Thomas Meredith ARNESON^[1]

1919 - 1971  (52 years)

• Name	Thomas Meredith ARNESON  [2]
  Birth	8 Aug 1919	Ridgeway Twp., Iowa Co., WI, USA
  Baptism	9 May 1920	Ridgeway Twp., Iowa Co., WI, USA
  	sponsors: Mr. & Mrs. Henry Olson, Andrew Haugen and Pearl Simons
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 Dec 1971	Dodgeville, Iowa Co., WI, USA   [1]
  Burial	West Blue Mounds Lutheran Cemetery, Blue Mounds, Dane Co., WI, USA
  	corner of ID and County F, Blue Mounds, WI
  Notes	He was named after his maternal grandfather Thomas Meredith Evans, who had been a state representative for Wisconsin, serving as a Wisconsin State Assemblyman (Democrat), starting in 1911 for one term. Tom played trombone with the Bob Burns Band, Dan Garson Orchestra, and Hal Mac.
  Person ID	I4062	Ancestors
  Last Modified	2 Jun 2005

  
  

  Father	Ole Andrew ARNESON,   b. 25 Feb 1887, Barneveld, Brigham Twp., Iowa Co., WI, USA d. 20 Jan 1949, Dodgeville, Iowa Co., WI, USA (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Naomi Margaret EVANS,   b. 27 Dec 1894, Dodgeville Twp., Iowa Co., WI, USA d. 18 Apr 1978, Mt. Horeb, Dane Co., WI, USA (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	16 Jan 1916  [3]
  Family ID	F2958	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Lois Mae EVANS,   b. 22 Sep 1924, Dodgeville, Iowa Co., WI, USA d. 28 Aug 2015, Dodgeville, Iowa Co., WI, USA (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	14 Mar 1943	Dodgeville, Iowa Co., WI, USA   [1]
  	at the Plymouth Congregational Church.
  Divorce	Abt 1964	Iowa Co., WI, USA   [1]
  Children	1. L.L.R. ARNESON   2. Thomas Meredith ARNESON, Jr.,   b. 29 Sep 1944, Dodgeville, Iowa Co., WI, USA d. 9 Sep 2024 (Age 79 years)   3. D.K. ARNESON
  Family ID	F2961	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Geraldine HARRIS,   b. 29 Jul 1918, Parker, Turner Co., SD, USA d. 12 Jan 2003, FL, USA (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	11 Jun 1966	Madison, Dane Co., WI, USA
  	at the First Methodist Church chapel.
  Family ID	F21607	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2025

  
  

• Event Map		Marriage - 14 Mar 1943 - Dodgeville, Iowa Co., WI, USA Divorce - Abt 1964 - Iowa Co., WI, USA Marriage - 11 Jun 1966 - Madison, Dane Co., WI, USA Death - 14 Dec 1971 - Dodgeville, Iowa Co., WI, USA Burial - - West Blue Mounds Lutheran Cemetery, Blue Mounds, Dane Co., WI, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		The original members of the Bob Burns Band. Photo taken at the Letcher Studio in Dodgeville, WI. and provided by Lonna Arneson. Front row (l to r): Garfield Arneson, Barneveld, saxophone; Bob Burns, Hollandale, saxophone and clarinet; Don Linden, Dodgeville, saxophone and clarinet; and Dan McIlwee, Ridgeway, guitar and drums. Back row (l to r): Thomas Arneson, Barneveld, trombone and vocals; Lyle "Eddie: Thompson, Barneveld, trumpet; Clarion Faull, Linden (near Mineral Point), trumpet; Bob Weier, Dodgeville, piano (killed in World War II in Germany); and Roy Voss, Ridgeway, drums. For a time, Merle Hudek, Highland (not an original member) played piano, and was killed in an automobile crash.
  		The original Dan Garson Orchestra. Photo taken at the Riverview Ballroom in Sauk City. Provided by Lonna Arneson Front row (l to r): Garfield Arneson, Barneveld, saxophone; Marion Cermak, Madison, saxophone and clarinet; Stan Schumacher, Madison, saxophone, clarinet and vocals; and Dan McIlwee, Ridgeway, guitar and drums. Back row (l to r): Thomas Arneson, Barneveld, trombone and vocals; Lyle "Eddie" Thompson, trumpet; Phil Gordon, Mineral Point, drums; and Gene Calhoun, Madison, piano.
  		Thomas M. Arneson, Sr. Photo taken about 1970 at his business one mile west of Barneveld, WI, on Hwy 18-151. He sold Melroe Bobcat Loaders. He was first in sales in 1970 and was second in sales the year he died, 1971. Many trips were made to Gwinner, ND, where the loaders were and still are manufactured.
  		Arneson boys Photo possibly taken at a family reunion about 1940. L to R: Donald Arneson (Ole A); Russell Arneson (Theodore); William (Theodore); Thomas Arneson (Ole A); Marvin Arneson (Ole A); Garfield Arneson (Ole A); William Arneson (Ole A); Jerome Anderson (Lillian); and Robert Arneson (Ole A)

  
  

  Histories

  Big Band Sound "Swing" Bob Burns Band & Dan Garson Orchestra Southwest Wisconsin - 1930s-1990s Written by Lonna Arneson, reprinted with permission

  
  

• Sources

  [S163] . [S8] Lila Hendrickson and Mabel Nelson, assisted by Tena Williams, Julia Hanson and Arne Arneson, History of the Arneson Family 1803 - 1942, (Atlas Printing Company, 11 East Hubbard Street, Chicago, Illinois, ca 1944). [S75] As per Obituary.