Arnold F. Small, age 88 of Stratford passed away on Tuesday May 9, 2006 in Bridgeport Hospital. Mr. Small, a U.S. Army Veteran of WW # II and a Silver Star and Purple Heart Recipient was born in Gorham, New Hampshire to the late Lynwood and Anna (Mercier) Small and has been a long time area resident. He was a retired machine operator for the G.E. Company for over thirty-seven years and was a long time antique dealer. Survivors include his beloved daughters Ann Mandell and her husband George of Bridgeport and Catherine Waninger and her husband Michael of Gorham, NH, 3 grandchildren George Mandell Jr and his wife Terese, Lydia Mandell and her partner David Orloff and Christopher Mandell, 1 great-granddaughter Jessica Mandell, 2 sisters Ina Walker of South Carolina and Doris Michaud of Gorham, NH and several nieces and nephews. He was the widower of Lydia Ostrowsky Small. Funeral services will take place on Friday May 12th at 10:30 a.m. in the Adzima Funeral Home 50 Paradise Green Place Stratford with Monsignor William Schultz officiating. Interment with full military honors will be in St. John's Cemetery Monroe. Friends may call on Thursday from 3-7 p.m. In lieu of flowers those desiring may make donations to the American Heart Association 5 Brookside Drive Wallingford, CT 06492