Obituaries

Kirby & Family Obituaries

Darlene Loresa Whisenhunt

Darlene Loresa Whisenhunt

Oct 25, 2025

Funeral arrangements are pending at Kirby & Family Funeral & Cremation Services - Mountain Home, Arkansas, for Darlene Loresa Whisenhunt, 62, of Mountain Home, Arkansas. Darlene died October 25, 2025, in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Thomas J. Lawson

Thomas J. Lawson

Oct 24, 2025

Funeral arrangements are pending at Kirby & Family Funeral & Cremation Services - Mountain Home, Arkansas, for Thomas J. Lawson, 87, of Mountain Home, Arkansas. Thomas died October 24, 2025, at his home.

Oral P. Olson

Oral P. Olson

Oct 24, 2025

Funeral arrangements are pending at Kirby & Family Funeral & Cremation Services - Mountain Home, Arkansas, for Oral P. Olson, 99, of Mountain Home, Arkansas. Oral died October 24, 2025, at Baxter Retirement Village.

Phyllis Lotgering

Phyllis Lotgering

Oct 22, 2025

Phyllis Esther Lotgering, 91, of Mountain Home, Arkansas, died October 22, 2025, at Springs by the Creekside.

Barbara Baker

Barbara Baker

Oct 21, 2025

Barbara Baker, age 75, of Mountain Home, Arkansas, passed away peacefully on October 21, 2025. Born on February 4, 1950, in New York, New York, she was the daughter of George and Mary Clifford Hill. Barbara married her beloved husband, James Teddy Baker, on December 31, 1970, in Fayetteville, North Carolina. She dedicated 40 years of service as a dispatcher...

Janet Kutch

Janet Kutch

Oct 18, 2025

Janet "Jan" Kutch of Mountain Home, Arkansas, passed away on October 18, 2025, in Mountain Home, at the age of 87. She was born on January 31, 1938, in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Roy T. and Esther Schar Jorgensen.

Jan graduated in 1955 from Maine Township High School in Des Plaines, Illinois. She married Kenneth Smith Kutch on November 22,...

Bruce Cholet

Bruce Cholet

Oct 18, 2025

Funeral arrangements are pending at Kirby & Family Funeral & Cremation Services - Mountain Home, Arkansas, for Bruce Cholet, 73, of Flippin, Arkansas. Bruce died October 18, 2025.

Lyn Ashton

Lyn Ashton

Oct 18, 2025

Lyn Ashton of Mountain Home, Arkansas, passed away on October 18, 2025, in Mountain Home, at the age of 69. She was born on November 26, 1955, in Takoma Park, Maryland, the daughter of Charles and Phyllis Pauly Hornback.

Lyn married Paul Ashton on April 9, 1978, in Riverside, California. She was a dedicated Registered Nurse at Loma Linda University Medical...

Jéan-Marie Louise Lucas

Jéan-Marie Louise Lucas

Oct 16, 2025

Jéan-Marie Louise Lucas, 54, of Mountain Home, Arkansas passed away on October 16, 2025. Jéan-Marie was a vibrant, creative, and deeply loving person who faced lifelong struggles. Though her illness made life difficult, it never defined the fullness of who she was. She was beautiful, brilliant, and imaginative. She loved adventure, animals, music that always filled her home, and cooking...

Dorothy Burgess

Dorothy Burgess

Oct 15, 2025

Dorothy Jewell Burgess of Norfork, Arkansas, peacefully passed away on October 15, 2025, in Salem, Missouri, at the age of 98. Born on October 24, 1926, in Delaplaine, Arkansas, she was the daughter of Ernest and Mary Moore Collins. Dorothy married Ray Burgess on October 14, 1944, in Pocahontas, Arkansas. Throughout her life, she dedicated herself to her work as...

Richard Kennedy

Richard Kennedy

Oct 14, 2025

Richard Kennedy, 82, of Gamaliel, Arkansas, died October 14, 2025, at Mercy Hospital.

Barbara Reese

Barbara Reese

Oct 11, 2025

Barbara Ann Reese, 81, of Lakeview, Arkansas, died October 11, 2025, at Baxter Health.

Harold Leroy Booy

Harold Leroy Booy

Oct 11, 2025

Harold Leroy Booy of Mountain Home, Arkansas, passed away October 11, 2025, in Mountain Home, Arkansas at the age of 88. He was born November 30, 1936, in Sully, Iowa, the son of William and Emily Uitermarkt Booy. Harold married Evelyn VanKalkeren on June 28, 1957, in Oskaloosa, Iowa. He worked at Pella Corp. for 23 years as a factory...

Danny Larson

Danny Larson

Oct 9, 2025

Funeral arrangements are pending at Kirby & Family Funeral & Cremation Services - Mountain Home, Arkansas, for Danny Eugene Larson, 74, of Mountain Home, Arkansas. Danny died October 9, 2025, at Baxter Health.

Jack Register

Jack Register

Oct 8, 2025

Jack Franklin Register, of Mountain Home, Arkansas, passed away on October 8, 2025, at the age of 75, with his wife by his side. Born on August 23, 1950, in Maryland, Jack led a life filled with passion and creativity. He found joy in music, playing bass with the Snail Band during his time in California. His artistic talents extended...

Billy Ray Goode, Jr.

Billy Ray Goode, Jr.

Oct 7, 2025

Billy Ray Goode, Jr.

August 1, 1956 – October 7, 2025

Billy Ray Goode, Jr., 69, of Gamaliel, Arkansas, passed away peacefully on October 7, 2025. He was born on August 1, 1956, in Sugar Land, Texas, to Billy Ray Goode, Sr. and Thelma Edwards.

Bill grew up in Alvin, Texas, where he met the love of his life, Jama Lynette Enochs. Together,...

Elsie Anderson

Elsie Anderson

Oct 6, 2025

Elsie R. Anderson of Mountain Home, Arkansas, passed away October 6, 2025, in Mountain Home, Arkansas at the age of 92. She was born April 7, 1933, in Plainfield, Illinois, the daughter of Harvey and Annie Hardekopf Thurow. She married Robert D. Anderson on April 7, 1956, in Aurora, Illinois. She spent many years working as a hairdresser. Elsie lived...

Ardith "Artie" Kay Rice

Ardith "Artie" Kay Rice

Oct 6, 2025

Ardith "Artie" Kay Rice of Mountain Home, Arkansas, passed away October 6, 2025, in Mountain Home, Arkansas at the age of 83. She was born September 14, 1942, in Antioch, California, the daughter of Kenneth and Alberta Hollett Johnson. She married her high school sweetheart, William Rice, on June 20, 1959 in Citrus Heights, California. The couple lived in Sacramento,...

Jerome Egan, Sr.

Jerome Egan, Sr.

Oct 2, 2025

Funeral arrangements are pending at Kirby & Family Funeral & Cremation Services - Mountain Home, Arkansas, for Jerome W. Egan, Sr., 85, of Bull Shoals, Arkansas. Jerome died October 2, 2025, at Twin Lakes Therapy and Living Center.

Paula Marie Kuether

Paula Marie Kuether

Oct 2, 2025

Funeral arrangements are private at Kirby & Family Funeral & Cremation Services - Mountain Home, Arkansas, for Paula Marie Kuether, 74, of Yellville, Arkansas. Paula died October 2, 2025, at her home.