INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, June 20 — Former BLET General Chairman Bruce D. MacArthur, age 69, passed away on June 15, 2016, at CHI Mercy Hospital.
Brother MacArthur was born in Mason City, Iowa, on November 27, 1946, to the late Jack and Bernida (Steinbeck) MacArthur. Bruce lived and worked in Clinton, Iowa, for many years. He retired from the Union Pacific Railroad after more than 40 years of service. Since 1992, he had served as General Chairman of the BLET’s Union Pacific-Northern Region General Committee of Adjustment. He served seven terms of office as General Chairman prior to his retirement in 2012. A member of BLET Division 125 in Clinton, Iowa, Brother MacArthur first joined the BLET on January 11, 1973.
Brother MacArthur is survived by his wife, Phyllis (Lemonds) MacArthur; best buddy, Mac (Boo); daughters, Andrea Erickson (Mark), Whitney MacArthur (Troy Hopkins); step¬son, Stephen Lemonds; step¬daughter, Jennifer Powell (Ryan); sister, Sherry Black (Bill); 4 grandchildren, Dakota, Vivian, Ava and Lulu; 2 stepgrandchildren, Nina and Henry; and a host of other family and friends.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., on Tuesday, June 21, at the Hoy-Kilnoski Funeral Home (1221 North 16th St., Council Bluffs, IA 51501-0143, telephone: (712) 256-9988). The family will receive friends during the hour prior to the service. Inurnment is later that afternoon in the Westlawn-Hillcrest Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to the American Heart Association.
“Brother Bruce MacArthur will be remembered for his tireless devotion to the BLET and its members,” BLET National President Dennis R. Pierce said. “I extend deepest sympathies to Brother MacArthur’s family on behalf of the 56,000 men and women of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen.”
Expressions of sympathy and remembrance may be left on the Hoy-Kilnoski Funeral Home website (http://www.hoyfuneral.com/obituaries/Bruce-Macarthur-2/#!/TributeWall).