Obituaries

Kirby & Family Obituaries

Bennie Hall

Bennie Hall

Sep 24, 2005

Bennie Pete Hall was born August 14, 1944 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was the son of Charles and Pearl Palmer Hall. He was a dental technician and an Army veteran of the 101th Airborne. He lived in Norfork, Arkansas since moving from Tulsa, Oklahoma in 2000. Survivors: Two sisters, Charlene (Bill) Casto of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Marcia (Jack) Speir of...

Bernard Gillen

Bernard Gillen

Sep 21, 2005

Jack Gillen was born April 5, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois. He was the son of Harry and Elsie Zeplin Gillen. He married the late Margaret Bell on June 26, 1948 in Chicago, Illinois. He was a truck driver for Midwest Welding and Supply in Chicago and lived in Mountain Home, Arkansas since he moved to the area from Chicago, Illinois...

Frances Shroeter

Frances Shroeter

Sep 21, 2005

Frances Marie Schroeter was born February 26, 1921 in Chicago, Illinois. She was the daughter of John and Marie Horwath Kainrath. She married the late Carl A. Sorgatz on September 7, 1946. The Sorgatz family moved to Mountain Home, Arkansas in 1970 from Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Sorgatz passed away on October 5, 1972. Frances later married the late Arthur H....

Frances Schroeter

Frances Schroeter

Sep 21, 2005

Frances Marie Schroeter was born February 26, 1921 in Chicago, Illinois. She married the late Carl A. Sorgatz on September 7, 1946. The Sorgatz family moved to Mountain Home, Arkansas from Chicago, Illinois in 1970. Mr. Sorgatz passed away on October 5, 1972. Frances later married the late Arthur H. Schroeter on September 1, 1975 in Mountain Home, Arkansas. Mrs....

Virgil Newberry

Virgil Newberry

Sep 21, 2005

Virgil L. Newberry was born March 30, 1936 in Holland, Missouri. he was the son of Leonard and Lottie Cooper Newberry. He married Wanda Eagan on November 3, 1967 in Southaven, Michigan. He owned Virgil's Towing for thirty-two years and formerly drove a Pepsi truck. Mr. Newberry lived in Gassville for twenty-nine years, moving from Southaven, Michigan where he was...

Edmund Savage

Edmund Savage

Sep 18, 2005

Edmund H. Savage was born January 6, 1931 in Palatine, Illinois. He was the son of Edmund H. Sr. and Madge Gibbs Savage. Mr. Savage served with the United States Army during the Korean War. He was employed as an operations agent with United Airlines. He moved to Mountain Home, Arkansas from Palatine, Illinois in 1996. He was a member...

Lawrence Larson

Lawrence Larson

Sep 17, 2005

Lawrence C. Larson was born in Woodstock, Illinois on November 18, 1942. He was the son of Archie and Virginia Roth Larson. He married Barbara Romme on August 13, 1989 in Empire, Michigan. He was an electrician. Mr. Larson lived in Wonder Lake, Illinois before moving to Mountain Home, Arkansas in September, 2004. He enjoyed fishing, camping, woodworking, gardening, hot...

Roberta Roberts

Roberta Roberts

Sep 15, 2005

Roberta Lee Roberts was born August 24, 1914 in Lonoke, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Charles Cleveland and Mae Sizemore Falls. She married Glenn Kenneth Roberts on August 15, 1989. The Roberts family moved to Bee Branch, Arkansas from Mountain Home, Arkansas in 1999. Mrs. Roberts enjoyed her grandchildren; reading; and sewing, including clothing and drapery construction. She was...

Beatrice Walkinshaw

Beatrice Walkinshaw

Sep 14, 2005

Beatrice Walkinshaw was born October 12, 1903 in Ohio. She was the daughter of John and Martha Ann Shoemaker Walkinshaw. She married Tom Walkinshaw. The Walkinshaw family moved to Mountain Home, Arkansas from Kansas City, Kansas in 1966. Mrs. Walkinshaw was a homemaker and member of First Christian Church. Beatrice Walkinshaw passed away at Care Manor on September 14, 2005,...

John Demand

John Demand

Sep 12, 2005

John D. Demand was born April 20, 1919 in Pilot Knob, Missouri. He was the son of John J. and Margaret Miller Demand. He married Maxine Webb on July 21, 1940 in Herculinum, Missouri. They moved to Mountain Home, Arkansas in 1984 after he retired as local manager of AP&L in Monette, Arkansas with a thirty year service record. Mr....

Joan Sanford

Joan Sanford

Sep 10, 2005

Joan Gail Sanford was born March 27, 1949 in Memphis, Tennessee. She was the daughter of George and Lila Richardson Cook. She moved to Mountain Home, Arkansas in 1979, from West Memphis, Tennessee. Joan was employed with the Steak House Restaurant. She was a Baptist. Joan Gail Sanford passed away at her residence on September 10, 2005, at the age...

Mary Cooper

Mary Cooper

Sep 10, 2005

Mary E. Cooper was born December 19, 1925 in Brookland, and lived much of her life in Jonesboro , Arkansas before moving to Mountain Home, Arkansas six years ago. She worked several years in the family business of Cooper Lime in Jonesboro, and also worked for General Electric in Jonesboro before retirement. Mary Ellen Cooper passed away on September 10,...

Florence Rutkowski

Florence Rutkowski

Sep 9, 2005

Florence Rutkowski was born July 13, 1915 in Chicago, Illinois. She was the daughter of Cyrille and Eugenie Boisvert Royer. She married Henry Theodore Rutkowski on May 4, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois. The Rutkowski family moved to Mountain Home, Arkansas from Chicago, Illinois in May, 1979. Mrs. Rutkowski was a homemaker and member of the Catholic faith. Florence Rutkowski passed...

Mildred Sanders

Mildred Sanders

Sep 8, 2005

Mildred G. Sanders, known to her friends as Millie, was born April 6, 1908 in Seelyville, Indiana. She was the daughter of Alexander and Maxamelia Gostow, natives of Russia. She married Raymond E. Sanders in Crown Point, Indiana on January 18, 1936. In 1949, Ray and Millie, along with their two children, Steve and Jill, vacationed in Arkansas where they...

Douglas Rector

Douglas Rector

Sep 7, 2005

Douglas Eugene Rector was born July 12, 1932 in Williamsport, Ohio. He was the son of Harry and Ruth Jones Rector. Mr. Rector served with the United States Navy during the Korean War and was Leutenant Commander for twenty-two years. He obtained his master's degree in industrial hygiene from the University of Ohio in Wilmington, Ohio. He moved to Mountain...

Andy Yasko

Andy Yasko

Sep 7, 2005

Andy Yasko was born November 23, 1923 in Colver, Pennsylvania. He was the son of George Sr. and Anna S. Sado Yasko. He married Erma Jean Scott on November 16, 1952 in Jackson, Tennessee. The Yasko family moved to Lakeview, Arkansas from Highland, Indiana in 1974. Mr. Yasko was employed as supervisor with Mountain Home Manufacturing for fifteen years. He...

Joseph Etges

Joseph Etges

Sep 3, 2005

Joseph A. Etges was born March 25, 1919 in Chicago, Illinois. He was the son of John and Tharsilia Renk Etges. He married Annette O'Rourke on December 4, 1948. Mr. Etges served with the United States Army during World War II, and was a member of the VFW for fifty-five years. He was employed as an automobile parts manager. Joseph...

Doris Stahlberg

Doris Stahlberg

Aug 31, 2005

Doris Anita Stahlberg was born November 23, 1921 in Chicago, Illinois. She was the daughter of Arthur Harry and Catherine Marie Mertes Lauer. She was a homemaker and member of Redeemer Lutheran Church, where she participated in the Cheer Group, Travel Club and Social Club. She also volunteered for the Welcome Wagon. Doris Anita Stahlberg passed away at her residence...

Marie Hazard

Marie Hazard

Aug 31, 2005

Marie Alice Hazard was born July 5, 1903 in Chicago, Illinois. She was the daughter of Joseph and Josephine Kubick. She was a graduate of the Art Institure of Chicago and the Chicago School of Fine Arts. She was a dress designer for Blum's Vogue of Chicago, and life member of Chicago Outdoor Art League. She moved to Mountain Home,...

Winfred Church

Winfred Church

Aug 31, 2005

Winfred "Win" R. Church was born March 27, 1919 in Dighton, Kansas. He was the son of Leo and Alma Durr Church. He married Hazel Filbert on May 2, 1969 in Alexandria, Virginia. Win was area director for the USDA and was an Air Force veteran of WWII. He lived in Mountain Home for 19 years, moving from Charlotte Hall,...

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