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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Ruth Guenard
Jun 15, 2004
Ruth E. Guenard was born March 25, 1943, at Manhattan, New York. She was a Nurses Aide. Ms. Guenard has lived in Mountain Home for 28 years, moving from Sauck Village, Illinois. She was a volunteer for the Salvation Army, and enjoyed writing poetry and religious songs. She was a member of Redeemer Lutheran Church. She passed away at Mountain...
Carol Duncan
Jun 15, 2004
Carol M. Duncan was born October 1, 1915 at St. Louis, Missouri the daughter of William Poetting and Josephine Bochert. She married the late Wilbert Brockfeld , June 14, 1938, in St. Louis, then later in years on February 21, 1961 she married Noah Duncan in St. Louis. She attended: Harris Teachers College of St. Louis, Concordin College of River...
Lorraine Johnson
Jun 9, 2004
Loraine Johnson was born July 14, 1941, at Joliet, Illinois, to Howard Earl and Marion Rainford Fothergill. She married Robert Johnson. She was a Department Store Manager and had lived in the Mountain Home area since moving from Joliet in 1988. She was an avid reader, enjoyed bird watching , arts and crafts, and membership in the Precious Moments Club,...
Lorraine Johnson
Jun 9, 2004
Loraine Johnson was born July 14, 1941, at Joliet, Illinois, to Howard Earl and Marion Rainford Fothergill. She married Robert Johnson. She was a Department Store Manager and had lived in the Mountain Home area since moving from Joliet in 1988. She was an avid reader, enjoyed bird watching , arts and crafts, and membership in the Precious Moments Club,...
Leroy Kneip
Jun 5, 2004
Leroy Kneip was born November 5, 1921 at Round Top, Texas son of Henry and Thekla Moellenberndt Kneip. He served in the United States Army during WWII. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church. He was a resident of Midway since 1987 having moved from Coal City, Illinois. He passed away at Baxter Regional Hospital in Mountain...
Barbara Vetten
Jun 4, 2004
Barbara A. Vetten was born March 24, 1937 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Emerald F. and Elsie A. Fink Groth. She maried Thomas R. Vetten on March 16, 1957 at Milwaukee and was a Property Manager. She moved to Mountain Home in August 1996 from Texas and passed away on June 4, 2004 at the age of 67 years 3 months...
Nancy Moreno
Jun 4, 2004
Nancy Moreno was born December 17, 1938 at Chicago, Illinois. She married Gene Moreno on January 9, 1961 at Cook County, Illinois. She had been a resident of the Mountain Home area since moving from Berwyn, Illinois in October of 2000 and was a Homemaker. She was of the Catholic faith. Nancy Moreno entered into eternal rest on June 4,...
Ethel McNeill
Jun 2, 2004
Ethel McNeill was born February 16, 1909 at Franklin, Kansas to Ora Harris and Mollie Soloman. She married Francis J. McNeill on October 13, 1929 in Chicago, Ill. Ethel was a hair stylist in the Chicago area for many years. Ethel McNeill moved to Mountain Home with her husband in 1978 from Lake Forrest, Illinois. She enjoyed gardening, home decorating...
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