KENNEBUNK — Arnold R. Donahue, 87, of Washington, D.C., passed away on Oct. 23, 2015, after a brief illness.

He formally resided in Kennebunk and Biddeford and graduated from Biddeford High School in 1947 where he excelled in sports. He was an honorably discharged veteran of the U.S. Navy after serving four years. He later attended Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. and worked for Commerce Clearing House for several decades, being names salesman of the year on several occasions. After retiring from that position, he worked part-time for the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. for 14 years.

In 2011, he authored an entertaining book entitled “Good Time Willie’s Got the Blues,” which was published by Author House. The book chronicles the life of Willie MacCool who lived in the fictitious York County Maine town of Paradise.

Arnold left no survivors but many friends including: Mary Lamoureux, friend and companion, Michael and Madeline Pangia, Carl and Pamela Bernstein, all of Washington, D.C., Robert and Leigh Gonzalez of Falls Church, Virginia, Luis and Phyllis Encinias of Chocowinity, North Carolina, Gerald Delaney of Santa Fe, New Mexico, Tove McIntosh of Dunedin, Florida, and Annmarie Gallagher and Edward Gaulin of Osterville, Massachusetts.

His inurnment will take place at the Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia with full military honors.