Obituaries

Kirby & Family Obituaries

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...

Fred Herman

Fred Herman

Dec 18, 2007

Fred Herman died Tuesday, December 18, 2007 in Mountain Home. He was 80. Fred Herman was born December 5, 1927 in Oxford, New Jersey, the son of Michael and Anna Herman. He married Deloris Schubert on October 20, 1945 at Washington, New Jersey and lived in Mountain Home for 18 years moving from Washington. He enjoyed fishing, gardening and working...

Albert Pence

Albert Pence

Dec 15, 2007

Albert Pence was born Wednesday, May 26, 1926 in Pence, Kentucky, Son of the late Kelly Pence and the late Bertha Spencer. He worked as a Electrician for Westinghouse. Albert Pence was a Purple heart Navy veteran of WWII. Albert lived in Ash Flat for 14 years moving from Muncie, Indiana. Albert Pence died Saturday, December 15, 2007 in Mountain...

Angelo Martino

Angelo Martino

Dec 14, 2007

Angelo Martino died December 14, 2007 at Mountain Home, Arkansas. He was 92. Angelo Martion was born June 5, 1915 at Herrin, Illinois. He married June Brunner October 26, 1935 at Chicago, Illinois. He was a metal polisher and lived in the Mountain Home area since 1984 moving from Chicago. He was a member of the First Baptist Church. Survivors:...

Twila Leuty

Twila Leuty

Dec 12, 2007

Twila M. Leuty was born Sunday, March 11, 1923 in Annawan, Illinois, the daughter of Verner S. Baker and Mable Perry. She married Floyd B. Leuty on November 25, 1948 at Topeka, Kansas. She worked as an Optical Technician and lived in Mountain Home for 18 years moving from Mathews, Virginia. She was an artist, loved to paint, and a...

Jerry Brooks

Jerry Brooks

Dec 12, 2007

Jerry Vee Brooks was born September 6, 1956 at Liberal, Kansas to Alfred and Gwendolyn June Hockensmith Brooks. He attended Technical School and received instruction in auto repair. Jerry married Yolanda Huster February 15, 2006 at Udall, MO. Jerry Vee Brooks entered into eternal rest on December 12, 2007 in Mountain Home, Arkansas at the age of 51 years, 3...

Lillian Gulley

Lillian Gulley

Dec 12, 2007

Lillian Gulley died Wednesday, December 12, 2007 in Gassville at the age of 94. Lillian Gulley was born Wednesday, February 19, 1913 in Allegheny Co., PA, daughter of Edgar Steven Hutchinson and Adlide Davies. She married Harry A. Robertson September 1930 at Wheeling, West Virginia. She was a homemaker and lived in Gassville for 3 years moving from Baden, Pennsylvania....

Ellen Yeo

Ellen Yeo

Dec 12, 2007

Ellen Yeo died Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at Greenwood, Arkansas. She was 81. Ellen Yeo was born November 29, 1926 in Derby, Connecticut to Harry Andrew Nystrom and Effie Jane James. She married Edward J. Yeo November 1, 1947 at Norwalk, Connecticut and was and inspector for Eaton Manufacturing. She lived in Mountain Home since 1989 moving from Sandy Hook,...

Joyce Peek

Joyce Peek

Dec 9, 2007

Joyce Peek died Sunday, December 9, 2007 in Norfork at the age of 78. Joyce Peek was born Thursday, November 21, 1929 in Bridgeton, New Jersey, daughter of Clyde A. and Rae Jefferies Phillips . She married Harold Peek Sr. on June 27, 1947 at Port Norris, New Jersey. She worked as a Registered Nurse and HPC at the Vineland...

John Dillard

John Dillard

Dec 9, 2007

John Dillard died Sunday, December 9, 2007 in Mountain Home at the age of 90. John Dillard was born Saturday, May 26, 1917 in Ponotoc, Mississippi, to the late Lawrence and Lavesta Mae Reynolds Dillard . He married Bea Vaughn Dillard on December 6, 1933 at Ponotoc, Mississippi. John lived in Mountain Home for 33 years, moving from Memphis, TN...

Crystal Schrauth

Crystal Schrauth

Dec 7, 2007

Crystal Schrauth died 12/7/07 peacefully at her home. She was 73 years old. Crystal was born 12/18/33 at Aurora, Illinois to Clifford William Clark and Frances Marie Clark. She married Arthur C. Elliott in 1953 at Aurora, IL. She was a professional waitress and banquet coordinator for over 25 years and the owner of Elliott?s Evergreen Restaurant in Diamond City,...

Hazel Partee

Hazel Partee

Dec 7, 2007

Hazel Partee died Friday, December 7, 2007 in Mountain Home at the age of 80. Hazel Partee was born Saturday, November 12, 1927 in Crossroads, AR, Daughter of Allen J. and Nola Smith Ivie. She married Keith Partee on March 21, 1953 at Mountain Home, AR. She was a homemaker. Hazel lived in Lakeview, moving from Pineville, AR in the...

Mary Yingling

Mary Yingling

Dec 7, 2007

Mary Yingling died Friday, December 7, 2007 in Horseshoe Bend. She was 83. Mary Yingling was born Tuesday, December 18, 1923 in Ottumwa, Iowa, daughter of the late Joseph Link and the late Mary Malloney. She married the late William Yingling in 1946 at Ottumwa, Iowa. She worked as a Purchasing Agent for a hospital. Mary lived in Horseshoe Bend...

Floyd Stanford

Floyd Stanford

Dec 5, 2007

Floyd A. Stanford, 78 of Vermilion, died Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2007 at Hospice of the Ozarks, Mountain Home, Arkansas. He was born June 11, 1929 in Amory, Mississippi and had lived in Vermilion, OH since 1958 moving from West Memphis, Arkansas. He moved to Mountain Home, Arkansas in April 2007. He worked as a power tool engineer for Ford Motor...

Jeannette Karpan

Jeannette Karpan

Dec 4, 2007

Jeannette Karpan died December 4, 2007 at Mountain Home. She was 82. Jeannette was born April 30, 1925 at Barton, Wisconsin the daughter of Walter Homuth and Anna Kuester. Jeannette was a housewife and lived in Mountain since 2004 moving from San Antonio, Texas. Survivors: Husband, Albert Karpan, 2 daughters Brenda Wilkinson of Beaver Creek, Ohio and Beverly Karpan of...

Richard McKinney

Richard McKinney

Dec 3, 2007

Richard McKinney went to meet his heavenly Father on December 3, 2007 in Mountain Home. He was 75. Richard McKinney was born April 2, 1932 in Dallas, Texas, son of Tom P. McKinney and Martha E. Hambrick. He was a U.S. Marine. Survivors: wife, Jo Stembridge McKinney of Gassville, his son, Byron McKinney, Sr. of Belgrade, MT; daughter, Loraine Gilbreath...

Geneva Quinci

Geneva Quinci

Dec 3, 2007

Geneva Quinci was born on December 27, 1924 at Spiro, Oklahoma to Calvin and Belle Radley Tulley. She married Nicalo Quinci on January 1, 1953 at Yuma, Az.Geneva was an assembly line worker for a computer manufacturer for many years, she was of the baptist faith. Geneva Quinci entered into eternal rest on December 3, 2007 in Rogers, Arkansas. Survivors:...

Gordon Steffan

Gordon Steffan

Dec 3, 2007

Gordon Steffan died Monday, December 3, 2007 in Mountain Home. He was 89. Gordon Steffan was born Friday, December 28, 1917 in Elgin, Illinois, son of Ernest and Minnie Krempke Steffan . He married Ruth Althen on April 21, 1942 at Elgin, Illinois. He was self employed in Road Construction for 35 years and was an Army veteran of WWII....