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Gabriele M Champion
Sep 28, 2025
Funeral arrangements are pending at Kirby & Family Funeral & Cremation Services - Mountain Home, Arkansas, for Gabriele M. Champion, 67, of Mountain Home, Arkansas. Gabriele died September 28, 2025, at her residence.
Walter Valentine Smietanski
Sep 27, 2025
Walter “Wally” Valentine Smietanski, age 78, of Gassville, Arkansas, passed away on September 27, 2025, in Mountain Home. He was born on April 30, 1947, in Ramallah, Palestine, the son of Polish immigrants Walenty and Stella Jasinska Smietanski.
Wally proudly served four years in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War era before returning to civilian life and beginning his...
Lanetta Fae Bogart
Sep 26, 2025
Funeral arrangements are pending at Kirby & Family Funeral & Cremation Services - Mountain Home, Arkansas, for Lanetta Fae Bogart, 93, of Mountain Home, Arkansas. Lanetta died September 26, 2025, at Hospice of the Ozarks.
Paul Hensley
Sep 22, 2025
Paul Hensley of Mountain Home, Arkansas, passed away September 22, 2025, in Mountain Home, Arkansas at the age of 90. He was born May 5, 1935, in Knoxville, Tennessee, the son of Howard and Laura Hill Hensley. He married Rose Richardson on November 19, 1960 in Knoxville, Tennessee. They were married for 62 years before her passing in January 2023....
David DeVore, Jr.
Sep 22, 2025
David Wayne DeVore, Jr. age 52, of Gassville, Arkansas, passed away on September 22, 2025, in Mountain Home, Arkansas. Born on October 26, 1972, in Mountain Home, he was the son of David and Geneva Galloway DeVore. David pursued his education at Arkansas State University in Mountain Home, where he earned two degrees. He dedicated 12 years of his life...
Charles Crawford
Sep 22, 2025
Charles “Chuck” Ray Crawford, age 68, of Mountain Home, Arkansas, passed away on September 22, 2025, in Mountain Home. He was born on September 8, 1957, in Memphis, Tennessee, to Ray and Shelba Hicks Crawford.
Chuck was a talented Master Electrician, beginning his career with Fisk Electric Company before moving to Arkansas to establish his own business, Bull Shoals Electric. Known...
Mary Margaret Wallin
Sep 20, 2025
Mary Margaret Wallin of Mountain Home, Arkansas, passed away September 20, 2025, in Mountain Home, Arkansas at the age of 82. She was born June 2, 1943, in Urbana, Illinois, the daughter of Edward and Margaret Burke O'Brien. Mary lived in Mountain Home since moving from Rantoul, Illinois, in 1997. She was a member of the Alley-White American Legion Auxillary...
Raymond Peterson
Sep 20, 2025
Raymond Peterson of Mountain Home, Arkansas, passed away September 20, 2025, in Harrison, Arkansas at the age of 93. He was born March 12, 1932, in Kennedy, New York, the son of Elmer and Ernestine Peterson. He married Joyce Romine on March 29, 1958, in St. Joseph, Michigan and was a mechanical engineer. He attended the LeTourneau Technical Institute in...
Barbara Chambers
Sep 20, 2025
Barbara Chambers, 85, of Mountain Home, Arkansas, died September 20, 2025, at Mountain Home, Arkansas.
Loretta Jeanette Larson
Sep 20, 2025
Loretta Jeanette Larson of Protem, Arkansas, passed away September 20, 2025, in Protem, Missouri at the age of 85. She was born May 14, 1940, in Aurora, Illinois, the daughter of Kenneth and Eva Stevens Dubeau. Loretta worked as a receiving clerk for Jewel Foods. Loretta lived in Protem since moving from Rockfalls, Illinois. She enjoyed gardening, crocheting and traveling.
Loretta...
Michael Harold Brindley
Sep 19, 2025
Michael Brindley, age 50, of Calico Rock, Arkansas, passed away at home on September 19, 2025.
Michael was born on April 20, 1975, in Bisbee, Arizona, to Lou and Julie Brindley. He was preceded in death by his parents, siblings: Pam, Jayme, and Christy; and his beloved son, Macallister.
Michael is survived by his significant other, Patricia Brindley. He also leaves behind...
Sheila Ivadel Cotter
Sep 18, 2025
Sheila Ivadel Cotter, of Mountain Home, Arkansas, passed away on September 18, 2025, at the age of 76. Born on March 15, 1949, in Mountain Home, she was the daughter of Delmar and Anna Lucille Hodges Waire. Ivadel married Forrest Duncan Cotter in October 1971 in their hometown, where they built a loving family.
A devoted member of the Christian Church...
Constance Mellang
Sep 14, 2025
Constance Lee Mellang, 71, of Cotter, Arkansas, died September 14, 2025, in Mountain Home, Arkansas.
Patricia Nolan Jordan
Sep 13, 2025
Funeral arrangements are private at Kirby & Family Funeral & Cremation Services - Mountain Home, Arkansas, for Patricia Nolan Jordan, 89, of Mountain Home, Arkansas. Patricia died September 13, 2025, at Baxter Health.
Dirk Buffo
Sep 12, 2025
Funeral arrangements are pending at Kirby & Family Funeral & Cremation Services - Bull Shoals, Arkansas, for Dirk Jon Buffo, 65, of Bull Shoals, Arkansas. Dirk died September 12, 2025, at his home.
Joan McCreary
Sep 12, 2025
Joan Grace-Marie McCreary of Mountain Home, Arkansas, passed away September 12, 2025, in Mountain Home at the age of 90. She was born July 23, 1935, in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Raymond and June Evertson Blanck.
Joan is survived by her husband, David McCreary; and brother, Gary (Shan) Blanck. She was preceded in death by her parents.
Arrangements are by Kirby...
Robert Davis
Sep 12, 2025
Funeral arrangements are pending at Kirby & Family Funeral & Cremation Services - Mountain Home, Arkansas, for Robert Alfred Davis, 83, of Mountain Home, Arkansas. Robert died September 12, 2025, at his home.
Laura Lynn Weber Hedges
Sep 9, 2025
Funeral arrangements are pending at Kirby & Family Funeral & Cremation Services - Mountain Home, Arkansas, for Laura Lynn Weber Hedges, 56, of Mountain Home, Arkansas. Laura died September 9, 2025, at Baxter Health.
Eddie D. Houpt, Sr.
Sep 8, 2025
Eddie D. Houpt, Sr. of Clarkridge, Arkansas, passed away September 8, 2025, at home, surrounded by his loving family, at the age of 77. He was born January 7, 1948, in Pasadena, Texas, the son of Wade and Juanita Richardson Houpt. On July 14, 1984, he married the love of his life, Sandy Cushing. Eddie began his career as a...
William "Bill" Bacon
Sep 7, 2025
William (“Bill”) Allen Bacon, 66, of Isabella, Missouri, passed away on Sunday, September 7, 2025, surrounded by his family.
Bill was born in Jacksonville, Florida, the first child of parents William J. Bacon and Eleanor (Ward) Bacon on June 5, 1959. He spent most of his childhood in Spring, Texas, graduating from Klein High School in 1977. He received his degree...
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