Obituaries

Kirby & Family Obituaries

O. Martin

O. Martin

Mar 15, 2006

O. Frank Martin was born July 14, 1919, in Frierson, Louisiana. He was the son of Osbun and Sylvia Cole Martin. He married Beverley Canada on April 11, 1943, in Many, Louisiana. A retired United States Navy diver, Mr. Martin also worked as a Purchasing Supervisor for the State of California Social Services. He lived in this area since moving...

John Young

John Young

Mar 14, 2006

John R. Young was born July 7, 1924, in Coal Hill, Arkansas. He was the son of Johnnie and Vesta Phillips Young. He married Rejeanne Young, June 28, 1947, in Detroit, Michigan. He was an Army Air Force veteran of World War II and Transportation Superintendent for the City of Detroit. Mr. Young lived in Mountain Home, Arkansas since moving...

Juanita Riddle

Juanita Riddle

Mar 13, 2006

Juanita Fern Riddle was born December 25, 1919, in East St. Louis, Missouri. She was the daughter of Oaty and Laura Sims. She married George Riddle in June 1937. She was a homemaker who lived in Bull Shoals, Arkansas since moving from Cahokia, Illinois, in 1973. Mrs. Riddle was a life member and former President of the VFW Post 1341...

Julius Runyan

Julius Runyan

Mar 12, 2006

Julius Runyan was born August 2, 1911, in Strawberry, Arkansas. He was the son of Elmer and Vena Sneed Runyan. He was a farmer for many years and later employed by John Deere. He was a member of the UAW Union #434. He retired in 1974 and moved to Mountain Home, Arkansas. Julius Runyan entered eternal rest, March 12, 2006,...

Danny Crosby

Danny Crosby

Mar 11, 2006

Danny Ray Crosby was born May 5, 1964, in Batesville, Arkansas. He was the son of Raymond and Rose Robertson Crosby. Mr. Crosby was a Navy veteran, former manager of Wendy's in Mountain Home, and a private pilot. He was of Baptist faith. Danny Ray Crosby died Saturday, March 11, 2006, at his residence, at the age of 41. Survivors:...

Annette Etges

Annette Etges

Mar 10, 2006

Annette M. Etges was born March 24, 1919, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of John and Margaret O'Rourke. She married Joseph Etges on December 4, 1948. She lived in Mountain Home, Arkansas since moving from Chicago in 1991. She was of Protestant faith. Annette M. Etges entered eternal rest, March 10, 2006, in Mountain Home, Arkansas, at the...

Lessie Langston

Lessie Langston

Mar 7, 2006

Lessie Waynette Langston was born March 8, 1950, in Ashville, North Carolina. She was the daughter of Earl and Margie Spivey Anderson. She married William Langston on October 23, 1982, in Cotter, Arkansas. Lessie Langston lived in Cotter since moving from Lincoln Park, Michigan, in 1981. She was a homemaker and member of the Fundamental Pentacostal Assemblies. Lessie Waynette Langston...

L. Perry

L. Perry

Mar 7, 2006

L. D. Perry was born January 25, 1932, in Calico Rock, Arkansas. He was the son of James and Tabitha Barker Perry. He lived in the Mountain Home area all of his life, worked at Mar-Bax Shirt Company, and enjoyed hunting and fishing. He was of the Baptist faith. L. D. Perry passed away March 7, 2006, at the age...

Tony Harmon

Tony Harmon

Mar 6, 2006

Tony Harmon was born September 17, 1911, in Virden, Illinois. He was the son of Matthew and Anna Sheper Harmon. He married Gladys Crabb, March 30, 1970, in Chicago, Illinois. He was a welder, employed with Western Electric forty-two years and was a member of Telephone Pioneers. Mr. Harmon lived in Mountain Home, Arkansas since moving from Cicero, Illinois, in...

James Klutts

James Klutts

Mar 6, 2006

James Henry Klutts was born February 14, 1943, in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was the son of Henry and Margaret Irby Klutts. He was a salesman/scanning coordinator for Harps Supermarket. He had many close friends at Harps and the Buford Volunteer Fire Department, where he was a former Assistant Fire Chief. Mr. Klutts moved to Salesville, Arkansas, from Stuttgart in...

Jo Kersey

Jo Kersey

Mar 2, 2006

Jo Ann Kersey was born October 16, 1925, in Corning, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Eugene and Zerna Harold Robinson. She married Jimmy Frank Kersey on November 3, 1946, in Corning, Arkansas. Jo Ann lived in Mountain Home, Arkansas since moving from Memphis,Tennessee in 1982. She was a homemaker who enjoyed gardening, camping, reading and bird watching. She was...

Joseph Voorhees

Joseph Voorhees

Mar 2, 2006

Joseph J. Voorhees was born December 12, 1926, in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He was the son of Joseph J. and Cleo Whitford Voorhees. He was a journalist for the cosmetics industry. Mr. Voorhees was an Army veteran of the Korean Conflict who lived in Mountain Home, Arkansas twenty years, moving from New York, New York. He loved theatre, was active in...

Arnold Knight

Arnold Knight

Mar 1, 2006

Arnold Ray Knight was born October 2, 1942 in Gassville, Arkansas. He was the son of Chester and Clarabelle Pitchford Knight. He married Linda Shrable in Mountain Home, Arkansas, October 15, 1966. He was a longtime county and circuit clerk and enjoyed fishing, hunting, gunsmithing and made and sold fishing rods. He also enjoyed restored Mustang cars. He lived most...

Lydia Coffman

Lydia Coffman

Feb 27, 2006

Lydia Ann Coffman was born September 6, 1917 in Addison, Wisconsin. She was the daughter of William and Elizabeth Koerbe Lischka. She moved to Mountain Home, Arkansas from Saukville, Wisconsin in 1976 and married Max Coffman, June 30, 1980 in Mountain Home, Arkansas. She was a member of Moose Lodge, the Baxter Hospital Auxiliary, and Saint Peter the Fisherman Catholic...

John O'Neill

John O'Neill

Feb 27, 2006

John W. O'Neill was born July 5, 1911, in Chicago, Illinois. He was the son of Lawrence and Mary Ellen Young O'Neill. He married Gay Lonergan, May 29, 1943, in Chicago, Illinois. He worked at Continental Group Can Company as a lithographer for forty-six years. He lived in Mountain Home, Arkansas since 1974, when he moved from Chicago, Illinois. As...

Michael Huett

Michael Huett

Feb 27, 2006

Michael S. Huett was born December 11, 1946, in Gassville, Arkansas. He was the son of Verlin and Eva Ruth Shrable Huett. He married Laura Mills, May 27, 1968, in Mountain Home, Arkansas. He received his B.S. Degree from the University of Missouri-Rolla and his M.S. from the University of Arkansas. A civil engineer, he owned Mike Huett and Associates....

Lottie Mader

Lottie Mader

Feb 26, 2006

Lottie Mader was born February 17, 1913 in Chicago, Illinois. She was the daughter of John and Catherine Budzion Polack. She was married to the late Walter J. Mader. She moved to Mountain Home, Arkansas from Chicago, Illinois in 1974 and was a member of Saint Peter the Fisherman Catholic Church. Lottie Mader passed away February 26, 2006, at the...

Knut Anderson

Knut Anderson

Feb 26, 2006

Knut Anderson was born June 28, 1904 and died February 26, 2006. Knut died peacefully in his sleep after living a long, productive, and loving life. Knut settled in Chicago after arriving in the United States from Sweden in the mid 1920's. His hard work and strong spirit helped forge the way for him and his family in his new...

Angela Schwan

Angela Schwan

Feb 25, 2006

Angela Irene Schwan was born February 3, 1911 in Davenport, Iowa. She was the daughter of Frank and Henrietta Klauer. She married Rudolph Jacob Schwan on May 30, 1952 in Milan, Illinois. She was a control clerk for the United States Department of Agriculture and a member of the First United Methodist Church. Angela Irene Schwan passed away at Hospice...

Bernice Flak

Bernice Flak

Feb 24, 2006

Bernice Flak was born October 27, 1912 at St. Louis, Missouri to Walter and Antoinette Plodezien Gocaln. She married Stanley Flak on November 27, 1931 at St. Louis and was a homemaker. She was a member of St. Henry's Catholic Church in Belleville and attended St. Peter the Fisherman Catholic Church in Mountain Home, Arkansas. She moved to Bull Shoals...