Arthur Edward Odden, 79, passed away on November 3, 2015, due to natural causes at his Hingham residence. Cremation has taken place, and, at Arthur's request, no services will be held. Arthur was born February 6, 1936, in Decorah, Iowa, to Elmer C. E. and Anna J. (Hove) Odden. The family moved to Pontiac, Michigan, in 1947. In 1955, he married Mary Mahan, the little girl across the street with whom he had grown up, and their union was blessed with three children. Arthur worked for General Motors for 17 years, and he served as an Army Medic in Korea. In 1965, Arthur and Mary decided that they had enough of the big city, and they wanted a better life for their children. So, in 1968, they sold everything, paid off all their bills, and moved to Wyoming in a 1956 Ford bread truck that they had made into a motor home and affectionately named "The Old Blue Goose". In 1969, they moved to Shelby, Montana, where Arthur got a job with Montana Power. He retired in 1996. Arthur and Mary had one vice. They loved to travel. In the 32 years they owned The Old Blue Goose, they put almost 700,000 miles on it. For years it was the only vehicle they owned, and even trips to Great Falls were memorable camping trips. When Bret, Eric, and Inga graduated from Shelby High School, they had traveled through five Canadian Provinces, thirty-eight states, and Mexico. They family lived in The Blue Goose a total of twenty- seven months while on trips. Their experiences were so rich and wonderful, that Arthur began writing about most of them. He was writing for twenty-three newspapers and several magazines by 1980. He finished his book titled "Moving to Montana" that year, and a condensed version was printed in the Detroit Free Press Sunday magazine. In the mid 1980's Arthur began doing a few minutes a day with the morning DJ Bob Norris on KSEN. He received invitations to speak at graduations and other various functions because of the radio show. Then he moved up another step to being an after-dinner speaker. All of his material was titled toward "The Lighter Side of Life", which is what his radio show was now called. His life was a dream come true for a kid that quit school at age fifteen to work nights in a cement block factory. On December 18, 1987, his daughter Inga presented him with his only grandchild, Ian Bric Odden. Inga was a single mother, and Arthur had the privilege of helping to raise Ian. Nothing could make an old man happier that to have an heir to carry on the family name. When asked what meant most to him in his life time, Arthur answered "getting saved and becoming a child of God". Next was watching his children and grandson become Christians, because that means the good times will never end. One thing you can take to Heaven with you is your family, if you take the time to teach them from the Bible how to get there. Arthur was preceded in death by Mary O. Odden, his beloved wife and partner of 59 years, and his brother Orville Odden. Arthur is survived by his sons Bret Odden of Shelby and Eric (Lois) Odden of Tucson, AZ; his daughter Inga Odden of Hingham; his grandson Ian (Yetta) Odden of Shelby; his great-granddaughters Jorlynn & Iszabel Odden; his three brothers, Vernon, Robert, and David Odden, all of Michigan; and many dear friends in Montana.