David Arrants

David Lee Arrants was born October 1935 in Lilbourn, Missouri during the time of the Depression. His family moved several times looking for work and they ended up settling on a farm in Washington. He graduated from Monroe High School in 1953 and then joined the Air Force. He was stationed in North Dakota, met and married married Delores Lefavor and had two children, Robert & Denise. His next journey took him to Clear AFB in Alaska in 1961 where he worked as an Electronics Technician. In the summer of 1970, he moved to Fairbanks where he met and married his beautiful and loving wife Erma Wright. They celebrated their 50-year Golden anniversary in 2020.

Soon after their marriage, he became an Alaska State Trooper, with long assignments in Barrow. He retired after 20 years of service and started his second career as an Alyeska Pipeline Security Guard which involved fun, memorable experiences patrolling the pipeline in a helicopter.

Daves greatest joys in life were fishing, flying throughout Alaska in his plane The Mighty Moonie and playing guitar, especially enjoying the banjo and electric guitars.

His life was one of adventure and service. He passed away peacefully in Wasilla, October 2023 in his daughter’s home surrounded by his children Denise, Robert, Monica and Cindy.

He is surpassed by his parents Alva Arrants & Helen (Stobbe) Arrants, his brothers Allen and Larry, wife Erma as well as the many friends waiting in heaven for him. He leaves behind his siblings Curtis and Karen, children Denise, Bob, Monica, Cindy, Ken, Craig, Alfred, and grandson Kenneth.

Interment will be Solstice June 21, 2024, 1 pm at Northern Light Memorial Cemetery in Fairbanks.