Martha Rae Arnold

March 9, 1945 - April 21, 2021

Martha Rae Arnold passed away on April 21st, 2021, at her home in Hemet, California. Martha was born in Moorpark, California on March 9th, 1945. She moved to Hemet during her sophomore year of high school. She graduated from Hemet High School in 1963. In 1965 she married high school sweetheart, and Hemet native, Bill Arnold. Martha and Bill had one daughter, Kristin, in 1973. Martha worked for several years in Hemet as a paralegal. She went on to work as a commercial loan officer for banks in Redlands, Riverside, and Upland. She retired in 2008. Martha spent her retirement years living next door to her daughter and son-in-law in Valle Vista. She was a beloved grandmother to her two grandsons who spent many nights next door at grandma’s house. Martha loved reading, sports, family camping trips to the desert and Utah, and helping raise her grandsons. She loved her family without condition and will be dearly missed. She leaves behind a legacy of hard work, love, and a tenacity for all things encountered in life. Martha leaves behind, daughter, Kristin Riesland, son-in-law Brad Riesland, and Grandsons Beau and Brock Riesland, who were all honored to call her mom and grandma. She is also survived by her sisters, LaVerne Arnold and Ida Sherman, brother-in-law Terry Arnold, and niece and nephew, Mike Arnold and Suzanne Arnold.