Obituaries

Kirby & Family Obituaries

Irene Childress

Irene Childress

Jan 10, 2008

Irene Childress died Thursday, January 10, 2008 in Springfield, MO at the age of 82. Visitation will be from at Kirby & Family Funeral Home. Irene Childress was born Friday, October 23, 1925 in Chicago, IL, daughter of William Stevenson and Irene Lavin. She worked as a Line Worker for a circuit board manufacturer. Irene lived in Mountain Home for...

Melvin Leonard

Melvin Leonard

Jan 9, 2008

Melvin Leonard died January 9, 2008 at Mountain Home at the age of 82 years, 2 months and 11 days. He was born October 29, 1925 at St. Louis, Missouri to Louis Leonard and Minnie Evans. He married Shirley Wiegert April 17, 1948 at St. Louis. He worked maintenance at Anheuser-Busch and was a member of the Faternal Order of...

Corrine Harbut

Corrine Harbut

Jan 9, 2008

Corinne Harbut died Wednesday, January 9, 2008 in Mountain Home at the age of 81. Corinne Harbut was born Friday, January 7, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Clarence and Claira Sonneneerg She married Milton Harbut on June 27, 1964 at Chicago, Illinois. She was a housewife and lived in Mountain Home for 13 years moving from Stickey, Illinois....

Carl Dickerson

Carl Dickerson

Jan 7, 2008

Carl Dickerson died Monday, January 7, 2008 in Mountain Homeat the age of 60. Carl Dickerson was born Tuesday, April 1, 1947 in Calico Rock, Arkansas, son of George W. Dickerson and Zelpha S. Loosey. He married Vickie Shipley on July 4, 1999 at Jordan, Arkansas. He worked as a logger and was a lifetime resident of Jordan. He loved...

Alvina Baasch

Alvina Baasch

Jan 5, 2008

Alvina Baasch was born Tuesday, May 11, 1920 in Orleans, Minnesota, daughter of Paul Schwenzfeier and Marie Angerhofer. She married Adrian D. Strom in 1942 on the Schwenzfeier family farm, Orleans, Minnesota. She married Fred L. Baasch on December 18, 1965 at River Forest, Illinois. She worked as a Registered Nurse in North Dakota, Minnesota and Concordia Teachers College, River...

Martha Walker

Martha Walker

Jan 4, 2008

Martha Walker died Friday, January 4, 2008 in Mountain Home. She was 82. Martha Walker was born Friday, November 13, 1925 in Ada, Oklahoma, daughter of George Hilton and Mary Etta Lamb. She married Maurice D.Walker on December 1, 1943 at Reno, Nevada. She was a homemaker and lived in Mountain Home for 5 years moving from Paragould, Arkansas. Survivors:...

Janet Rogy

Janet Rogy

Jan 3, 2008

Janet Rogy died Thursday, January 3, 2008 in Peoria at the age of 86. Janet Rogy was born Tuesday, July 26, 1921 in Lincoln, Illinois, daughter of Frederick Franz and Josephine Sheley. She was married to Willis E. Rogy, Sr. She worked as a homemaker. She was a member of Chicago Cubs and Bears fan, semi-professional softball, avid fisherman, bowler,...

Tony Kern

Tony Kern

Jan 3, 2008

Tony Joe Kern died Thursday, January 3, 2008 in Flippin at the age of 42. Tony Kern was born Friday, November 5, 1965 in Mountain Home, Arkansas, son of Bill Kern and the late Rhonda Winnett. Tony lived in Flippin for 6 years moving from Florida. Survivors: 5 brothers, Charles (Tracy) Lamkin of Summit, AR, Christopher Null of Flippin, AR,...

Fredrick Koehn

Fredrick Koehn

Jan 1, 2008

Fredrick Koehn died Tuesday, January 1, 2008 in Mountain Home. He was 88. Fredrick Koehn was born Friday, August 29, 1919 in Chicago, IL, the son of Fredrick W. Koehn and Emma Consoer. He married Genevieve Harstad on September 2, 1939 at Elmwood Park, IL. He worked as Quality Control for Illinois Bell Telephone for 44 years. Fredrick Koehn was...

Martha Connolly

Martha Connolly

Dec 30, 2007

Services for Martha J Connolly of Mountain Home, AR, will be private. Martha Connolly died Sunday, December 30, 2007 in Mountain Home at the age of 82. Martha Connolly was born Monday, August 31, 1925 in Vienna, Illinois, daughter of Toby and Jane McQuan. She worked as an assembly line worker in a factory. Survivors: 2 sisters, Violet Gozy of...

Peggy Yates

Peggy Yates

Dec 27, 2007

Services for Peggy J Yates of Harrison, AR, will be private. Peggy Yates died Thursday, December 27, 2007 in Harrison at the age of 79. Peggy Yates was born Friday, February 24, 1928 in Dyersburg, Tennessee, daughter of Walter Brent and Gladys Hendren Lott. She married William K. Yates on August 8, 1967 at Memphis, Tennessee. Peggy worked as a...

Dora Nevitt

Dora Nevitt

Dec 27, 2007

Dora Nevitt died December 27, 2007 at Hospice House. She was 74 years old. Dora was born September 25, 1933 at Elgin, Illinois to Joseph and Elsie Nyari. She married Herbert H. Nevitt on October 28, 1952 at Lewiston, Illinois. She was a homemaker. Dora lived in Lakeview for 18 years, moving from Peoria, Illinois in 1989. She was of...

Doris Priest

Doris Priest

Dec 25, 2007

Doris May Priest died Tuesday, December 25, 2007 in Mountain Home. She was 80. Doris Priest was born February 2, 1927 in Memphis, Tennessee, daughter of Harold Wall and Bernice Adams. She married James Gibson Priest Sr. on February 13, 1951 at Washington, D.C. She lived in Mountain Home for 15 years moving from Clinton, Maryland in 1992. She was...

Ruth Cooper

Ruth Cooper

Dec 25, 2007

Ruth Irene Cooper died Tuesday, December 25, 2007 at Mountain Home, Arkansas. She was 96. She was bron April 23, 1911 at North English, Iowa the daughter of Solon Kennedy and Jessie Roller. She married Gerald Cooper November 19, 1931 at Independence, Missouri. She was a homemaker and lived in Mountain Home 36 years moving from Jamesport, Missouri. She was...

Emily Anderson

Emily Anderson

Dec 25, 2007

Emily Anderson died Tuesday, December 25, 2007 in Mountain Home. She was 69. She was born December 17, 1938 in Chelsa, Massachusetts, daughter of John Edward Huey and Eleanor Marie Hansen. She married Nathan R Anderson on February 14, 1970 at Chicago, Illinois. She worked as a Suture Spinner for Ethicon and lived in Mountain Home for 12 years moving...

Elmo Hurst

Elmo Hurst

Dec 24, 2007

Elmo Hurst, age 98 of Cotter, AR and a lifetime resident of Baxter county, passed from this earthly life on December 24, 2007. He was born at Lone Rock on March 9, 1909, to Baxter and Lula Rose Hurst. His parents moved the family to Cotter when he was 9 months old and he has lived on the same White...

Sigrid Kahle

Sigrid Kahle

Dec 23, 2007

Sigrid Kahle died Sunday, December 23, 2007 at Hospice House at the age of 95. Sigrid Kahle was born Thursday, August 29, 1912 in Somerville, Massachusetts to Nils and Linnea Perrson Vensberg . She married Earl F. Kahle on October 3, 1936 at Rivergrove, Illinois and worked as an Office Manager for Lake Forest Pediatrics for 20 years. Sigrid lived...

Carl Velner

Carl Velner

Dec 22, 2007

Carl Velner died Saturday, December 22, 2007 in Gassville. He was 73. He was born in 1934 in Michigan, the son of Aloysus Velner and LaVaugn Buska. He married Priscilla Southworth in 1968 in Nevada. Carl lived in Gassville for 10 years moving from California. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of Korea serving from 1952 - 1956 and worked...

Wilmer Edwards

Wilmer Edwards

Dec 21, 2007

Lyndel Edwards died Friday, December 21, 2007 in Mountain Home. He was 75. Lyndel Edwards was born Tuesday, January 12, 1932 in McAlester, OK, son of Wilmer C. and Foy Glass Edwards . He married Carolyn Edwards September 10, 1954 at Seattle, Washington. He worked as a Manager of Survivability for AT&T. Mr. Edwards was a Navy Veteran and served...

Marie Baker

Marie Baker

Dec 19, 2007

Marie Baker died Wednesday, December 19, 2007. She was 69. Marie Baker was born Tuesday, February 1, 1938 in Berlinsville, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Clinton Aaron Gable and Clara Alice Stevens. She married Franklin Baker on August 18, 1956 at Kankakee, Illinois. She worked as a secretary and lived in Midway for 5 years moving from DeBary, Florida. Survivors: Marie...

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