Home of: Charlie and Fern Arnn

RANGELY | Long-time Rangely residents Charles “Charlie” and Fern Arnn are this week’s “home of” honorees. Charlie moved here in 1961.
“I moved here with my parents when I was 4. I lived in Wyoming for a short time, other than that I’ve been here my whole life,” Fern said. Charlie and Fern have been married 40 years.
Charlie is retired from his job as an operator for the county road and bridge department. “He ran the road graders. He worked for the county for 11 years right before he retired. Before then he worked in the oil fields for a long time,” Fern explained.
The Rangely Animal Shelter employs Fern on weekends, she works at Heritage Building and Home Center. Formerly, she worked at Nichols Market for “at least 30 years.”
The Arnns have three children: daughter Tammy Stewart and her husband Mike of Rangely have two children, Jessica and Jarret; son Charlie Cady and his wife Becky of Grand Junction have two daughters, Kristi and Chelsie; and daughter Mary Lou Dixon and husband Roy of Vernal, Utah have two daughters, Shannon and Jenna.
“We have 12 dogs. We go out camping where we can take all the dogs and not be around any common campsite where people would be. We go out in the hills as far away as we can get and that’s what we enjoy. We raised sheep for many years, but when we got older we had to retire from that and sold the sheep,” Fern added.
“Rangely is home, it’s basically quiet. We love living where we live. We live nine miles out of town. My mother Bea Hume, brothers John and Bill Hume and sister Janice Porter also live in Rangely. My family lives here except for my sister Barbara Williams,” Fern ended.