{"id":1372,"date":"2013-08-14T16:11:26","date_gmt":"2013-08-14T16:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=1372"},"modified":"2013-08-14T17:36:41","modified_gmt":"2013-08-14T17:36:41","slug":"albert-big-al-arnink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=1372","title":{"rendered":"Albert “Big Al” Arnink"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Albert W. \u201cBig Al\u201d Arnink\u00a0 SR\u00a0 – 57 – of 2014 Big Creek Road, Hornell died early Tuesday morning (August 13, 2013) at home, following a courageous battle with cancer.<\/p>\n

Born in Port Chester, NY on November 14, 1955, he was the son of Thomas & Rosemary Arnink.<\/p>\n

Big Al grew up in Stamford, CT and Norwalk, CT and was a graduate of Norwalk High School.\u00a0 He was a veteran of the US Air Force, serving his country during the Viet Nam era.<\/p>\n

A resident of the Hornell area for over 25 years, he was employed for about 15 years as a mechanic at M-K Corporation in Hornell.\u00a0 As a gifted mechanic, Albert enjoyed working on and rebuilding cars —especially vintage Volt wagons.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He enjoyed watching movies and especially loved the time he spent with his family at \u201ccookouts & get-togethers\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Surviving are 1 son, Albert Arnink JR of Hornell; 2 daughters, Brandi (Leo Hall) Arnink of Hornell and Felisha (Philip) Drake of Hornell; his wife and the mother of his 3 children, Cynthia; his mother, Rosemary (Paul) Nelson of Stamford, CE; 1 brother, John (Cheryl) Arnink of Naugatuck, CT; 1 sister, Nancy (Ken) Arlands of Bangor, Maine; 12 grandchildren; several nieces & nephews.<\/p>\n

Friends are invited to attend a Memorial Service on Saturday at 2:00 PM at the Dagon Funeral Home, 38 Church St., Hornell, NY with Deacon Robert McCormick officiating.<\/p>\n

In recognition of Albert\u2019s service to his country, the American Flag will be flown at half-staff at the Dagon Funeral Home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Albert W. \u201cBig Al\u201d Arnink\u00a0 SR\u00a0 – 57 – of 2014 Big Creek Road, Hornell died early Tuesday morning (August 13, 2013) at home, following a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Port Chester, NY on November 14, 1955, he was the son of Thomas & Rosemary Arnink. Big Al grew up in Stamford, CT […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1372"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1376,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1372\/revisions\/1376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}