Obituaries

Kirby & Family Obituaries

Bernard Briggs

Bernard Briggs

Mar 30, 2006

Bernard B. Briggs was born June 2, 1917, in Titonka, Iowa. He was the son of John and Ella Peterson Briggs. He married Henrietta Wermersen, September 5, 1942, in Algona, Iowa. Mr. Briggs was store manager at an auto parts store. He moved to Mountain Home, Arkansas from Algona, Iowa in 1982. Bernard B. Briggs passed away at Hospice House,...

Donald Martin

Donald Martin

Mar 28, 2006

Donald Marshall Martin was born March 1, 1928 in Nova, Ohio. He was son of David Monroe Martin and Shaby Toler Martin. He married Charlene Richards in Monterey, California, December 10, 1949. He lived in the Clarkridge area since moving from Rockford, Illinois in 1984. He was a machinist with Hydro-Line Manufacturing Company and served with the United States Army...

Bruce Moulton

Bruce Moulton

Mar 28, 2006

Bruce L. Moulton was born September 16, 1934, in Springvale, New York County, Maine. He was the son of Kenneth Russell and Doris Muriel Lord Moulton. He attended Dearing High School in Portland, Maine. After twenty- three years of Marine Corps service, and two tours in Vietnam, he retired to Bull Shoals, Arkansas. He became active with VFW Post 1341,...

Bernice Heddleston

Bernice Heddleston

Mar 27, 2006

Bernice L. Heddleston was born December 7, 1919, in Caruthers, California. She was the daughter of Harry and Elsie Bunn Stark. She married Kenneth Heddleston and was a secretary. Mrs. Heddleston lived in Lakeview, Arkansas since moving from Ames, Iowa, in 1976. She was an active member of Midway Baptist Church as a Sunday School teacher and choir member. She...

Wayne Schneider

Wayne Schneider

Mar 27, 2006

Wayne Eugene "Duke" Schneider was born October 11, 1938, in Creighton, Nebraska. He was the son of Wayne and Wilma Burt Schneider. He married Dohna Bushong on December 5, 1997, in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Mr. Schneider lived in Mountain Home, Arkansas since moving from Iowa in 1988 and owned Schneider and Son lawn maintenance business. He enjoyed painting, card games,...

Herbert Pilger

Herbert Pilger

Mar 26, 2006

Herbert E. Pilger was born December 25, 1917 in Kansas. He was the son of Gruille and Lucy Petrie Pilger. He was a member of the 101st Airborne and fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He married Audrey Willige. He was employed as maintenance supervisor for Stockton, California Airport. He moved to Norfork, Arkansas in 2005, from Turlock, California....

James Hughes

James Hughes

Mar 23, 2006

James Orville Hughes was born August 25, 1953, in Boone, Iowa. He was the son of Leslie and Merry Williams Hughes. He married Michelle Sterk, June 18, 1991 in Catalina, California. He owned an auto repair shop and worked for Snap on Tools in California. He moved to Mountain Home, Arkansas from Indianola, Iowa in May, 2000. He was a...

Ivan Welch

Ivan Welch

Mar 21, 2006

Ivan Francis "Curly" Welch was born May 10, 1910, in Knox County, Illinois. He was the son of John and Lillie Merriot Welch. He served with the United Staters Army during World War II as a Tech Sergeant. He worked as an OMC-Flywheel Balancer with Gale Products, twenty-four years. He moved to Gamaliel, Arkansas from Galesburg, Illinois in 1975. Ivan...

Robert Brademann

Robert Brademann

Mar 21, 2006

Robert Edward Brademann was born March 31, 1913, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was the son of Edward and Minnie Brademann. He married Alice Morris on September 27, 1935, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was an International Farm Equipment Dealer who lived in Mountain Home, Arkansas since moving from Minneapolis in 1977. Mr. Brademann was a member of the First Presbyterian Church...

Dorothy Gibson

Dorothy Gibson

Mar 17, 2006

She was wife of Jesse Gibson, deceased, and mother of Fern Babcock and Bonnie Snow Mattheus of Collegedale, Tennessee. Mrs. Gibson and Jesse operated Gibson's Rock Shop in Mountain Home until 1997. Each year, she packed over 600 boxes of used clothing for the Adventist Development and Relief Agency. Her daughter Bonnie was the former owner of Tender Loving Care...

Jerry Blisse

Jerry Blisse

Mar 17, 2006

Jerry Klaus Blisse was born July 25, 1939, in Berlin, Germany. He was the son of Alfons and Hildegard Falk Blisse. He married Ingelore Meyer, February 13, 1960, in Clyde, Ohio. Mr. Blisse was a tool and die maker for Boeing. He enjoyed making stained glass lamps and was an expert river and ocean fisherman. He was an excellent cook,...

Jean Satterfield

Jean Satterfield

Mar 16, 2006

Jean Elizabeth Satterfield was born February 13, 1913, in Bloomington, Illinois. She was the daughter of Wesley D. and Frances Dixon Allen She married Samuel Satterfield. She played clarinet in the Chicago Symphony in the early 1930's and had her own dance band. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church in DuLac, Wisconsin. Jean Elizabeth Satterfield passed away at...

Edward Kasmar

Edward Kasmar

Mar 16, 2006

Edward J. Kasmar was born August 18, 1925, in Cicero, Illinois. He was the son of John and Helen Bilecki Kasmar. He married Francine Deasy, November 11, 2005, in Mountain Home, Arkansas. He was employed as a reactor supervisor with Argonne National Labratories. Mr. Kasmar was an Army veteran of WWII and a POW captured in Germany for six months....

O. Martin

O. Martin

Mar 15, 2006

O. Frank Martin was born July 14, 1919, in Frierson, Louisiana. He was the son of Osbun and Sylvia Cole Martin. He married Beverley Canada on April 11, 1943, in Many, Louisiana. A retired United States Navy diver, Mr. Martin also worked as a Purchasing Supervisor for the State of California Social Services. He lived in this area since moving...

John Young

John Young

Mar 14, 2006

John R. Young was born July 7, 1924, in Coal Hill, Arkansas. He was the son of Johnnie and Vesta Phillips Young. He married Rejeanne Young, June 28, 1947, in Detroit, Michigan. He was an Army Air Force veteran of World War II and Transportation Superintendent for the City of Detroit. Mr. Young lived in Mountain Home, Arkansas since moving...

Juanita Riddle

Juanita Riddle

Mar 13, 2006

Juanita Fern Riddle was born December 25, 1919, in East St. Louis, Missouri. She was the daughter of Oaty and Laura Sims. She married George Riddle in June 1937. She was a homemaker who lived in Bull Shoals, Arkansas since moving from Cahokia, Illinois, in 1973. Mrs. Riddle was a life member and former President of the VFW Post 1341...

Julius Runyan

Julius Runyan

Mar 12, 2006

Julius Runyan was born August 2, 1911, in Strawberry, Arkansas. He was the son of Elmer and Vena Sneed Runyan. He was a farmer for many years and later employed by John Deere. He was a member of the UAW Union #434. He retired in 1974 and moved to Mountain Home, Arkansas. Julius Runyan entered eternal rest, March 12, 2006,...

Danny Crosby

Danny Crosby

Mar 11, 2006

Danny Ray Crosby was born May 5, 1964, in Batesville, Arkansas. He was the son of Raymond and Rose Robertson Crosby. Mr. Crosby was a Navy veteran, former manager of Wendy's in Mountain Home, and a private pilot. He was of Baptist faith. Danny Ray Crosby died Saturday, March 11, 2006, at his residence, at the age of 41. Survivors:...

Annette Etges

Annette Etges

Mar 10, 2006

Annette M. Etges was born March 24, 1919, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of John and Margaret O'Rourke. She married Joseph Etges on December 4, 1948. She lived in Mountain Home, Arkansas since moving from Chicago in 1991. She was of Protestant faith. Annette M. Etges entered eternal rest, March 10, 2006, in Mountain Home, Arkansas, at the...

L. Perry

L. Perry

Mar 7, 2006

L. D. Perry was born January 25, 1932, in Calico Rock, Arkansas. He was the son of James and Tabitha Barker Perry. He lived in the Mountain Home area all of his life, worked at Mar-Bax Shirt Company, and enjoyed hunting and fishing. He was of the Baptist faith. L. D. Perry passed away March 7, 2006, at the age...

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