Ancestry: Arin Arrie Birddell Arney; John T. Arney; Samuel Arney; Frederick Erne/Arney; Jacob Erne/Earney
Born: October 17, 1908 in Hamler Oh.; (aka Merl)
- Father: Arin Arrie Birddell Arney; (1883 – 1931) (John T. Arney & Angenetta J. Leidigh)
- Mother: Nannie Maud McCurdy; (1885 – 1950) (William Washington McCurdy & Eliza Ann Gowling)
Died: April 19, 1979 in Farmington Mi. at 70 yrs.
- Buried: Interred in Farmington Mi. (L. Merl’s name is on the headstone of his wife Patricia in Cataumet Cemetery)
Occupation: Radiotrician, Ford Motor Company in Detroit Mi.
Where Lived: Ohio, New York City, Southfield & Merritt Mi.
Married (1): October 14, 1931 in New York City N.Y.
To: Louisa Virginia Godamska; (Abt.1911 – ?) (Daniel Godamska & Mary Poteka)
Children: 1
- 1. Anna Arney
Married (2): June 25, 1938 in McClure Ohio
- To: Patricia Katharyn Dugliss; (1914 – 2005) (Bruce Stuart Dugliss & Katharyn/Kit Elizabeth Finn)
Children: 4
- 1. James William Arney; (April 22, 1946 – ?); Married Cheryl Mae Planck.
- 2. Katharyn Patricia Arney Wright; (October 17, 1947 – ?); Married Fleming Stewart Wright, Jr..
- 3. Robert Bruce Arney; (August 6, 1951 – ?); Married Robbie Marie Shabas.
- 4. Kenneth David Arney; (September 20, 1952 – ?); Married (1) Cheryl Katharine (Brown) Ting & (2) Susan Lezah Anderson.