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Bonnibelle Ann Smith
May 20, 2025
Funeral arrangements are pending at Kirby & Family Funeral & Cremation Services - Mountain Home, Arkansas, for Bonnibelle Ann Smith, 70, of Mountain Home, Arkansas. Bonnibelle died May 20, 2025, at Lake Forest Senior Living.
Peggy Kratzer
May 18, 2025
Peggy Jo Kratzer, 88, of Bull Shoals, Arkansas, passed away on May 18, 2025, in Mountain Home, Arkansas. She was born on July 16, 1936, in Memphis, Tennessee, to Herbert and Clysta Jackson Hackley.
Peggy married the love of her life, Burl Kratzer, on August 19, 1956, in Kokomo, Indiana. Together, they traveled the country in their RV for 15 years...
Charles Eugene Overton
May 17, 2025
Funeral arrangements are pending at Kirby & Family Funeral & Cremation Services - Mountain Home, Arkansas, for Charles Eugene Overton, 72, of Summit, Arkansas. Charles died May 17, 2025.
Deborah Ann Marie Myers
May 17, 2025
Deborah Ann Marie Myers, of Bull Shoals, Arkansas, passed away on May 17, 2025, in Bull Shoals at the age of 63. She was born on October 12, 1961, in Elmhurst, Illinois, to Donald and Donna Loome Wilkes.
Deborah, lovingly known by family and friends as “Big Deb,” moved to Bull Shoals from Elmhurst in 1977 and made it her lifelong...
Robert Stanley Holmes
May 17, 2025
Funeral arrangements are pending at Kirby & Family Funeral & Cremation Services - Mountain Home, Arkansas, for Robert Stanley Holmes, 92, of Bull Shoals, Arkansas. Robert died May 17, 2025, in Mountain Home.
Bonnie Elaine Baker
May 16, 2025
Funeral arrangements are private at Kirby & Family Funeral & Cremation Services - Mountain Home, Arkansas, for Bonnie Elaine Baker, 77, of Mountain Home, Arkansas. Bonnie died May 16, 2025, at Hiram Shaddox Therapy and Living.
Arlene K. Smith
May 16, 2025
Arlene K. Smith of Mountain Home, Arkansas, passed away May 16, 2025, at her home, at the age of 80. She was born July 24, 1944, in Logan, Kansas, the daughter of Franklin and Betty McGhghy Lamb. She attended flight attendant school and business school, where she learned shorthand. Arlene worked for many years as an administrative assistant. She lived...
Richard B. Lowe
May 14, 2025
Richard Bruce Lowe, of Lakeview, Arkansas, passed away on May 14, 2025, in Mountain Home, Arkansas, at the age of 87. He was born on March 11, 1938, in Des Plaines, Illinois, to Harry and Cecilia (Leak) Lowe.
A gifted saxophone player, Richard held the position of first chair in his high school band. He went on to marry the love...
Richard Joseph Keller
May 12, 2025
Funeral arrangements are private at Kirby & Family Funeral & Cremation Services - Mountain Home, Arkansas, for Richard Joseph Keller, 81, of Mountain Home, Arkansas. Richard died May 12, 2025, at Baxter Health.
Mary Ellen Phelps
May 12, 2025
Mary Ellen Phelps, aged 67, of Mountain Home, Arkansas, peacefully passed away on May 12, 2025. Born on December 12, 1957, in Detroit, Michigan, she was the daughter of John Wayne Phelps and Katherine Mary Hayes Phelps Hill.
Mary graduated from South Lyon High School in Michigan and furthered her education by obtaining an associate degree from North Arkansas Community College,...
Mary Blaylock
May 12, 2025
Mary Valarie Blaylock, 78, of Mountain Home, Arkansas, died May 12, 2025, in Mountain Home, Arkansas.
Rita Faye Francis
May 8, 2025
Rita Faye Francis, 81, of Yellville, Arkansas, died May 8, 2025, at in Mountain Home, Arkansas.
Eulalah Kidd
May 8, 2025
Eulalah Jane Kidd, affectionately called "Eukey" or "Aunt Lala", of Mountain Home, Arkansas, passed away May 8, 2025, in Mountain Home, Arkansas at the age of 93. She was born January 10, 1932, in Monmouth, Illinois, the daughter of Theodore William and Vera Velma Lovitt Hall. She married Luke Marion Andrew Kidd on June 10, 1949 in Monmouth, Illinois. The...
Anna McCollum
May 8, 2025
Anna McCollum of Mountain Home, Arkansas, peacefully passed away on May 8, 2025, at the remarkable age of 96. Born on December 11, 1928, in Bayard, Iowa, she was the daughter of Ira and Charlotte Huss Palmer. Anna’s journey through life was beautifully intertwined with love, beginning when she married her dear husband, Francis McCollum, on December 27, 1948, in...
Barbara Rustin
May 7, 2025
Barbara Sue Rustin of Mountain Home, Arkansas, passed away May 7, 2025, in Yellville, Arkansas, at the age of 89. She was born March 26, 1936, in Anna, Illinois, the daughter of Halleck and Dora Fallenstein Webb. She married Kent Rustin on April 1, 1955 in Atton, IL. She worked as a bookkeeper for Sacramento, California Sheriff's Department for many...
Crystal Lynn Eaves
May 7, 2025
Crystal Lynn Eaves, 68, of Midway, Arkansas, died May 7, 2025, at Baxter Health.
Rosa "Rose" Lee Janes
May 6, 2025
Rosa Lee Janes of Mountain Home, Arkansas, passed away May 6, 2025, in Mountain Home, Arkansas at the age of 80. She was born October 19, 1944, in Creston, Iowa.
Rose is survived by her children, Tiffany Moore of Mountain Home, AR, and Randy Janes (Elizabeth) of Whitesburg, TN; grandchildren, Robin, Jamie, Tessa, Heather, and Tony; and many great-grandchildren.
She was preceded...
Bruno Bednar
May 6, 2025
Bruno J. Bednar, 91, of Flippin, Arkansas, died May 6, 2025, at Hiram Shaddox Therapy and Living.
Allan Glenn Daugherty
May 6, 2025
Funeral arrangements are private at Kirby & Family Funeral & Cremation Services - Mountain Home, Arkansas, for Allan Glenn Daugherty, 78, of Mountain Home, Arkansas. Allan died May 6, 2025, in Mountain Home, Arkansas.
Charlotte Jo Hughes
May 6, 2025
Charlotte Jo Hughes, 100, of Mountain Home, Arkansas, died May 6, 2025, at her home.
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