Arthur Frank Leslie Searles, II, 92, of Dubuque, passed away on Thursday, July 4, 2019, at Mercy One Hospital.

Visitation will be from 10:00 AM until 1:00 PM Monday, July 8, 2019, at Hoffmann-Schneider & Kitchen Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 3860 Asbury Road. A funeral service will be 1:00 PM Monday, July 8, 2019, at Hoffmann-Schneider & Kitchen Funeral Home and Cremation Service with Deacon Jim Schmidt officiating. Burial will follow at Linwood Cemetery.

Born November 12, 1926 in Janesville, WI, he was the son of Arthur Frank Leslie and Merle Elva Wheeler Searles. On July 18, 1959, he married Jean Ann Wing at St. Raphael’s Cathedral in Dubuque. She died August 2, 2007.

Art was a 1944 graduate of Brodhead High School and a graduate of University of Wisconsin in Madison. He was a U.S. Navy Veteran, serving in WWII from 1944-1947 and the Korean War from 1950-1952, spending 3 ½ years in Japan, and some time in Washington, DC and Panama. In 1953, Art moved to Dubuque to work at Sherwin Williams Paint. He retired from A.Y. McDonald after 44 years.

He was of the Protestant faith. He was a member of the American Legion, VFW, and the University of Wisconsin Alumni. He was a lifelong Wisconsin Badgers and Green Bay Packers fan and had enjoyed golfing in his younger years.

Survivors include two daughters, Leslie (John) Sweeney and Lynn (Jim) Searles Gorman, both of Dubuque; two sons, Art “Dids” (Deb) Searles of Dubuque, and Charles (Kim Brown) Searles of Shullsburg, WI; eleven grandchildren, Andrew, Hillary, Ashlee, Jarred, Ian, Hope, Jonnathan, Annalynne, Natalie, Elliott, and Oliver; and ten great-grandchildren, Lexus, Preston, Parker, Liam, Violet, Ayanna, Shelley, Trace, Ethan and Logan; and one niece, Judy Searles Baldwin, of Brodhead, WI.

Besides his wife, he was preceded in death by one grandson, Matthew Xavier Searles, his parents, one brother, Wheeler, and one nephew, Arthur.

The family would like to extend a special thank you to Tri State Dialysis, Dr. Ringold, Dr. Whalen, and staff.

A memorial has been established.

A photo tribute can be viewed and condolences can be made at www.hskfh.com.