Obituaries

Kirby & Family Obituaries

Donald Johannes

Donald Johannes

Nov 11, 2006

Donald Gerald Johannes was born October 10, 1933 at Chicago Il, the son of Joseph and Helen Johannes. He married Georgia Ann Macken on January 3rd, 1959. Mr. Johannes was a business owner and a veteran who served in the Army. He retired to the Fairview area in 2004. He liked to fish and was an active lapidary artist. Donald...

Donna Lines

Donna Lines

Nov 7, 2006

Donna Lines was born August 29, 1922, at Hammond, Indiana, to Lazar and Sava Marovich. She married Eldon Lines on July 3, 1946, at Taylor Township, Michigan. She worked in sales and lived in Mountain Home since moving from Mesa, Arizona, in 1987. Donna Lines entered into eternal rest on November 7, 2006, at Mountain Home, Arkansas, at the age...

Wesley Sedlacek

Wesley Sedlacek

Nov 3, 2006

Memorial services for Wesley D. Sedlacek, 67, of Mountain Home will be at 2:00 p.m. Monday, November 6 at Kirby-Boaz Funeral Home Chapel with Deacon Bob Crawford officiating. Mr. Sedlacek died Friday, November 3, 2006, at Hospice House. Wesley D. Sedlacek was born January 29, 1939, at Pipestone, Minnesota, to Wesley and Berniece Pettit Sedlacek. He married Marilyn Sterrett on...

Michael Leach

Michael Leach

Nov 2, 2006

Michael Ray Leach was born August 6, 1984 in Hinsdale, Illinois to Van and Michelle Colant Leach. Michael moved to Gamaliel, Arkansas in 2004 and worked construction with his dad. Michael died in an automobile accident on November 2, 2006 in Gamaliel, Arkansas at the age of 22 years, 2 months and 27 days. Survivors: Parents: Van Leach of Gamaliel,...

Robert Preissner

Robert Preissner

Nov 2, 2006

Robert George Preissner was born March 23, 1940 at Chicago, Illinois. He worked as a laborer and moved to Mountain Home, Arkansas in 1991 from Missouri. He passed away at his residence on November 2, 2006 at the age of 66 years, 7 months and 9 days. Survivors: One daughter; Linnea Knowles and Husband Matt of Peoria, Arizona, 4 grandchildren,...

Philip Fournier

Philip Fournier

Nov 1, 2006

A memorial service for Philip Ernest Fournier, 71, of Bull Shoals will be at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, November 5 at Kirby-Boaz Funeral Home Chapel in Bull Shoals with Reverend Jerry Backus officiating. Military honors will be by Hoevel-Barnett VFW Post #1341. Mr. Fournier died Wednesday, November 1, 2006, at his residence. Philip Ernest Fournier was born July 2, 1935, at...

John Morrison

John Morrison

Oct 31, 2006

Services for John D. Morrison, 75, of Summit will be private. Mr. Morrison died Tuesday, October 31, 2006, at Mountain Home. John D. Morrison was born March 18, 1931, at Norphlet, Arkansas, to Charlie and Amy McMain Morrison. He married Evelyn Hoselton on November 8, 1952, at Yuma, Arizona. He was a signal engineer who worked at Entergy for 23...

Miroslava Kurtz

Miroslava Kurtz

Oct 30, 2006

Miroslava Kurtz was born November 2, 1923, in Yugoslavia to Teresa and Mathaies Baskovic. She married Frank Kurtz on August 10, 1965 in Chicago, Ill. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Kurtz lived in Chicago, IL before moving to Mountain Home in 1980. She enjoyed sewing, crocheting, and doing stitch work. She was a member of St. Peter the Fisherman Catholic...

Wayne Cooper

Wayne Cooper

Oct 30, 2006

Wayne E. Cooper was born August 19, 1931, in Clear Lake, South Dakota, to Charles and Amelia Lutterman-Cooper. He married Rosemarie M. Stalcar on June 19, 1954 in Waukegan , Illinois. Wayne Cooper was a U.S. Army Korean War Era Veteran and also served in Germany during the Berlin Air Lift. Wayne Cooper lived in the Twin Lakes Area for...

Ola LaPointe

Ola LaPointe

Oct 29, 2006

A memorial service for Ola Jean LaPointe, 78, of Gassville will be at 4:00 p.m. Thursday, November 2 at Kirby-Boaz Funeral Home. Mrs. LaPointe died Sunday, October 29, 2006. Ola Jean LaPointe was born September 23, 1928, at Cotter, Arkansas, to William and Helen Jenkins Mefford. She lived most of her life in this area and graduated from Cotter High...

Carolyn White

Carolyn White

Oct 28, 2006

Carolyn Louise White was born December 28, 1947, at Perry, Arkansas, to Harvey and Lee Conrad White. She was an office manager at Gilbert Realty for many years. Ms. White lived in Little Rock before moving to Mountain Home in 1994. She was of the Baptist faith. Survivors: She is survived by 1 brother, Larry White, of Adona, AR, 4...

Blanche Brown

Blanche Brown

Oct 26, 2006

Funeral services for Blanche M. Brown, 86, of Mountain Home will be at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, October 28 at Kirby-Boaz Funeral Home with Pastor R. L. Custer officiating. Mrs. Brown died Thursday, October 26, 2006, at Baxter Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m. until service time Saturday at Kirby-Boaz Funeral Home. Blanche M. Brown was born August...

Ruth Connolly

Ruth Connolly

Oct 19, 2006

Funeral services for Ruth Connolly of Mountain Home will be 2:00 P.M. Wednesday at the Kirby-Boaz Funeral Home Chapel. She passed away Monday, October 09, 2006, at the Hospice House. She was 87. Ruth A. Connolly was born December 8, 1918, at Panora, Iowa, to Erie Oliver and Flossie May Calvert Harden. She married Lawrence Connolly on May 10, 1941,...

Karen Stone

Karen Stone

Oct 18, 2006

Services for Karen Sue Stone, 55, of Flippin will be private. Mrs. Stone died Wednesday, October 18, 2006, at her residence. Karen Sue Stone was born January 28, 1951, at Charleston, West Virginia, to Henry and Geneva Rowh Virgil. She married Gene Stone on May 16, 1972, at Gainesville, Missouri. She worked for Twin Lakes Nursing Center and lived in...

Harvey Meyer

Harvey Meyer

Oct 18, 2006

Harvey A. Meyer was born on November 12, 1910 at Schaumburg, Illinois to George and Amalia Fasse Meyer. He married Dorothy M. Chapman on September 12, 1943 at Bensonville, Illinois. He worked as a mechanic and moved to Mountain Home in 1977 from Cook, Minnesota. He was a member of the Redeemer Lutheran Church. Harvey passed away on October 18,...

Joseph Simpson

Joseph Simpson

Oct 17, 2006

Funeral service for Joseph Harry Simpson of Mountain Home will be at 2:00, Saturday at Kirby-Boaz Funeral Home with North Central Arkansas Veterans Council and Honor Guards Ozark VFW #3246 officiating. Mr. Simpson died Wednesday, October 17, 2006 at Auburn Hills Nursing Home. Visitation will be from noon until service time. He was 75. He was born January 22, 1931...

Eleanor Ritter

Eleanor Ritter

Oct 15, 2006

A memorial service for Eleanor Christine Ritter of Mountain Home will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 15, 2006, at Norfork United Methodist Church with Reverend Blake Langston officiating. Mrs. Ritter died Saturday, November 11, 2006, at Baxter Regional Medical Center. She was 93. Eleanor Ritter was born May 1, 1913, at Chicago, Ill., to Paul and Marie Mosbaek Miller....

Sarah Rosenow

Sarah Rosenow

Oct 14, 2006

Sarah Fay Rosenow was born June 26, 1938, at Owensboro, Kentucky, to James and Arlie Crowder Morris. She was a waitress who lived in Gassville since moving from Chicago in 1989. She was of Baptist faith. Sarah Fay Rosenow entered into eternal rest on October 14, 2006, at Hospice of the Ozarks Hospice House in Mountain Home, Arkansas. Survivors: Five...

Carl Kennedy

Carl Kennedy

Oct 11, 2006

Memorial services for Carl B. Kennedy of Gassville, Arkansas, will be at 11:00 a.m. Friday, October 13, 2006, at Kirby-Boaz Funeral Home with Reverend Robert Moon officiating. Mr. Kennedy died Wednesday, October 11, 2006. Carl B. Kennedy was born November 23, 1925, at Dodson, Louisiana, to Clady and Dena Walsworth Kennedy. He worked as a troubleshooter for Freightline Trucking Company...

Mildred Stewart

Mildred Stewart

Oct 8, 2006

Mildred Elizabeth Stewart was born June 9,1914 at Chicago, Illinois to Henry and Louise Fortman Biehl. She married Herbert Stewart on December 11, 1934 at Chicago, Illinois. She worked as an executive secretary for Surplus Records for 20 years. She also volunteered for the Elmhurst Memorial Hospital and worked the front desk for 17 years. She passed away on October...