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Lucille Van Paris

Lucille Van Paris

Jul 12, 2004

Lucille E. Van Paris was born June 27, 1923 at Flint, Michigan, to William and Mary Campbell. She married the late Kenneth L. Van Paris on May 26, 1960 at Flint, Michigan. She was a packager for General Motors for 27 years. She lived in Mountain Home for 23 years, moving from Flint Michigan in 1981. She was a member...

Meta Lantz

Meta Lantz

Jul 12, 2004

Mrs. Lantz died Tuesday, July 12, 2004 at Auburn Hills. She was 73. She was born May 7, 1931 at Talmage, Kansas, to Sam and Pearl Heinz Cowen. She married the late Richard Lantz on March 23, 1985 at Midway, Arkansas. She was Activity Director for Good Samaritan Village. Mrs. Lantz lived in Midway for 24 years, moving from Aurora,...

John Maciaszek

John Maciaszek

Jul 9, 2004

John Maciaszek was born to Stanley and Rosala Siudet-Maciaszek in Chicago, IL. He was in the business of Monogram Engineering. He married Gwendalyn Miller October 29, 1938 in Downers Grove, IL Survivors: Wife: Gwendalyn Maciaszek , 2 Daughters: Rose Lee Meyer and Mary Ann Maciaszek, 1 Brother: Stanley Maciaszek , 5 Grandsons, 7 Great Grandchildren Preceded in Death by: By...

Lynn Strother

Lynn Strother

Jul 8, 2004

Lynn Howard Strother was born September 28, 1922 at Jackson County, Oklahoma to Homer Jake and Fannie Bell Fullerton Strother. He married Wanda at Mangum, Oklahoma on July 14, 1940 and had resided in the Mountain Home area since moving from Ft. Smith, Arkansas in May 2001. He lived in North Little Rock prior to moving to Ft. Smith. He...

Reverend Pizzimenti

Reverend Pizzimenti

Jul 7, 2004

He was born March 9, 1954, at Chicago Heights, Illinois, to Louis J. and Carolyn Morgan Pizzimenti. He married Kelly Burden on October 24, 1981 at Ozark, Alabama. Reverend Pizzimenti was a U.S. Army Veteran and Helicopter Instructor. He lived in Ozark, Alabama but also had a residence in Henderson, Arkansas. He was Pastor of Glory to Him Fellowship Churches...

Imogene Young

Imogene Young

Jul 5, 2004

She was born June 27, 1925, at Hartshorn, Oklahoma, to Vick L. and Mattie McClaren Young. She married the Late Col. Orville I. Lee. She was Executive Secretary for the Ft. Worth Fire Academy for 23 years. She lived in Mountain Home for 17 years, moving from Forth Worth, Texas. She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star...

Sibyl Martinac

Sibyl Martinac

Jul 5, 2004

Mrs. Martinac was born July 10, 1915, at Lena, Wisconsin, to Baltis W. and Mable Bartelme. She was married to Albert P. Martinac on June 7, 1989 in Mountain Home, AR. She was self-employed in the Food and Beverage industry. She lived in Mountain Home for 16 years moving from Milwaukee, Wisconsin in June of 1988. Mrs. Martinac was a...

William Manley

William Manley

Jul 4, 2004

He was born March 9, 1953 at Palo Alto, California to William and Gayle Fredericks Manley. He married Barbara Wilderman at Mountain Home on March 3, 1978 and had lived in the Mountain Home area since 1977. Survivors: He is survived by his father, William Manley of Gassville; mother, Gayle Wiese of Bend, Oregon,; 2 stepsons: E. Dean Reed (Deborah)...

Virgil Bitner

Virgil Bitner

Jul 3, 2004

Virgil L. Bitner was born December 11, 1933 at Kingston, Illinois to Emil and Erma Clark Bitner. He married Glenda Gouff on August 9, 1951 at Glasford, Illinois. He worked for the Keystone Steel and Wire in Bartonville, Illinois as a wire drawer for 18 years before moving to Lakeview in 1971 from Glasford. He owned and operated the Waterfront...

Marie Birkeland

Marie Birkeland

Jul 2, 2004

Marie Birkeland was born June 13, 1919, at Chicago, Illinois, to Francis and Marie Kurka. She married James Birkeland on October 18, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Birkeland lived in Cotter for 27 years, moving from Medhanh, Illinois in 1977. Survivors: Husband, James M. Birkeland Preceded in Death by: Parents, 1 brother, and 1 sister. Visitation:...

Mary Hipes

Mary Hipes

Jun 29, 2004

Mary D. Hipes was born December 31, 1929, at Sweetser, Indiana, to Orville and Mary Orsborn VanNess. She married Virgil Hipes on December 31, 1955 in Springfield, Tennessee. She worked in Quality Control for Baxter Laboratories for 20 years. She had lived in Mountain Home for 42 years, moving from South Dakota. She passed away on June 29, 2004 at...

Ruth Singley

Ruth Singley

Jun 27, 2004

Mrs. Singley died Sunday, June 27, 2004 at Baxter Regional Medical Center. She was 74. She was born January 29, 1930, at Nitro, West Virginia, to James Austin and Ethel Leona Krantz Harmon. Ruth moved to Gardena, California in 1951 and worked in the Aircraft Industry. She married Robert L. Singley, October 30, 1954 at Gardena, California. Ruth and Robert...

Joseph Winters

Joseph Winters

Jun 26, 2004

Mr. Winters died Saturday, June 26, 2004 at Care Manor Nursing Home. He was 93. He was born July 25, 1910, at Dresdon, Tennessee, to Willie Thomas and Thomas W. McClain Winters. He married Blanche Aline Nelson on December 27, 1934 at Jonesboro, Arkansas. He was a Cabinet Maker and Building Contractor for Los Angeles Housing. Mr. Winters had lived...

June Heck

June Heck

Jun 24, 2004

Mrs Heck was born June 27, 1926 at Chiago, Illinois, to Otto and Anna Gross. She married Donald Heck on February 4, 1944 at Chicago, Illinois. She was a homemaker. She was very active in Girl Scouts over the years. She was a member of Christ by the Lake Lutheran Church in Bull Shoals. Survivors: She is survived by 1...

Elaine Walters

Elaine Walters

Jun 23, 2004

Mrs. Walters was born September 15, 1927, at Beatrice, Nebraska, to George and Hazel Munyan. She married the late William Walters. She was an Executive Secretary for an Insurance Company for most of her life. She was an avid bridge and pinochle player, and loved to work crossword puzzles. She was a former member of the Board of Directors for...

Rubye Palmer

Rubye Palmer

Jun 21, 2004

Rubye Trimble Palmer was born on June 30,1917 at Poplar Bluff, Missouri to William and Sarah Cagle McGowen. She married Guy Roy Trimble and they moved to Moutnain Home, Arkansas in 1971 from Poplar Bluff where Guy preceded her in death. She then married Charles W. Palmer on July 30, 1993 at Mountain Home. She was a housewife and a...

Vivian Steffens

Vivian Steffens

Jun 20, 2004

Vivian M. Steffens was born on December 19, 1915 at Chicago, Illinois to Melville and Emma Schiedler Cowan. She married Leroy Boese, June 29, 1946 in Chicago and later married Ray Steffens on May 19, 1990 in Bull Shoals. She was a homemaker and lived in the Mountain Home area after moving from California in 1971. She was a member...

Charles Jahrling

Charles Jahrling

Jun 19, 2004

Charles August Jahrling was born February 9, 1918 at Hoboken, New Jersey to Charles William and Carolina Wilhemenia Rebecca Kikilus Jahrling. He was a Manufacturing Supervisor for a electronics corporation. He married Ann Elizabeth Nobles who preceded him in death. He moved to Mountain Home, Arkansas from Redding, California. He was of the Jehovah's Witness faith and a World War...

Sam Dykstra

Sam Dykstra

Jun 17, 2004

Sam Dykstra was born July 31, 1910 in Sweden. He married Evelyn Yohnke at Chicago, Illinois on October 24, 1954 and had lived in the Mountain Home area since moving from Woodstock, Illinois in June 1979. He was a Dye Maker and loved to fish. He was a member of Ozark VFW Post #3246 and American Legion-Alley White Post #52....

Norman Schoemann

Norman Schoemann

Jun 16, 2004

Norman P. Schoemann was born January 1, 1918, at Wheaton, Illinois, to Matthew P. and Margaret O’Brien Schoemann. He married Irene B. Lehne on August 15, 1941 at Wheaton, Illinois. He was a Electrician who worked for Local Union 701 IBEW and was a World War II US Army Veteran. Mr. Schoemann lived in Mountain Home, since October 1973, moving...

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