Obituaries

Kirby & Family Obituaries

Francis Metz

Francis Metz

Aug 23, 2007

Francis James Metz was born May 15, 1913 at Chicago, Illinois the son of Frank and Bessie Petroseck Metz. He had been a resident of the Mountain Home area since moving from Elmhurst, Illinois in 1978. He was a member of St. Peter the Fisherman Catholic Church and the Alley-White American Legion Post #52. Mr. Metz served with the US...

Fern Freeman

Fern Freeman

Aug 23, 2007

Fern Freeman died Thursday, August 23, 2007 at Mountain Home. She was 75. She was born March 1, 1932 at Alton, Missouri to Wellie and Mae Rice Stogsdill. She married Arlon A. Freeman, October 23, 1983 at Russellville, Arkansas. She was a homemaker and enjoyed cooking, tennis and bowling. She and her husband started the Trinity Chapel Baptist Church in...

Glenn Broome

Glenn Broome

Aug 19, 2007

Glenn Broome died Sunday, August 19, 2007 at the Hospice House at the age of 69. Glenn Broome was born September 2, 1937 at Hattiesburg, Mississippi to Louis Watson Broome and Hilda Margaret McDonald Broome. He married Jonni Johnson on September 2, 1961 in Theodore, Alabama. Glenn was a retired firefighter with the City of Mobile, Alabama and a veteran...

David Gracy

David Gracy

Aug 19, 2007

David died August 19, 2007 at the age of 24. He was born November 24, 1982 at Memphis, Tennessee to Tommy and RubyDell Hodges Gracy. He enjoyed fishing, hunting music and art. He has lived in the Mountain Home area since 1985 moving from Forrest City, Arkansas. Survivors: He is survived by his Father Tommy Gracy of Mountain Home; 2...

Edward Dykstra

Edward Dykstra

Aug 16, 2007

Edward J. Dykstra of Mountain Home died October 16, 2007 at the age of 78. He was born August 1, 1929 at Kansas City, Missouri to Edward J. Dykstra and Agnes Marie Lynch. He married Shirley Roades February 22, 1988 at Mountain Home, Arkansas. He was a general manager at Sears Merchant Discount Center for 41 years. He lived in...

David Wood

David Wood

Aug 16, 2007

David Arthur Wood, 50, died August 16, 2007 at Northwest Medical Center of Benton County. He was born March 5, 1957 at Florence, Massachusetts. David lived in the Bentonville area since moving here from Florida in 1993. He was a stone mason and of the Catholic faith. Survivors: his parents, Gordon E. and JoAnn Chereskie Wood of Mountain Home; his...

Dorman Ross

Dorman Ross

Aug 13, 2007

Dee Ross died August 13, 2007 at Hospice House at the age of 82. He was born February 11, 1925 in Missouri to Oliver and Sara Dorman Ross. Dee married Joanne Patricia Leeper in September, 1959. She preceded him in death on July 13, 2007. He worked as a car salesman and enjoyed fishing and hunting. They had lived in...

Bernice Cutter

Bernice Cutter

Aug 13, 2007

Mrs. Cutter died Monday, August 13, 2007 at Care Manor Nursing Home at the age of 91. She was born April 24, 1916 at Morocco, Indiana to James and Jessie Atkinson Dick. Bernice married Edwin Cutter at Dunnington, Indiana on June 14, 1934. She was a homemaker and a member of the VFW Auxilliary Post #3246 and SOAR. Bernice lived...

Gordon Staaden

Gordon Staaden

Aug 11, 2007

Gordon William Staaden was born February 21, 1919 at Recine Wisconsin. Gordon was a veteran of World War II and served in the United States Air Force. He married Helen Marie Hill on August 9, 1942 at Old Monroe, Missouri. He was employed as an accountant for the State of Ohio. Gordon was a member of the Scottish Rite, Valley...

Scott Skora

Scott Skora

Aug 9, 2007

Scott W. Skora was born December 2, 1962 at Oaklawn, Illinois, the son of Walter and Mary Skora. He was employed as a boat mechanic and had lived in the Mountain Home area since moving from Worth, Illinois in 1999. Scott enjoyed hunting fishing, football, hockey and NASCAR. He was of the Catholic faith. Scott W. Skora entered into eternal...

Ruby Haught

Ruby Haught

Aug 9, 2007

Ruby L. Haught died August 8, 2007 at Mountain Home, Arkansas, She was born November 18, 1923 at York, Nebraska to Albert and Ethel Mapps McCarty. She married James L. Haught, August 11, 1951 at Wichita Falls, Texas. She has lived in the Mountain Home area since moving from Arizona in 1991. She was a telephone repair person for Lincoln...

Marilyn Hollingsworth

Marilyn Hollingsworth

Aug 6, 2007

Marilyn Joan (Jo) Hollingsworth, 68, of Mountain Home, went to be with the Lord August 6, 2007. She was born April 2, 1939 in Dyersburg, Tennessee to the late William and Ethel Jean Campbell. Jo was a longtime volunteer for the American Red Cross and was of the Baptist faith. Survivors: Survivors include her sons, Mark Hollingsworth and wife Kaye...

Lorraine Logsdon

Lorraine Logsdon

Aug 6, 2007

Lorraine Logsdon, 84, of Mountain Home died August 6, 2007. She was born February 18, 1923 at Chicago, Illinois to Sidney and Hilda Delord Munson. She was a bookeeper for an accounting business. Survivors: She is survived by her brother Bob Munson of Mountain Home, Arkansas. Burial: Burial will be in the Arlington Heights Cemetery, Arlington Heights, Illinois.

Madonna Walbaum

Madonna Walbaum

Aug 5, 2007

Madonna Mae Walbaum died August 5, 2007 at Mountain Home, Arkansas at the age of 69. She was born July 2, 1938 to Otis and Bernice Good Atherton at Chicago, Illinois. She married Forrest Walbaum in 1986. She was a nurse's aide and enjoyed gardening, and antiquing. She resided in the Mountain Home area since moving from Greenfield, Tennessee but...

Josephine Vonesh

Josephine Vonesh

Aug 4, 2007

Josephine died Saturday, August 4, 2007 at Flippin, Arkansas. She was born October 4, 1916 at Michigan City, Indiana to John and Anna Serama. She married James Vonesh, January 24, 1980. She was a factory worker at the Sherwin Williams Can Manufacturing Plant and she has resided in the Lakeview area since moving from Tinley Park, Illinois in 1987. She...

Dorothy Feeney

Dorothy Feeney

Aug 3, 2007

Dottie was born on March 31, 1935 at Dyersburg, TN to Albert and Alice McMurray Patterson. She was a Homemaker, who lived in the Mountain Home area for 32 years, moving from Memphis, TN. Dottie was of the Assembly of God Faith. Survivors: 2 sons: Joe & Jeff Feeney both of Mountain Home, 2 brothers, Ed Patterson of Horn Beak,...

Helen Gordon

Helen Gordon

Aug 1, 2007

Mrs. Gordon died Wednesday, August 1, 2007, at Hospice of the Ozarks Hospice House at the age of 84. She was born November 8, 1922 at Wilson, Arkansas to Charles and Mattie Sanders Mullins. She married James Gordon on June 9, 1951 at West Memphis, Arkansas. As a young mother of six she worked very hard as a waitress in...

William Kerr

William Kerr

Jul 31, 2007

Bill died Tuesday, July 31, 2007 at Lakeview, Arkansas at the age of 75. He was born September 10, 1931 at Valley Falls, Kansas to Howard and Wilma Nevins Kerr. He married Ruth Barb at Yellville, Arkansas on May 11th, 2004. Bill was a Tool & Die Maker in the Aviation field and was a veteran of the U.S. Navy...

Debbie Hearn

Debbie Hearn

Jul 30, 2007

Mrs. Hearn died Monday, July 30, 2007 at her residence. She was 63. Debbie Hearn was born April 28, 1944, at Rochester, New York, to Morris and Margaret Price Burton. She married Tom Hearn on June 23, 1993 at White Plains, Maryland and lived in Norfork since 1991, moving from Maryland. Debbie is of the Protestant faith. Survivors: her husband...

Crystal Diedrich

Crystal Diedrich

Jul 30, 2007

Services for Crystal Caroline Diedrich will be private. Crystal died Monday, July 30, 2007 at Hospice House in Mountain Home, Arkansas at the age of 101. She was born November 12, 1905 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin to William and Bertha Neuman Braeger. She married Louis Diedrich in 1929 and worked as a secretary for Crucible Steel for 25 years. Crystal lived...