Rose Beatrice Nattress Arnold, 103, of Mansfield Twp., formerly of Phillipsburg, died Thursday, November 3, 2005 in her home.

She formerly worked for Transogram Co., Easton, retiring in 1966.

Born April 19, 1902 in Easton, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Gertrude Ewadinger Gier.

Her husband, Victor Arnold died January 30, 1973.

She was a member of St. Philip and St. James Catholic Church, Phillipsburg and the Over-Fifties Club of the church. She was a former member of the St. Anthony's HEAD Golden Age Club, Easton, the Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court Easton 358, the Grace Lutheran Church Friendly Club, Phillipsburg and St. Mary's Golden Age Club in Alpha.

She is survived by a son, Donald C. Nattress of Lopatcong Twp.; two grandchildren, Lorraine Ruggiero and her husband Dominic G. and David Nattress and his wife Barbara and two great-grandchildren, Marissa and Dominic D. Ruggiero; and a sister Elizabeth Reda of Phillipsburg. She was pre-deceased by brothers, Francis, Jack, J. Paul, Charles and Carmen sisters, Ann Boylan, Charlotte Manieri, Catherine Altenbach, and a daughter-in-law, Jeanette DeThomas Nattress.

Funeral services will begin at 10:30 a.m. Monday in the Noto-Wynkoop Funeral Home, 289 South Main St., Phillipsburg. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 11:00 a.m. in the church, 426 South Main St., Phillipsburg. Burial will be in the parish cemetery, Greenwich Twp., NJ. Visitation will be held Sunday from 6-8 p.m. in the funeral home.

Online condolences may be submitted at www.noto-wynkoop.com.