Art Ivari Aadu Wahlbon

Art (Aadu) Ivari Wahlbon, Kingsport, TN, died July 26, 2005, at Hillside Manor Nursing Home, Kingsport, following a long battle with Alzheimer?s. Mr. Wahlbon was born May 25, 1939, in Bronx, NY and moved to Rockland County, NY in 1954 then to Orange County in 1967, leaving in 1975 to live in Florida and Tennessee. He returned to Orange County in 1986 where he resided until his illness. He was a proud and faithful member of Plumbers and Steamfitters Union 373 since 1959. Mr. Wahlbon was preceded in death by his mother, Irene Ojala Wahlbon and his wife, Marie Wahlbon. Survivors include two daughters, Dawn Stark and her husband, Bryan, Stanfield, NC, Kim Wittenberg and her husband, David, Kathleen, GA; one son, Keith Wahlbon and his wife, Keyla, Johnson City, TN; granddaughters, Lisa Conrad and her husband Shawn, Krista Stark, Andrea Stark, Hannah Stark, Kylie Wahlbon and grandson Keaton Wahlbon; great grandchildren, Erik, Aubrey and Andrew Conrad; Special friends, Anita and Joe Pazourek, Richard and Judy Granlund and Sven and Linda Grandlund.