Wink Arsenault, 84, active in First Baptist Church
March 30, 2023
Ida Ann “Wink” Arsenault of Litchfield died March 20 at home surrounded by her family. She was 84.
She was born Oct. 3, 1938, in Cornwall, N.Y., the daughter of Harold Virginus and Jettie Lena Satterfield Hudgins. She spent her formative years in Fairmont, W.Va., then moved to Highland Falls, N.Y., where she graduated from James I. O’Neill High School.
She worked at West Point in the post engineer’s office, where she met the love of her life, Raymond Arsenault, who was an Army MP. They married on May 5, 1958 in Highland Falls. They lived and raised their two daughters in Fort Montgomery and Clinton Corners, N.Y.
Mrs. Arsenault continued her career at Wassaic Development Center where she was the business office manager before retiring to South Carolina.
She was a member of First Baptist Church of Georgetown, where she served as treasurer and secretary of her Bible study class, treasurer of the Young as Ever group, a member of the visitation team and was a singer in the Living Christmas Tree.
Mrs. Arsenault was a talented artist who painted the beauty God surrounded her with.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by her daughters, Janine Arsenault and Nadine Conklin (David); her grandsons, Sean, Steve and Andrew (Courtney); and her great granddaughters, Christina, MaryJane, Charlotte and Marissa.
Her sister, June Harris, died before her, as did her brother, Don Hudgins, her brothers-in-law, Sam Arsenault and Bill Cowles, and her niece, Nancy Scandell.
A celebration of life will be scheduled at First Baptist Church.
