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Kenyon Masters
Aug 15, 2023
Kenyon Moonray Masters, 17, passed away on Tuesday, August 15, 2023, in Mountain Home, Arkansas. Kenyon was born on November 13, 2005, in Lake Ozark, Missouri, to Bobby Masters and Kesha Northrip. Kenyon, his sister Raini, and his mom moved to Mountain Home in 2017. He graduated from the Mountain Home High School in 2023. Kenyon worked at Blue Diamond...
Joe Bodenhamer
Aug 15, 2023
Former Baxter County Judge Joe Rex Bodenhamer died peacefully on August 15, 2023 at Hospice of the Ozarks surrounded by friends and family. Joe was born in Springfield, Missouri, on September 17, 1948 and was a lifelong resident of the area. His father was David James Bodenhamer and his mother was Doris Easley Bodenhamer Berberich. Joe served as Baxter County...
Dr. Harold A Rumzek
Aug 14, 2023
Dr. Harold Rumzek, 85, of Yellville, Arkansas, died in Mountain Home. He was born May 1, 1938, in Bad Axe, Michigan. Harold was a USAF Retired Major. Graveside Services with Military Honors will be held at Arlington National Cemetery. Arrangements by Kirby and Family Funeral and Cremation Services.
Karen Allen
Aug 13, 2023
Karen Allen of Midway, Arkansas, passed away August 13, 2023, in Mountain Home, Arkansas at the age of 73. She was born February 26, 1950, in Mountain Home, Arkansas, the daughter of Leonard and Betty Jo Duggins Kellem. She married Gene Allen on August 10, 1973, in Colfax, Arkansas and worked at the Baxter Lab. Karen was a lifelong resident...
Robert Jahla
Aug 13, 2023
Robert Clarence Jahla of Bull Shoals, Arkansas, passed away August 13, 2023, in Little Rock, Arkansas at the age of 76. He was born November 22, 1946, in Mexico, Missouri, the adopted son of Elvin Ellsworth Jahla and Marguerite Balzer Jahla. Robert married Patricia Wilson on April 26, 1996, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. With his marriage to Patricia, he now...
Virginia M Beckham
Aug 12, 2023
Virginia Beckham of Pontiac, Missouri, passed away August 12, 2023, in Mountain Home, Arkansas at the age of 89. She was born July 30, 1934, in Saint Louis, Missouri, the daughter of Lloyd and Wilma Satterfield Thompson. She met Edmund in 1965 and married him in 1968 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was an inspector for the Brockway Glass company....
Jane Hamrick Jones
Aug 12, 2023
Jane (Janey) Hamrick Jones was born and raised in Saint Albans, West Virginia. Janey passed away August 12 in Mountain Home, Arkansas one week after celebrating her 86th birthday. A long-time resident of Fort Worth, Texas, Janey and her husband Dewaine retired to Mountain Home, Arkansas in 1992. After graduating high school, Janey went to school in Mexico City, then...
Freeman Buttler
Aug 12, 2023
Funeral arrangements are private at Kirby & Family Funeral & Cremation Services - Mountain Home, Arkansas, for Freeman Buttler, 97, of Mountain Home, Arkansas. Freeman died August 12, 2023, at Baxter Health.
Sharon "Terri" Lynn Argyle
Aug 11, 2023
Sharon “Terri” Argyle (Caldwell) was born July 23, 1949 to Clarence and Pauline Caldwell in Sac City, Iowa, and passed away quietly at home on August 11, 2023 in Lakeview, Arkansas after a five-year fight with pancreatic cancer. Terri is survived by her husband, Leroy “Lee” Argyle of Lakeview, Arkansas, and her daughters Deidre (David Zaslow) Argyle of Springfield, Missouri...
Phillip Michael Hahn
Aug 10, 2023
Phillip Michael Hahn, 81, passed away on Thursday, August 10, 2023, in Mountain Home, Arkansas. Phillip was born on October 21, 1941, in Chicago, Illinois, to George and Elsa Greiner Hahn. He graduated from Catholic grammar, high school, and college with a masters in Theology. He married Gail Kleine on October 14, 1972 in Chicago, Illinois. This marriage was blessed...
Lydia Ann Stanford
Aug 9, 2023
Lydia Ann Stanford of Mountain Home, Arkansas, passed away August 9, 2023, in Mountain Home, Arkansas at the age of 64. She was born September 25, 1958, in Fallon, Nevada, the daughter of Charles and Bonnie Dasca Lee. She married Lamonte on May 15, 1985 in Jackson, Mississippi and worked as a Draftsman in the building industry. Lydia was a...
Peggy Arnold Van Deusen
Aug 8, 2023
Peggy Arnold Van Deusen, 73 passed away on Tuesday, August 8,2023, in Mountain Home, AR. Peggy was born December 31, 1949, in Bloomington, IL to Noble and Lois (Mortland) Arnold. She graduated from Crystal Lake Community High School in 1968. She attended Illinois State University before transferring to Elgin Community College, where she graduated with an RN degree in 1981....
Susan J Lindenmeyer
Aug 8, 2023
Susan J. Lindenmeyer, 74, passed away on Tuesday, August 8, 2023, in Midway, Arkansas. Susan was born on June 15, 1949, in Ottawa, Illinois, to Homer "Jack" and Joan Stone Reece. She graduated from high school and went to nursing college in Texas. She began working as a nurse's aid at the Peru Hospital in Peru, Illinois. She married Terry...
Glendora Stone
Aug 6, 2023
Glenda “Cotton” (Cotter) Stone, 78, passed away peacefully at home with her family by her side on August 6, 2023 after a 21 year fierce battle with breast cancer. “She’s exhausted from trying to be stronger than she feels.” She was the 11th of 12 children born to Thurlo and Gertrude Crotts Cotter in Vidette, Arkansas on January 19, 1945....
Robert Joseph Bushey
Aug 5, 2023
Robert Joseph Bushey of Oxford, Arkansas, passed away August 5, 2023, in Calico Rock, Arkansas at the age of 79. He was born August 20, 1943, in Kinde, Michigan, the son of George and Regina Drake Bushey. Robert was a U.S. Air Force veteran. He married Jeanne on June 11, 1983, in Negaunee, Michigan and worked in baggage and ground...
Ronald Vern McHenry
Aug 5, 2023
Ronald Vern McHenry of Mountain Home, Arkansas, passed away August 5, 2023, in Mountain Home, Arkansas at the age of 86. He was born April 1, 1937, in Fort Scott, Kansas, the son of John and Lula McHenry. He married Paula Marks on February 14, 1975, in Houston, Texas and worked as a Air Traffic Controller in the aviation industry....
Joshua "Josh" Taylor Wood
Aug 5, 2023
Joshua "Josh" Taylor Wood of Mountain Home, Arkansas, passed away August 5, 2023, in Mountain Home, Arkansas at the age of 41. He was born December 21, 1981, in Mountain Home, Arkansas, the son of Roy Marvin and Jodie Ann Webb Wood. Josh loved fishing, mushroom hunting, spending time with family, arrowhead hunting/making, working hard, riding his motorcycle, playing guitar,...
Alan William Davis
Aug 4, 2023
Funeral arrangements are private at Kirby & Family Funeral & Cremation Services - Mountain Home, Arkansas, for Alan William Davis, 82, of Mountain Home, Arkansas. Alan died August 4, 2023, in Mountain Home, Arkansas.
Keith Blanchard
Aug 4, 2023
Keith Blanchard passed away unexpectedly at Baptist Health on August 4, 2023, just shy of his 60th birthday. Keith was born in East St. Louis, Missouri to Paul & Lilian Blanchard on September 20, 1963. After graduating from Mountain Home High School, Keith began a lifelong career in the medical field, often working behind-the-scenes to serve those in need. He...
Judith Katherine Sliwa
Aug 3, 2023
Judith Katherine Sliwa, 79, of Lakeview, Arkansas, died August 3, 2023.
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