Obituaries

Kirby & Family Obituaries

Charles McVea

Charles McVea

May 12, 2005

Charles Edward McVea was born January 29, 1913 in Chicago, Illinois. He was the son of John H. and Mary Lohrengel McVea. He married Mary Jane Mason on January 11, 1941 in Oak Park, Illinois. He was a retired salesman for C.M. Business Service and was a United States Navy veteran. Mr. McVea lived in Waukegan, Illinois prior to moving...

Dolores LeGate

Dolores LeGate

May 12, 2005

Dolores LeGate was born October 28, 1906, in Cananea, Mexico. She was the daughter of Joseph and Grace Seaton Benson. She was a homemaker. She loved to play bridge and she was a member of the Women's Club and Emblem Club in California. Dolores LeGate passed away at Auburn Hills Health and Rehabilitation Center on May 12, 2005, at the...

Pansy Puckette

Pansy Puckette

May 11, 2005

Pansy Mae Puckette was born June 13, 1917 in Magnolia, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Thomas Otis and Arrie Wilkerson Puckette. She graduated from Magnolia High School in 1934. She obtained an A.A. degree from Southern Arkansas University in 1936. She received her B.A. degree from Henderson State University in 1938, with a dual major in mathematics and English....

Kenneth Neel

Kenneth Neel

May 11, 2005

Kenneth "Red" Gene Neel was born February 11, 1955 in Yellville, Arkansas. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wayne Neel. He was a self employed carpenter. Kenneth "Red" Gene Neel passed away on May 11, 2005, at the age of 50 years, and 3 months. Survivors: Sons, Phillip Neel of Norfork, Arkansas, Toby Neel of Mountain Home,...

Gene Woodke

Gene Woodke

May 9, 2005

Gene Arthur Woodke was born April 6, 1933 in Duluth, Minnesota. He enjoyed Minnesota Vikings football, garage and estate sale shopping and he was a member of the Fraternal Order of Police in Minnesota. He moved to Mountain Home, Arkansas from Minnesota in 1989. Gene Arthur Woodke passed away at his residence on May 9, 2005, at the age of...

Ray Ballard

Ray Ballard

May 9, 2005

Ray Junior Ballard was born January 15, 1935 in West Plains, Missouri. He was the son of Ted R. and Lilly Cook Ballard. He married Glenda Moler on April 17, 1992 in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Mr. Ballard owned the 89er's Restaurant in Springfield, Missouri for twenty years and lived in Pensacola, Florida prior to moving to Mountain Home, Arkansas in...

Hazel Robinson

Hazel Robinson

May 7, 2005

Hazel Poston Robinson was born December 10, 1901, in Madison, Wisconsin. She was the daughter of Richard Hezakiah and Mayme Sarah Bowels Poston. She was a homemaker and lived in Chicago, Illinois prior to moving to Mountain Home in 1979. Mrs. Robinson was a member of the Baptist faith. Hazel Poston Robinson passed away at Pine Lane Nursing Home on...

Kerry Epler

Kerry Epler

May 6, 2005

Kerry Epler was born March 14, 1948 in Lansing, Michigan. He was the son of Elwin and ImoJean Harmon Epler. He married Brenda Hunter on August 22, 1970 in Grand Ledge, Michigan. He was owner of a recycling plant and lived in Charlotte, Michigan prior to moving to Gassville in 1989. Mr. Epler was a member of the Baptist faith....

Donna Hogan

Donna Hogan

May 5, 2005

Donna Hogan was born October 24, 1943 in Oak Park, Illinois. She was the daughter of James and Anna Libert Snow. She married John W. Hogan on March 27, 1978 in Mountain Home, Arkansas. She was an assembler for Actronix in Flippin, Arkansas and lived in Phoenix, Arizona prior to moving to Mountain Home in 1994. She attended St. Peter...

Ronald Eppley

Ronald Eppley

May 4, 2005

Ronald E. Eppley was born September 22, 1927 in Dundee, Illinois. He was the son of Raymond and Emma Wiechert Eppley. He married Juanita Duvall in Mountain Home, Arkansas on June 17, 1985. He was the manager of Carscope Railroad with the Soo Line Railroad. He was a sports fan, and his hobbies included fishing, model cars and golfing. Mr....

Marshall Johnson

Marshall Johnson

May 4, 2005

Marshall Ruez Johnson was born December 12, 1931 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He was the son of Olin H. and Olethea Marshall Johnson. He married Joycelyn Van Daalen on September 18, 1953 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was vice president of operations for Economy Machine Tool for thirty-three years and he was a United States veteran of the Korean War. He...

Diane Thurman

Diane Thurman

May 3, 2005

Diane R. Thurman was born January 26, 1950 in Winsor, Nebraska. She was the daughter of Robert Dewitt and Minnie Marie Schliski Hodge. She married Danny Thurman on December 31, 1984 in Cabot, Arkansas. She was an LPN and lived in Jacksonville prior to moving to Gassville, Arkansas in 1998. She enjoyed working in her yard, dancing, playing pool, flowers,...

Mary Wells

Mary Wells

May 2, 2005

Mary Louise Wells was born April 2, 1917 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Henry V. and Mary Emma McLendon Brinkley. She married Thurman (Red) Wells on December 21, 1979 in Lakeview, Arkansas. She was a housewife. Mrs. Wells Moved to Lakeview from Guatemala in 1959. She was a former resident of southern Arkansas. She and her...

David Craven

David Craven

Apr 30, 2005

David Verne Craven was born October 28, 1921 in Thomas, West Virginia. He was the son of Lloyd H. and Marjorie Phelps Craven. He married Lois Gene Hilliard April 18, 1942 in North Tonawanda, New York. David was a retired supervisor of the DuPont Chemical Plant in Niagara Falls, New York and a United States Army Veteran of World War...

Versa Poynter

Versa Poynter

Apr 29, 2005

Versa M. Poynter was born October 21, 1920 in Rea Valley, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Ewing and Laura Jones Duggins. She married Steve Poynter Jr. on December 25, 1935 in Rea Valley. She was a housewife and spent all her life in this area. Versa M. Poynter passed away on April 29, 2005 at Baxter Regional Medical Center...

Eugene Greene

Eugene Greene

Apr 27, 2005

Eugene Francis Greene was born November 12, 1929 in St. Louis, Missouri. He was the son of Charles W. and Anna Nelke Greene. He owned and operated Fouts Boat Dock in Gamaliel for eighteen years, and was a United States Navy Veteran. Mr. Greene lived in St. Louis, Missouri prior to moving to Gamaliel in 1976. He loved boating and...

Chester Kraft

Chester Kraft

Apr 26, 2005

Chester L. Kraft was born August 30, 1915 in Chicago, Illinois. He was the son of Leon J. and Pearl Irene Kraft. He married Mildred J. Kohnke on September 19, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois. He was a retired buyer who worked at Montgomery Wards for twenty-five years. Mr. Kraft was a United States Navy veteran of World War II. He...

Helen Byrd

Helen Byrd

Apr 26, 2005

Helen Dolores Byrd was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on June 24, 1913. She was the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Molnar Egyed. She married the late Eugene C. Byrd in Crown Point, Indiana on February 27, 1935. Mrs. Byrd was employed as a post master secretery with the post office for twenty-five years. She was also a member of the...

James Srbeny

James Srbeny

Apr 26, 2005

James Srbeny was born in Karlin, Michigan on September 6, 1919. He was the son of Anton and Mary Srbeny. He married Josephine Bator in Chicago, Illinois on May 11, 1946. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. He was employed as an electrician with Exelon for forty-three years. Mr. Srbeny was a member of Ozark...

Clarke Hall

Clarke Hall

Apr 23, 2005

Clarke Edwin Hall was born in Elmwood, Nebraska on July 4, 1915. He was the son of Edwin Kelsey and Ruth Sutherland Hall. He married Pearl Fentimen in 1935. He later married Anna Huelsberg-Panko in Prairie Home, Nebraska, on February 21, 1939. Mr. Hall was a well-known farmer in the Cass County area. Along with operating a garage and blacksmith...

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