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Doris Ashby
Jun 2, 2006
Doris Ashby was born August 19, 1915, at Vallard, MN, to J.W. and Eva McDonald Rhodes. She married Charles Ashby on January 15, 1944 at Waukegan, IL. She was an elementary school teacher for 14 years before retiring to be a stay at home mom. Mrs. Ashby lived in Fairfield Bay, AR before moving to Mountain Home in 1993. She...
Mary Dworyk
Jun 2, 2006
Mary Dworyk was born January 25, 1925 in Ukrania to John and Martha Orich Jarma. She married Nicholas Dworyk on July 12, 1957 in Ukraina. She moved to Lakeview, Arkansas in December 1980 from Chicago, Illinois. She was a homemaker and a member of the Calvary Bible Church in Midway, Arkansas. Mary Dworyk passed away on June 2, 2006 at...
Wanda Strother
May 31, 2006
Funeral services for Wanda Melton Strother, 84, of Mountain Home will be at 11:00 a.m. Monday, June 5 at Kirby-Boaz Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Larry Taylor, her son-in-law, officiating. Visitation will be from 1:00-7:00 p.m. Sunday, June 4, with the family receiving friends from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Wanda Strother was born May 23, 1922, in Montaigue County, Texas, to William...
Ruby Gracy
May 30, 2006
Ruby Dell Gracy was born November 11, 1950 at San Diego, California, to Rufus and Betty Cope Hodges. She married Tommy Gracy on January 20, 1973 at Forrest City, Arkansas. She was a partner and secretary/treasurer for Gracy Building and Design who moved to Mountain Home from Forrest City, Arkansas in 1985. Ruby Dell Gracy enjoyed the lake, reading, friends,...
Martin Niblett
May 27, 2006
Martin D. Niblett was born September 28, 1933, in Marked Tree, Arkansas. He was the son of Sam and Jewel Finley Niblett. He married Reva Tanksley, June 2, 1956 in Benton Harbor, Michigan. He was a city employee for Coloma, Michigan. Mr. Niblett was a veteran of the United States Army. He lived in Coloma, Michigan before moving to Briarcliff,...
Richard Miller
May 27, 2006
Richard Edwin Miller was born May 5, 1940 in Omaha, Nebraska. He was the son of Carl Orlando and Hazel Gilbert Miller. He married Sharon Moon, March 29, 1974 in Des Moines, Iowa. Mr. Miller served thirteen years with the United States Navy. He was employed for fifteen years with Bell and Howell as a field engineer. He moved to...
William Kettlitz
May 26, 2006
Dr. William H. Kettlitz was born July 26, 1914, in Monticello, Iowa. He was the son of Hans and Rena Haeussler Kettlitz. He married Helen Maxine Zimmerlin, January 20, 1946 in Bloomington, Illinois. He was minister of First Presbyterian Church for over fifty years. He received his Master of Theology degree at the Theological Seminary, University of Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa....
Michael Rowland
May 25, 2006
Michael Wayne Rowland was born October 20, 1976, in Mountain Home, Arkansas. He was the son of Walter and Doris Rowland. He married Dawn Drzka on May 22, 1999, in Mountain Home. He was a sanitation truck driver for RLH-Nabors for eight years. Michael Rowland lived in Mountain Home his entire life and was of Protestant faith. Michael Rowland died...
Shirley Purifoy
May 23, 2006
Shirley Ann Purifoy was born June 19, 1938 in Huxley, Iowa. She was the daughter of Richard and Blanche Nagel Golay. She married William Purifoy in 1952,in Bakersfield, California. She was a homemaker who lived in the Mountain Home area since moving from Bakersfield, California in 1983. She was a member of Three Brothers Community Church. Shirley Ann Purifoy entered...
Ellen Scammahorn
May 23, 2006
Ellen Scammahorn was born September 18, 1938, in Cowden, Illinois, to Roy and Ethel Hedrick Lorton. She married Edgar W. Scammahorn on August 6, 1964, in Decator, Illinois. She moved to Bull Shoals from McAllister, Oregon, in 2001 and worked for Micro Plastics. Mrs. Scammahorn enjoyed bowling, crocheting, garden work and was a Nascar fan. She was a member of...
Charles Grieshaber
May 23, 2006
Charles James Grieshaber was born September 9, 1921 in Weingarten, Missouri. He was the son of George and Ada Wallen Grieshaber. He joined the United States Army in 1946 and served as an automotive mechanic in Japan during World War II. He married Berdina Meksch, September 16, 1949, in Ogden, Utah. He worked as a structural ironworker through Ironworker Union...
James Stevens
May 22, 2006
Jim Stevens was born December 15, 1942 in Washington, Iowa to James Wilbur and Lucille E. Peterson Stevens. He married Sharon E. Fuson on March 9, 1963 in Des Moines, Iowa. Jim served as a Des Moines police officer from 1966 - 1973. Jim moved to Mountain Home in 1975 where he served as a city police officer from 1975...
Nicholas Ware
May 21, 2006
Nicholas Green Ware was born May 11, 1983, in West Memphis, Arkansas. He was the son of Tip and Terre Green Ware. He was a waiter who graduated from Mountain Home High School in 2001. He was active in baseball and soccer, was a senior class officer and participated in class plays. He was an avid snow skier and enjoyed...
Alice Brenner
May 20, 2006
Alice Bertha Brenner was born January 26, 1911, in Niles Center, Illinois. She was the daughter of Hermann and Mary Moel Honeman. She married Walter Brenner, who passed away in 1971. She moved to Mountain Home, Arkansas from Chicago, Illinois in 1991. Alice Bertha Brenner passed away at Pine Lane Nursing Home, May 20, 2006, at the age of 95...
Gail Benson
May 20, 2006
Gail L. Benson was born June 8, 1949, in Des Plaines, Illinois. She was the daughter of Arthur and Bernadine May Hockett. She married Edward Benson, June 21, 1985 in South Village, Illinois. She was employed as a waitress and moved to Mountain Home, Arkansas from McHenry, Illinois in 2002. Gail Benson passed away at Hospice House, May 20, 2006,...
Robert Slagle
May 19, 2006
Robert L. Slagle was born February 12, 1932 in North Platte, Nebraska. He was the son of Edward and Hazel Richardson Slagle. He served with the United States Air Force. He married Thelma Marie, July 5, 1951, in Fort Collins, Colorado and worked as a blackjack dealer in a casino. He moved to Mountain Home, Arkansas from Durango, Colorado in...
Dorothy Rhodes
May 18, 2006
Dorothy Jean Rhodes was born February 12, 1933 in Brooklyn, West Virginia. She was the daughter of John and Gertrude Smith Voholetz. She married Robert Rhodes, March 1, 1969, in St. Elmo, Illinois. She was employed in factory assembly line work. Mrs. Rhodes moved to Mountain Home, Arkansas from Fox Lake, Illinois in 1975 and was a member of the...
Lyle Saxton
May 18, 2006
Lyle Kent Saxton was born June 25, 1941, in Seward, Alaska. He was the son of Lyle and Louise King Saxton. He was employed as a builder/carpenter. Lyle Kent Saxton passed away, May 18, 2006, at the age of 64 years, 10 months and 19 days. Survivors: Mother, Louise Saxton, of Arizona; one son, Kyle Saxton, one daughter, Kira Gearhart...
Henry Shry
May 18, 2006
Henry A. Shry was born February 2, 1913 at Franklin, Kansas to Anton and Anna Ferlon Shry. He married Sarah C.Clark on January 12, 1947 at Chicago, Ill. He worked for the Motion Picture Studio Mechanics Union in Chicago, Ill and was a member of the AFL-CIO Local #476 for 50 years. He served in the U.S. Navy and was...
Ruby Engelhart
May 16, 2006
Ruby L. Engelhart was born October 16, 1913, in Hinson, Florida. She was the daughter of William T. and Lily Viola Keene Sapp. She married Wilber Engelhart, who passed away in 1980. She was a bookkeeper with Engelhart Electric. She moved to Junction City, Kansas from Mountain Home, Arkansas in 1984. She enjoyed cooking and was a professional seamstress. Mrs....
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