Arline Ann Daut, 79, died on Thursday, August 8, 2024, surrounded by her family. Arline was born on October 1, 1944, in East St. Louis, Ill., to Marshall and Marie Dumstorff Moseley. She attended the Jewish Hospital School of Nursing, graduated in 1965, and then began her career as a registered nurse. She married her best friend, Dr. Donald W. Daut, on June 11, 1966. Arline raised four children while also devoting countless hours to her church and local community. She was one of the founding members of the St. Stephen’s Catholic Church Choir where she sang every week and helped arrange music and church events. She and her husband Donald were devoted members of St. Stephen’s and contributed to the formation of the church and its expanding community for the last thirty years. She also actively served at St. Brendan’s Catholic School and parish in Mexico, prior to her family moving to Northwest Arkansas. She sat on numerous local outreach councils and was a long-term member of the Junior Auxiliary of NWA. Along with her medical training, Arline possessed a powerful mind for organization and business, which she employed to run the business side of her husband’s thriving medical practice. She was a wonderful tennis player and enjoyed quilting and sewing in her free time. She always loved a good game of bridge with friends and spending time with her eight grandchildren. She was a true matriarch, loving family dinners and holidays, and attending her grandchildren’s activities and events over the years. Arline was a vibrant, strong, faithful woman who felt immense pride in her family and their accomplishments. She knew how to command a room and get things done in the most efficient way possible, and her home always felt warm and welcoming. She and Donald instilled within all their children and grandchildren the value and importance of education as a guiding force in life to give back to others and live the best lives possible.
As the great playwright William Shakespeare once wrote, “Though she be but little, she is fierce,” and though small in stature, Arline Daut loved and supported her family and friends fiercely as she walked alongside them in life. She made them feel they could accomplish anything through hard work, a good education, and a loving heart. Her legacy will continue through her children and grandchildren.
She is survived by four children, Donald W. Daut Jr. (wife, Jennifer), John H. Daut (wife, Kristie), Amy M. Keller (husband, William), Peter M. Daut (wife, Mary Frances); and eight beautiful grandchildren. She is also survived by her brother Marshall “Terry” Moseley (wife, Ginny), her sisters-in-law Barbara Balen (husband, Robert), Christine Niedzwiecki (John Randall), and Cheryl Daut. She is preceded in death by her parents, Marshall and Marie Dumstorff Moseley, her husband, Dr. Donald W. Daut, her brother, John Moseley (Angie), her sister, Mary Lou Zurbriggen, and her brothers-in-law, Dr. Dennis Daut and Gerald Niedzwiecki.
The family will receive guests from 9-10 a.m. on Tuesday, August 13th at St. Stephen’s Catholic Church. The funeral service will begin at 10 a.m. with a Mass of the Resurrection. The internment will follow at St. Stephen’s Columbarium, and then all are welcome to join the family for a lunch reception in the Family Life Center. Father Michael Sinkler will officiate the mass. Arrangements are by the Nelson-Berna Funeral Home and Crematory, 100 S. 28th St., Rogers, AR 72758.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Northwest Arkansas at spsfnwa.org.
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