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Mary Angela Vavruska
May 28, 2023
Mary Angela Vavruska (nee Serenda), 64, of Mountain Home, Arkansas, died suddenly on May 28, 2023, as the result of a motorcycle accident. Mary loved motorcycles and rode without incident for nearly 50 years. She attended junior college and obtained an associates degree in culinary arts. She was a wonderful and creative cook, in addition to being an excellent pastry...
Ralph Smith
May 27, 2023
Ralph Leslie Smith, 69, of Midway, Arkansas, died May 27, 2023, at Gassville Therapy and Living.
Lois K Pangle
May 24, 2023
Lois K Pangle, a lifetime resident of Mountain Home, Arkansas, passed away May 24, 2023, in Mountain Home, Arkansas at the age of 76. She was born June 2, 1946, in Mountain Home, Arkansas, the daughter of Edwin and Ernestine Mull Bradley. She married Ray Pangle on September 4, 1965, in Mountain Home, Arkansas, and worked for the bank for...
Jim Frank Thalmueller
May 22, 2023
Jim Frank Thalmueller of Lakeview, the luckiest man alive, peacefully passed away at Hospice House in Mountain Home, Arkansas on May 22, 2023. Jim was 93 years young. He was truly “lucky” in every aspect of his life. Jim was also under Hospice Care seven years ago and was lucky enough to graduate from that and spend another seven years...
Carl Lee King
May 22, 2023
Funeral arrangements are private at Kirby & Family Funeral & Cremation Services - Mountain Home, Arkansas, for Carl Lee King, 85, of Clarkridge, Arkansas. Carl died May 22, 2023, at his home.
Joyce Allen
May 22, 2023
Joyce Allen, 79, passed away on Monday, May 22, 2023, in Mountain Home, AR. Joyce was born on December 7, 1943, in Memphis, TN, to James and Juanita Bickerstaff Westmoreland. After high school she went on to earn a Bachelor's degree from Memphis State University. She married Jere Allen on May 23, 1974 in Marion, AR and spent 49 wonderful...
James Allen Henderson
May 21, 2023
Funeral arrangements are private at Kirby & Family Funeral & Cremation Services - Mountain Home, Arkansas, for James Allen Henderson, 62, of Norfork, Arkansas. James died May 21, 2023, at his home.
Claudia Jean Walker
May 20, 2023
Claudia Jean Walker passed peacefully at her residence May 20, 2023 at 84 years of age. She was born January 13, 1939 in Melrose Park, Illinois, the second daughter to Arthur Boyd and Louise (Maul) White. Growing up in Webster Groves, Missouri she married Kenneth Walker in 1989. She worked as a supervisor for Reliable Life Insurance Company as a...
Mark Dennis Mucha
May 20, 2023
Mark Dennis Mucha was born December 2, 1974, to the late Dennis Mucha and Carolyn Jennings. Mark was an amazing man. Despite physical disabilities, Mark had a green thumb and loved to share his landscaping talents within the community. He was a music lover, often introducing young minds to the classics, in order to keep “good music alive”. He enjoyed...
Marie Kelley
May 20, 2023
Marie M Kelley, a much-loved grandmother, passed away May 20, 2023, in Mountain Home, Arkansas at the age of 98. She was born August 15, 1924, in Bee, Nebraska, the daughter of Lawrence and Mary Kantor Maixner. She married Oscar B. Kelley on May 12, 1951, in Golden, Colorado. She had served as a teacher and later as an accountant...
Dan Mitchell Pollard
May 19, 2023
Dan Mitchell Pollard of Mountain Home, Arkansas, passed away May 19, 2023, in Mountain Home, Arkansas at the age of 60. He was born September 29, 1962, in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, the son of Otto and Betty Dunteman Pollard. Dan spent his formative years in Cincinnati, OH graduating from Princeton High School. Dan loved spending his summers in Arkansas where he...
Judith Steinmetz
May 18, 2023
Judith "Judy" A Steinmetz of Gainesville, Missouri, passed away May 18, 2023, in Mountain Home, Arkansas at the age of 76. She was born October 7, 1946, in Clintonville, Wisconsin, the daughter of Roy and Myrtl Sanders. She worked in hospital administration at Baxter Health. Judy lived in Gainesville since moving from Appleton, WI, in the 1980's. She was an...
Larry Zack
May 18, 2023
Military Honors will be performed at 1:00 pm, Monday, May 22, 2023 at Kirby & Family Funeral Home Chapel. Graveside Funeral Services will be held at Windridge Memorial Park and Sanctuary in Cary, Illinois.
Henrietta Cravens
May 16, 2023
Henrietta Cravens, 79, passed away on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, in Norfork, Arkansas. Henrietta was born on December 2, 1943, in Meridian, Mississippi, to Tebie and Evie Wilkerson Smith. She married Carl Cravens on January 28, 1975 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and moved to Arkansas in 1980. She and Carl owned and operated Mountain Home Transmission from 1980-1996. She enjoyed sewing,...
Clifford Eugene Sperry
May 15, 2023
Funeral arrangements are private at Kirby & Family Funeral & Cremation Services - Mountain Home, Arkansas, for Clifford Eugene Sperry, 71, of Oxford, Arkansas. Clifford died May 15, 2023. Services will be private.
Jay Lewis
May 14, 2023
Mr. Jay Lewis, 65, of Mountain Home, Arkansas passed away Sunday May14, 2023, at his home. He was born June 3, 1957 in Mountain Home to John C. and Freddie "Pauline" Lewis. Jay is survived by his wife, Jerrlyn Lewis of Mountain Home, AR; step-sons, Justin Cross, John Willett, and Andy Willett of Mountain Home, AR; son, Eric Lewis of...
G. Arlene Bongiovanni
May 14, 2023
Funeral arrangements are private at Kirby & Family Funeral & Cremation Services - Mountain Home, Arkansas, for G. Arlene Bongiovanni, 80, of Mountain Home, Arkansas. G. Arlene died May 14, 2023 in Mountain Home, Arkansas.
Ray Charles Wortman
May 14, 2023
Funeral arrangements are private at Kirby & Family Funeral & Cremation Services - Mountain Home, Arkansas, for Ray Charles Wortman, 82, of Huntley, Illinois. Ray died May 14, 2023, at Care Manor Nursing Home.
Bonnie Augustus Smith
May 14, 2023
Bonnie Augustus Smith of Lakeview, Arkansas passed away peacefully at her home at the age of 88. She was born March 14, 1935, in Long Beach, California, the daughter of Wilford and Arlene Cady Augustus. She met the love of her life, Gene Smith, over forty years ago and after many happy, adventurous, loving years together they married in 2021....
Iris E Aschim
May 13, 2023
Iris Elizabeth Aschim, 97, passed away on Saturday, May 13, 2023, in Mountain Home, AR. Iris was born on August 14, 1925, in Arion, Iowa, to John and Augusta Lueck Furne. She graduated from Dow City, IA High School in 1943 and went on to be a Rosie the Riveter at a U.S. Air Force modification center in Cheyenne, WY...
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