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James Swadley
Jul 27, 2006
James Edward Swadley was born November 19, 1944 at Gassville, Arkansas to William Edward and Pearl Foster Swadley. He married Linda Harrington on June 14, 1967 at Gassville and worked as a union brick mason. He served in the U.S. Army and was a member of the Riverside Church of Christ. He loved to fish and play his guitar. Survivors:...
Dorothy Sanders
Jul 27, 2006
Dorothy Darlene Sanders was born May 25, 1926 at Heartha, Kansas to John and Anna Torreyson Stienmitz. She graduated from The Research School of Nursing as an RN in Kansas City, Mo. in 1947. She married Nield J. Sanders on October 30, 1940 at Kansas City and worked for a group of Neurosurgeons as a scrub tech in Kansas City...
Leonard Sidock
Jul 27, 2006
Leonard S. Sidock was born June 6, 1916 at Salamanca, New York to Stanley and Anna Prybinski Sidock. He was a Production Control Supervisor for the General Dynamics Corporation. He was a U.S. Army veteran and served with the 3rd Infantry Division during WWII. He was a life member of the society of the 3rd Infantry Division, Life Member of...
Charles Peachee
Jul 26, 2006
Charles R. Peachee was born on November 25, 1925 at Mountain Grove, Missouri to Charles and Gurtrude Yocum Peachee. He worked in many different jobs before working as an associate for the Mountain Home Wal-Mart Store. He has lived in the Mountain Home, area since 1972 moving from the Chicago Area. He married Jimmie Walls on September 2, 1999 at...
Fred Strain
Jul 20, 2006
Fred H. Strain was born October 23, 1924, at Clarkridge, Arkansas, to Jesse and Della Standage Strain. He married Irene Orost on April 28, 1947, at Mountain Home. He was a carpenter and lifetime resident of the area. He died Thursday, July 20, 2006 at his residence. Mr. Strain was an Army veteran of WWII who enjoyed hunting, fishing, and...
Doris Lynch
Jul 12, 2006
She was born September 19, 1919, at Chicago, Illinois, to Adolph and Winifred Owens Dressler. She married Jack Lynch on November 6, 1943, at Chicago. She was a clerk who worked at Electro Motive, a Division of GM, in LaGrange, Illinois, for over 18 years. Mrs. Lynch lived in Bull Shoals since moving from Chicago in 1980. She enjoyed golf,...
Wade Markle
Jul 11, 2006
Wade Cheyenne Markle was born July 30, 1966, in Harrison, Arkansas. He married his college sweetheart on May 27, 1990 in Atkins, Arkansas. Cheyenne accomplished many things in his life. At 18 he achieved the rank of black belt in Tae-Kwon-do and by 22 he had his private pilot?s license. Cheyenne received a bachelor?s degree in Business Administration from Arkansas...
Earl Paxson
Jul 8, 2006
Mr. Paxson was born November 13, 1919 at Valentine, Nebraska, to Charles and Molly Paxson. He was a self-employed contractor most of his life. He also worked as a school bus driver and maintenance man at Pauma Valley School in Pauma Valley, California. He moved to the Mountain Home area in 1985, moving from Escondido, California. He was of the...
William Langston
Jul 8, 2006
William "Jack" Langston was born October 16, 1930, at Wideman, Arkansas, to Walker and Garnett Hand Langston. He married Maxine Parnell on April 9, 1951, at Norfork, Arkansas. Rev. Langston was a First Assembly of God minister who pastored and built numerous churches throughout Arkansas for 45 years. His life was completely dedicated to the service of God and caring...
Andy Kennedy
Jul 7, 2006
Andy Kennedy was born April 11, 1919, at Ellington, Missouri, to Marvin and Leela Kennedy. He was an Army veteran of WWII and worked as a timber buyer. He lived in Mountain Home since moving from California in 1998. Survivors: daughter Wanetta Hanson of Mountain Home, Arkansas; two sons, Tom Kennedy of Gassville, Arkansas, and Bill Kennedy of Mountain Home,...
Dennis Maran
Jul 7, 2006
Dennis Maran was born March 13, 1952, at Cleveland, Ohio. He married Bonnie Kozak on June 22, 1973 at Mountain Home, Arkansas. He was a supervisor for M & M concrete in Mountain Home. Mr. Maran lived in Gamaliel for 33 years, moving from Cleveland, Ohio in 1973. Survivors: Mr. Maran is survived by his wife, Bonnie Maran, of Gamaliel,...
Homer Reece
Jul 4, 2006
Jack Reece was born October 20, 1923 at Liberty, Georgia to Andrew Patrick and Minnie Hooper Reece. He retired from Sierra Motors in Ottawa, Illinois where he was a mechanic for 30 years. He was a WWII Air Force Veteran and a Baptist. He lived in Lakeview since moving from Anderson South Carolina in 1981. He passed away on July...
I. Ward
Jul 4, 2006
Mr. Ward was born January 9, 1914, at Green Way, Arkansas, to Harvey and Julie Markum Ward. He married Pearl Ward on July 15, 1942 at Fresno, California. He was a farmer most of his life. He was an Army veteran of WWII. Mr. Ward was a member of the Full Gospel Church in Bakersfield, MO. Survivors: Mr. Ward is...
James Birkeland
Jul 3, 2006
James M. Birkeland was born February 4, 1917 at Chicago, Illinois to Julius A. and Grace E. Houchin Birkeland. He married Marie Kurka on October 18, 1942 at Chicago and worked as a supervisor in the petroleum industry. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of WWII. He has lived in Cotter since 1977 having moved from Medinah, Illinois. He was...
William Holland
Jul 3, 2006
William Eugene Holland was born August 14, 1923 at Thompsonville, Illinois to John and Dorothy Mace Holland. He married Annabelle Moore on October 11, 1947 at Raleigh, Illinois. He retired from the Flannery Ford Body Shop and moved to Mountain Home, Arkansas in 2000. He was a WWII U.S. Army Veteran and a member of the Disabled American Veterans in...
Edward Walker
Jul 1, 2006
Edward Eugene Walker was born May 4, 1928, at Des Arc, AR, to William Frank and Effie Josephine Linton Walker. He married Mary Imogene Fry on November 20, 1948 at Sedgwick, AR. Mr. Walker worked in the printing industry for over 30 years. He and his wife settled in Chicago, IL in 1945. They retired back to Walnut Ridge, AR...
Larry Wood
Jun 30, 2006
Larry B. Wood was born Dec. 7, 1953 at Vallejo,California to Charles and Margaret White Wood. He married Margaret Kearney Remick on June 15, 1995 in Mountain Home, Arkansas where they lived since 1992. He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie #3183 in Midway, Arkansas. He passed away on Friday, June 30, 2006 at the Hospice...
Opal Graham
Jun 27, 2006
Opal Evelyn Graham was born Febuary 18, 1917 to Walter Albert and Ella Agnes Relephard Williams. She married William Gordon Graham in 1943 at Oakland, California. She was a homemaker and moved to Mountain Home in 1996 from Campbell,California. She passed away on June 27, 2006 at Mountain Home, Arkansas at the age of 89 years, 4 months and 9...
Maude Baltz
Jun 26, 2006
Maude Shull Baltz was born November 8, 1902 at Winona, Missouri the daughter of George and Minnie LaRue Shull. She married Merle Baltz at Pevely, Missouri on January 16, 1984 and had resided in the Mountain Home area since moving from Bonne Terre, Missouri in 1987. At the age of 20, Maude began her nurse?s training at Mellamphy Hospital in...
Janice Vannatter
Jun 25, 2006
Janice E. Vannatter was born June 3, 1947, at Damascus, Virginia, to Robert and Juanita Neal Trent. She married Larry Vannatter on March 7, 1967, at Deerfield Beach, Florida. She worked for Baxter Lab and lived in the Mountain Home area since 1996. She enjoyed quilting, rodeos, outdoor activities, sports (particularly those involving her children and grandchildren)and playing the piano....
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