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Terry Kay Sorzickas
Jun 7, 2025
Funeral arrangements are pending at Kirby & Family Funeral & Cremation Services - Mountain Home, Arkansas, for Terry Kay Sorzickas, 70, of Mountain Home, Arkansas. Terry died June 7, 2025, in Mountain Home.
Michael Bodnar
Jun 6, 2025
Michael Bodnar, 96, of Bull Shoals, Arkansas, passed away on June 6, 2025, in Flippin, Arkansas. He was born on October 9, 1928, in Ruske, Czechoslovakia, to Elias and Anna Hrib Bodnar.
Michael bravely escaped Czechoslovakia in pursuit of a better life and later settled in the United States. He married the love of his life, Lieselotte "Lisa" Manzke, on May...
Shirley Robillard
Jun 5, 2025
Funeral arrangements are private at Kirby & Family Funeral & Cremation Services - Mountain Home, Arkansas, for Shirley Irene Robillard, 66, of Yellville, Arkansas. Shirley died June 5, 2025, at Baxter Health.
Karen Tipton
Jun 5, 2025
Karen Wachendorf Tipton of Gassville, Arkansas, passed away June 5, 2025, in Mountain Home, Arkansas at the age of 77. She was born August 2, 1947 in Ames, Iowa, the daughter of Miles and Sara Goff Wachendorf. She married Michael on September 27, 1975 and worked as a software engineer for Control Data Corporation/Siemens Manufacturing. Karen lived in Gassville since...
Sammy Wayne Earls
Jun 5, 2025
Sammy Wayne Earls of Gassville, Arkansas, passed away June 5, 2025, in Mountain Home, Arkansas at the age of 79. He was born March 9, 1946, in Middlesboro, Kentucky, the son of Leslie and Blanch Sing Earls. Sammy was a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War. Sammy lived in Gassville since moving from Middlesboro, Kentucky in 2002. He...
Robert James Duff
Jun 4, 2025
Robert James Duff of Norfork, Arkansas, passed away June 4, 2025, in Mountain Home, Arkansas at the age of 73. He was born January 16, 1952, in Aurora, Illinois, the son of Robert Allen and Bernice Duff. He worked for Hoffer Plastics in Illinois for several years, where he met his future wife. The couple later worked as locksmiths. He...
Michael "Mike" Lee Payne
Jun 2, 2025
Michael Lee Payne, born in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, passed away peacefully at home in Mountain Home, Arkansas, on June 2, 2025. A licensed master plumber by trade, Michael’s work and warm spirit touched lives across the globe, including in the many years he spent in Jamaica. He was known as the light and soul of any gathering. Mike had a...
Donna Montgomery
Jun 2, 2025
Donna Marlene Smith Montgomery of Gassville, Arkansas, peacefully passed away on June 2, 2025, at the age of 72 in Mountain Home, Arkansas. Born on December 21, 1952, in Saint Louis, Missouri, she was the daughter of Armond and Shirley Cramer Smith. Donna was united in marriage to Danny Montgomery on March 28, 1997, in Jacksonville, Arkansas. A dedicated Certified...
Patricia Bemis
Jun 2, 2025
Funeral arrangements are pending at Kirby & Family Funeral & Cremation Services - Mountain Home, Arkansas, for Patricia A. Bemis, 87, of Mountain Home, Arkansas. Patricia died June 2, 2025, in Mountain Home, Arkansas.
Kelly Lynn Roper
May 30, 2025
Kelly Lynn Roper, 61 passed away peacefully in Mountain Home Arkansas on May 30th, 2025.
She was born in Elgin, Illinois, on November 13th, 1963 to Robert and Sandee Plauck. After the family relocated from Illinois to Minnesota, she graduated from Parkers Prairie High school in 1981 and later earned a Bachelor's Degree from DeVry University in Applied Electronics. She had...
Betty Burnett
May 29, 2025
Born April 26, 1927, Betty Marie Burnett rejoined her husband Dean and the other members of her family who preceded her in death on May 29, 2025. She was 98 years, one month, and five days old. Betty was born in Kansas City Missouri as the only child to Edward Joseph Teague and Marjorie (Thomas) Teague. They had a large...
William Edward Keller
May 27, 2025
William Edward Keller of Mountain Home, Arkansas, passed away on May 27, 2025, in Fayetteville, Arkansas, at the age of 70. Born on October 3, 1954, in Chicago, Illinois, he was the son of Edward and Wilma Fritz Keller. The family moved to Mountain Home in 1969 and he graduated from Mountain Home High School in 1973 before furthering his...
Madlyon Jane Eagle
May 26, 2025
Funeral arrangements are private at Kirby & Family Funeral & Cremation Services - Mountain Home, Arkansas, for Madlyon Jane Eagle, 96, of Norfork, Arkansas. Madlyon died May 26, 2025, at Baxter Health.
Austin Hall
May 26, 2025
Austin "Doug" Hall of Bull Shoals, Arkansas, passed away on May 26, 2025, in Mountain Home, Arkansas, at the age of 76. He was born on October 1, 1948, in Sacramento, California, to Austin and Clara (Nichols) Hall.
Doug married Cheryl Harrigan on August 5, 2000, in Lincoln, California. He began his career selling jewelry, later traveling the world as a...
Earnest Hubbard
May 24, 2025
Earnest Hubbard of Mountain Home, Arkansas, passed away May 23, 2025, in Mountain Home, Arkansas at the age of 91. He was born November 17, 1933, in Lavaca, Arkansas, the son of Grady and Vivian Sharpe Hubbard. He married Tae So on June 3, 1983, in Las Vegas and worked as a Quality Assurance for Department of Defense. Earnie was...
IlaJean Hardin Chance
May 23, 2025
IlaJean Chance, 95, of Mountain Home, Arkansas, died May 23, 2025, in Mountain Home, Arkansas.
Jackie "Jack" Darrell Eastham
May 23, 2025
Funeral arrangements are private at Kirby & Family Funeral & Cremation Services - Mountain Home, Arkansas, for Jackie "Jack" Darrell Eastham, 80, of Mountain Home, Arkansas. Jackie died May 23, 2025, at his home.
William C. Jordan
May 22, 2025
Funeral arrangements are private at Kirby & Family Funeral & Cremation Services - Mountain Home, Arkansas, for William Jordan, 83, of Gassville, Arkansas. William died May 22, 2025, in Mountain Home, Arkansas.
Joshua "Josh" James Haas
May 20, 2025
Joshua "Josh" James Haas of Salem, Missouri, formerly of Mountain Home, Arkansas, passed away May 20, 2025, in Licking, Missouri at the age of 46. He was born October 1, 1978, in Brigham City, Utah, the son of Ronald Haas and Melanie Clark. On October 19, 2007, he married the love of his life, Crystal Rick, in Mountain Home, Arkansas....
Bonnibelle "Bonnie" Ann Smith-Bauerle
May 20, 2025
Bonnibelle "Bonnie" Ann Smith-Bauerle of Mountain Home, Arkansas, passed away May 20, 2025, in Mountain Home, Arkansas at the age of 70. She was born December 2, 1954, in Washington, the daughter of Harry and Beatrice Miers Hanson. She worked in medical billing for Baxter Regional Medical Center, before retiring. She was a member of the Fellowship Cumberland Presbyterian Church....
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