Obituaries

Kirby & Family Obituaries

Norman White

Norman White

Dec 20, 2006

A memorial service for Norman O. White, 57, of Gassville will be at 4:30 p.m. Friday, December 22, 2006, at Kirby-Boaz Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Louis Stephens officiating. Norman Otis White was born December 23, 1948, at Colorado Springs, Colorado, the son of Norman Otis White, Sr. and Ida Bell Bisby White. He married Debra Streussnig at Colorado Springs...

Louise Henneberg

Louise Henneberg

Dec 19, 2006

Memorial services for Louise C. Henneberg, 88, of Mountain Home will be at 3:00 p.m. Thursday, December 21 at Kirby-Boaz Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Jimmie Smith and Devin Frost officiating. Mrs. Henneberg died Tuesday, December 19, 2006, at Hiram Shaddox Geriatric Center. Louise was born August 6, 1918, at Chicago, Illinois, to Gustave and Marie Troost Storz. She married...

Margie Reazin

Margie Reazin

Dec 17, 2006

Margie N. Reazin was born November 19, 1939, at Pahokee, Florida, to Homer and Ola Jackson Gilder. She married John Reazin on February 16, 1976, at Galveston, Texas. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Reazin lived in Houston, Texas, before she and her husband moved to Flippin in 2000. She was a protestant. Survivors: She is survived by her husband, John...

Allison Mears

Allison Mears

Dec 16, 2006

Funeral services for Allison Elizabeth Mears, one month and two days old, of Fairview, Arkansas, will be at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 20 at Flippin Baptist Church with Reverend Steve Martin officiating. Allison Mears died Saturday, December 16, 2006, at Arkansas Children's Hospital. Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m. until service time Wednesday. Allison was born November 14, 2006, at...

Marie Hopper

Marie Hopper

Dec 16, 2006

Services for Marie Hopper will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 20 at Kirby-Boaz. Marie Hopper passed on Saturday, December 16, 2006, at her home. She was 88. She was born September 13, 1918, in Kentucky to James and Laura Kirk. She was a wife, mother and retired from Northrop Grumman in California. She married Eugene Hopper on June 21, 1941,...

Leon Dew

Leon Dew

Dec 15, 2006

Buzzy Dew was born November 21, 1942 to Leon A. and Dorothy Coatsworth Dew. He married Jean Ellen Nusch on April 30, 1967 in Mountain Home. Buzzy was an insurance agent and owner of North Arkansas Insurance, Inc. since 1976 and was a member of St. Thomas Anglican Church. Buzzy was past president and 40 year member of the Mountain...

Paul Branch

Paul Branch

Dec 14, 2006

Paul Ray Branch was born February 16, 1932, at Shreveport, Louisiana, to J. F. and Amelia Vercher Branch. He married Carolyn R. Wright on January 31, 1955, at El Paso, Texas. He earned a B.A. degree in science and was a pharmaceutical salesman for Merck and Company for 28 years. Mr. Branch was an Army veteran who lived in Mountain...

Gale Burch

Gale Burch

Dec 12, 2006

Gale Hershell Burch was born on November 5, 1915 at Chickasha, Oklahoma to Peter Brand and Mamie Burch. He was a truck driver for P.I.E. trucking for 20 years and retired in 1985. He married Geneva Fort on July 3, 1992 at Lake Tahoe, California and moved to Eufaula, Oklahoma in 2000 and on to Mountain Home in 2003. He...

Jerry Crawford

Jerry Crawford

Dec 12, 2006

Gerald L. "Jerry" Crawford was born March 16, 1938, at Whiting, Iowa, the son of Lawrence and Ruth Eaton Crawford. He married Ella Bramow on June 22, 1955, at Onawa, Iowa. He was a plant manager for Gelatin Manufacturing and an Army Vietnam veteran. Jerry lived in Mountain Home since moving from California in 2005. He enjoyed fishing and traveling...

Edward Mader

Edward Mader

Dec 11, 2006

Funeral services for Edward Walter Mader of Mountain Home will be at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 13, 2006, at Kirby-Boaz Funeral Home Chapel with Deacon Paul Poulosky officiating. Mr. Mader was 70. Edward Mader was born March 9, 1936, at Chicago, Illinois, to Walter and Lottie Polack Mader. He was part of the hospital kitchen staff at Baxter Regional Medical...

David Buckner

David Buckner

Dec 11, 2006

David W. "Buck" Buckner was born July 27, 1914 at Kansas City, Kansas to David Andrew and Flora Thoengen Buckner. He worked for the Missouri Pacific Railroad, retiring in 1976 after 39 ½ years of service. He married Mary Ella Addison in Mountain Home, Arkansas on April 28, 1961 and moved to Mountain Home in 1980 from Kansas City, Kansas....

Anna Cunning

Anna Cunning

Dec 11, 2006

Anna Mae Cunning was born December 13, 1929 at Bethel Kansas to Al and Mary Karnes Cunning. She worked as a purchasing agent for the Air Force and then was a clerk for a newspaper. She moved to Gamaliel, Arkansas in July of this year and passed away on Decembr 1, 20076 at the Good Samaritan Village in Mountain Home....

Wiley Stevens

Wiley Stevens

Dec 10, 2006

Wiley Stevens was born March 16, 1951, at Kansas City, MO, to Wiley and Geraldine Sens Stevens. He married Cora Lee Lack on August 25, 1969 at Edgerton, Kansas. He was in the construction business and worked for R.W. Lengenfelter. He lived in Osawatomie, Kansas before moving to Flippin in 1991. Mr. Stevens currently worked at Ranger boats and enjoyed...

Dorothy Chittenden

Dorothy Chittenden

Dec 7, 2006

A memorial service for Dorothy J. Chittenden, 76, of Mountain Home will be at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, December 9 at Kirby-Boaz Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Randy Ludwig officiating. Mrs. Chittenden died Thursday, December 7, 2006, at Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home. Dorothy J. Chittenden was born December 18, 1929, at Muscatine, Iowa, to Francis and Florence Grunder...

Elaine Cline

Elaine Cline

Dec 4, 2006

Funeral services for Elaine Wilma Cline, 79, of Lakeview will be at 10:00 Thursday, December 7 at Kirby-Boaz Funeral Home Chapel. Mrs. Cline died Monday, December 4, 2006, at Fayetteville, Arkansas. Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 6 at Kirby-Boaz. Elaine Wilma Cline was born December 28, 1926, at Monrovia, California, to William and Ann Blum Wallick. She...

Loretta Hall

Loretta Hall

Dec 2, 2006

A memorial service for Loretta Edith Hall, 82, of Flippin will be at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 6 at First United Methodist Church in Bull Shoals with Reverend Nicholas Lascaro officiating. Mrs. Hall died Saturday, December 2, 2006, at Fairview, Arkansas. Loretta Edith Hall was born November 13, 1924, at Middlesex, New York, to Fenton and Amelia Drake Wagar. She...

James Rhoads

James Rhoads

Nov 30, 2006

Funeral services for James "Keith" Rhoads of Gassville will be at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, November 30, 2006, at Kirby-Boaz Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Lee Parnell officiating. Mr. Rhoads died Wednesday, November 22, 2006, in Mountain Home. He was 46. Mr. Rhoads was born July 16, 1960, at Blytheville, Arkansas, to Benjamin "Pete" and Gladys Grant Rhoads. He married Jackie...

William Smith

William Smith

Nov 29, 2006

A memorial service for William Charles Smith, 84, formerly of Mountain Home, will be at 1:00 p.m. Sunday, December 10 at Kirby-Boaz Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Randy Ludwig officiating. Mr. Smith died Wednesday, November 29, 2006, in Kosciusko, Mississippi. William Charles Smith was born August 4, 1922, in Itasca County, Minnesota, to Walter and Queen Bly Smith. He married...

Patrick Carlson

Patrick Carlson

Nov 29, 2006

Funeral services for Patrick J. Carlson, 23, of Henderson will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, December 5 at Zion Lutheran Church in Blackduck, Minnesota, with Reverend Dean Oelfke officiating. Patrick Carlson died Wednesday, November 29, 2006, at his residence. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. He was born November 5, 1983, in Bemidji, Minnesota,...

Ruthann Lack

Ruthann Lack

Nov 29, 2006

Ruthann Lack was born October 19, 1936, at Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Florence and Esther Anderson Bell. She married A.G. Lack on July 2, 1983, at Cotter, Arkansas. Mrs. Lack worked in medical records at Baxter Regional Medical Center. She lived in the area since moving from Wheeling, Illinois, in 1960. She was of Lutheran faith. Ruthann Lack entered...