Meet Living Legend Finalist Ethan Arky

Nominated by Jessica Arky, Ethan’s wife
How cliché is it to nominate your husband? I am sure that many women have nominated their equally deserving husbands as SK’s Living Legend. After thinking and rethinking, I finally decided that I really ought to nominate him.

Ethan Eric Arky is a great man; interested in doing what is right, served in Iraq and Afghanistan, embodies the definition of good work ethic, loving life partner, an avid outdoorsman and a diligent student of the Bible. We are both proud owners of a Stormy Kromer and he lives and exemplifies all the pledges of the certificate of legendary-ness.

He was gifted a Stormy Kromer and in turn gifted a Stormy Kromer to another man. Everywhere we go he acknowledges those with a SK on their dome.

As an Outdoor Recreation Planner by day and avid hunter/hiker/fisherman/camper by weekend – Ethan loves the outdoors.

Ethan lives by Thumper’s rule – he doesn’t say anything if he doesn’t have anything nice to say. He cares about people. He has stopped to help young women change their flat tires, is an incredible role model to our nieces and nephews, has a hard time saying “no” when asked for a favor and volunteered at the local youth center when more volunteers were needed to keep the doors open.

Ethan enlisted pre 9/11 and served in the United States Marine Corps. He isn’t prideful, doesn’t boast about his selfless sacrifice and quite honestly you probably would never know having just met him. He’s old fashioned in that he feels he made the choice to sign up and he is a better man for his time spent in the armed forces.

My Dad is a pretty tough guy to impress, but Ethan has won him over. Ethan takes my Dad’s calls and acts as technical support 1600 miles away so my Dad can figure out his GPS, computer and iPad. When we’re out hiking somewhere beautiful or see wildlife, Ethan will usually chime in with, “Dad would love this.” He loves my Dad, which is so important and endearing to me.

The most important reason he is worthy of the title of ‘Living Legend’ is because he is always true to himself. He’s found himself in an interesting spot professionally. Despite the challenges in his workplace, he proactively goes about his work finding solutions and ways to work around the obstacles to remain productive and he believes that living a hard life now will provide for an easier future.

Ethan is worthy of the title of ‘Living Legend,’ and embodies all the Old School Kromer-ness.

Charity: Freedom Service Dogs of America

Hometown: Battle Mountain, NV

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