Funeral services for Arlin Joe Unruh of Peculiar, Missouri, will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel (660-679-6555) in Butler, Missouri. Visitation prior to services 1 - 2 p.m. at the Schowengerdt Chapel. Burial in Bethany Mennonite Cemetery, Rich Hill, Missouri. Contributions to Midwest Transplant Network. Online condolences www.schowengerdtchapel.com.
Arlin Joe Unruh, age 61 of Peculiar, Missouri died Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at Select Specialty Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas. He was born December 24, 1963 to Ivan Dean and Virgie JoAnn Nightingale Unruh in Newton, Kansas.
Arlin is survived by his wife, Margie; one daughter, Nichole Toews of Siloam Spring, Arkansas; two stepdaughters, Kyndal Turney and husband Jesse of Lee’s Summit, Missouri and Brenna Giangreco and husband Charles of Raytown, Missouri; one stepson, Kyle Mullis and wife Sara of Odessa, Missouri; eight grandchildren, Hollister, Cruz, Evie, Olivia, Kennedy, Emma, James and Adalyn; his mother, JoAnn Unruh of Butler, Missouri; one sister, Barbara Koehn and husband Devern of Rich Hill, Missouri; and one brother, Wayne Unruh and wife Patricia of Transylvania, Louisiana. Arlin was preceded in death by his father, Ivan Dean Unruh on January 13, 2007.