IN, and Travis (Elizabeth) Arnold of Columbia City; siblings, Lowell (LuAna) Felger of Arcola, Connie Fisher of Fort Wayne, Amy (Sam) VanEvery of Churubusco, Paul (Carol) Felger of Fort Wayne, Ruth (Phillip) Rivard of Columbia City, and Nan (Steve) Burman of Arcola; and sister in-law, Karen Felger of Arcola; ten grandchildren and one great grandchild.

She was preceded in death by a brother, Irvin.

A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday (April 24th) at Smith & Sons Funeral Home, Columbia City.  Visitation will be from 4 until the service on Thursday at the funeral home.

Memorials in Beth's honor are to the Whitley County YMCA preschool program.