A Memorial service will be held at 10:00 AM, Thursday, February 9, 2012 at the Kirby & Family Funeral Home Chapel, Mountain Home, Arkansas with Reverend Randy Ludwig officiating. Military honors will be provided by the Ozark V.F.W. Post 3246 honor guard. There will be a visitation at the Ritchie Funeral Home, Carinda, Iowa, followed by graveside services at the High Prairie Cemetery, Elmo, Missouri.
Glenn A. (Shag) Daugherty, age 101, of Mountain Home, Arkansas, passed from this life on Saturday, February 4th, 2012 at the Gassville Nursing Home, Gassville, Arkansas. Glenn was born on August 14, 1910, in Elmo, Missouri. He was the son of the late Charlie and Clara (Honaker) Daugherty. He is preceded in death by his parents, and sister, Geneva Barr. He married Edna Holmes on February 14, 1942. Glenn served his country honorably in the U.S. Army during WWII on the South Pacific Islands of New Guinea and Biak. After the war, he and Edna bought a farm southwest of Clarinda, Iowa, where he farmed for 29 years. He was a member of the Lions Club, College Springs, Iowa, the Methodist Church and the Masonic Lodge, both of Clarinda, Iowa. He was a substitute rural mail carrier out of both Clarinda and Shenandoah, Iowa for many years. After he retired from farming, he worked part time at the Walker-Merrick funeral home.
Glenn and Edna moved to Mountain Home, AR in 1983. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Mountain Home and served as volunteer for Hospice of the Ozarks for many years.
He is survived by his wife, Edna of 69 years; two sons, Allan and wife Judy (Thurman) of Mountain Home, AR and Charles and wife Beth (Hart) of San Miguel, CA; grandchildren, Jeffrey, Dustin and wife Jill, all of Marietta, GA, Shannon and husband Ted Mahoney of Orleans, MA, and Casey Daugherty of Scottsdale, AZ; great-grandchildren, Rylee Hayes, Clover and Miles Daugherty, Seamus and Dylan Mahoney, Riley and Hunter Gajdos, and several nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Arrangements are by Kirby & Family Funeral and Cremation Services.