Obituary of Arthur Lee Starke

Arthur Lee Starke, Sr., 62 years old, passed away on the 30th day of November, 2018 at CareOne LTACH at Hackensack UMC at Pascack Valley, NJ.

Visitation will be this Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at T.J. McGowan's Funeral Home in Garnerville, NY, from 2:00PM to 4:00PM and 7:00PM to 9:00PM.  Funeral Service will be held at 12:00 noon on December 6, 2018 at St. Joseph's Novitiate,1275 Hearts Content Road, Round Top, NY.  Burial will follow.

Arthur (Art) was born on April 9, 1956 in Alton, Illinois to Edward Kenneth and Wilda Bernice Starke.  He attended Spring Valley High School. He married Theresa Ann Hewitt on August 31, 1974 in St. Peter's Church in Haverstraw, NY.

He worked as a stone mason all his life.  He loved hunting, fishing and music.  Art was a drummer for the Green Mountain Boys Country and Western band.  Art is preceded in death by his parents Edward Kenneth (Winky) and Wilda (Bernice) Starke; step-brother Jimmy Killebrew and grandparents Edward and Doris Starke.  Art is survived by his wife Theresa (Terri) A. Starke; his children Tara Ann, Arthur Lee, Jr. (Artie), and Heather Nicole; his brother Edward (Skeeter) Starke and David Starke; his grandchildren Jenna Nicole, Jonathan James, Jr., Mason Allen, Caleb Edward and Aubry Louise; mother-in-law Dorothy Hewitt; son-in-law Jonathan James Sr. and daughter-in-law to be Hannah Newgarden.