Obituaries

Kirby & Family Obituaries

Betty Fischer

Betty Fischer

Feb 5, 2008

Betty Fischer died Tuesday, February 5, 2008 in Gassville at the age of 77. Betty Fischer was born October 24, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois, daughter of Claude and Elizabeth Piercefield. She married Ed Fischer on May 9, 1953 at Chicago, Illinois. She was a homemaker and lived in Gassville for 11 years moving from Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. She was of...

William Hall

William Hall

Feb 5, 2008

William Hall died Tuesday, February 5, 2008 in Mountain Home. He was 93. William Hall was born Saturday, January 23, 1915 in Union County, Mississippi, son of Emmett Hall and Minnie M. Grubbs. He married Marian Jorgensen on March 8, 1944 at San Diego, California. William Hall was a World War II and Korean veteran of the U.S. Navy, retiring...

William Hall

William Hall

Feb 5, 2008

William Hall died Tuesday, February 5, 2008 in Mountain Home. He was 93. William Hall was born Saturday, January 23, 1915 in Union County, Mississippi, son of Emmett Hall and Minnie M. Grubbs. He married Marian Jorgensen on March 8, 1944 at San Diego, California. William Hall was a World War II and Korean veteran of the U.S. Navy, retiring...

Lloyd Eichelberger

Lloyd Eichelberger

Feb 5, 2008

Lloyd Eichelberger died Tuesday, February 5, 2008 in Mountain Home at the age of 88. Lloyd Eichelberger was born Sunday, December 7, 1919 in Illinois, son of Ezra and Elizabeth Jungles Eichelberger. He married Eileen Gass June 15, 1940 on at Joliet, Illinois. He worked as a farmer and as a car salesman. Lloyd Eichelberger was a U.S. Army veteran...

Evans Robertson

Evans Robertson

Feb 4, 2008

Evans Robertson died Monday, February 4, 2008 in Mountain Home at the age of 90. He was born Tuesday, January 29, 1918 in Indiana and married Camille Batts in December 1963 at Lombard, Illinois. He worked as an Engineer and lived in Mountain Home for 32 years moving from Marroerre, Louisania. Survivors: Evans Robertson is survived by 3 Sons, James...

Mary Berry

Mary Berry

Feb 4, 2008

Mary E. Berry died February 4, 2008 in Mountain Home, Arkansas at the age of 93. She was born December 29, 1914 at Alameda, California the daughter of David and Eva Petty Berry. She was a secretary for the U.S. Government. Survivors: Mary Berry has no survivors. Preceded in Death by: She was preceded in death by her parents. Funeral:...

Clara Drinkwaard

Clara Drinkwaard

Feb 2, 2008

Clara Drinkwaard died Wednesday, January 2, 2008 in Mountain Home at the age of 91. Clara Drinkwaard was born Tuesday, April 4, 1916 in Chicago, IL, to Jacob and Effie Knigge Dam . She married Cornelius A. Drinkwaard on April 6, 1940 at Chicago, IL. Clara worked as a homemaker and lived in Mountain Home for 26 years moving from...

William Roof

William Roof

Feb 2, 2008

William Roof Sr. died Saturday, February 2, 2008 in Mountain Home at the age of 89. William Roof Sr. was born Tuesday, November 5, 1918 in Mason City, IL, the son of Harry Franklin Roof and Lena Beatrice Smith. He married Grace Agnes Polimeni on June 24, 1939 at Waukegan, IL. He worked as a Operating Engineer. William Roof Sr....

James Clowdus

James Clowdus

Feb 2, 2008

James Lloyd Clowdus died February 2, 2008 at Baxter Regional Medical Center at the age of 87. He was born at Olustee, Oklahoma to William and Essie Thrash Clowdus. He maried Sylvesta Preston on July 9, 1939 at Jackson County, Oklahoma. James was a veteran of the U.S. Army, receiving 2 Bronze Stars. He worked as a pharmaceutical salesman for...

Avis Burger

Avis Burger

Feb 1, 2008

Avis Burger died Friday, February 1, 2008 in Mountain Home at the age of 82. Avis Burger was born Thursday, March 12, 1925 in Arkansas. She married Fred C. Burger on July 25, 1942 at Wheeling, West Virginia. She was a homemaker. Avis lived in Mountain Home for 19 years, moving from Chicago, Illinois. Survivors: her son, Richard (Kathy) Burger...

Katherine Powell

Katherine Powell

Feb 1, 2008

Katherine Powell died Friday, February 1, 2008 in Mountain Home at the age of 76. Katherine Powell was born Sunday, January 3, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois, daughter of Paul and Dorothy (Lubke) Botts. She married Victor Schroeder on January 30, 1955, they were married for 30 years. She worked as a cook at Nelson Wilkes Elementary School for 20 years...

Donald Kimbel

Donald Kimbel

Jan 31, 2008

Donald Robert Kimbel died Thursday, January 31, 2008 at Care Manor Nursing Home in Mountain Home, Arkansas at the age of 94. He as born March 2, 1913 at Elmira, New York to John Kimbel. He worked as a lathe hand at the Kodak company. Survivors: Daughter - Kathleen Kimbel of Rochester, New York, 2 grandchildren; Kevin and Kris Pfluke...

Joann Sheley

Joann Sheley

Jan 31, 2008

Joann Sheley died Thursday, January 31, 2008 in Mountain Home at the age of 59. Joann Sheley was born Wednesday, June 30, 1948 in Rockford, Illinois, daughter of Garth Sheley and Clara Schultz. She worked as a Commercial Artist for Ozark Eagle Sign Co.. Joann Sheley was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. Joann lived in Mountain Home for 40...

Geraldine Deardoff

Geraldine Deardoff

Jan 29, 2008

Gerri Deardoff died Tuesday, January 29, 2008 in Mountain Home at the age of 68. Gerri Deardoff was born Monday, June 5,1939 in Rock Island, Illinois, daughter of Locklan and Rose Settle. She married Ronald Deardoff on October 11,1958 at Rock Island, Illinois. She worked as a Secretary/Co-0wner for Midland Marine. Gerri lived in Mountain Home for 46 years moving...

Shirley Fick

Shirley Fick

Jan 26, 2008

Shirley Fick died January 26 at Hospice House at the age of 81. She was born September 18, 1926 at St. Louis, Missouri to Earl Sandler and Mabel Barclay. She worked as a bakery manager in a supermarket. She married Oliver Fick December 16, 1950 at St. Louis. Survivors: Shirley Fick is survived by 1 Son, James Fick of AR,...

Hazel Wilson

Hazel Wilson

Jan 25, 2008

Hazel Wilson was born Saturday, January 4, 1913 in Chicago, Illinois, Daughter of the late Edward Wickfelder and the late Florence Gorsuch. She worked as a Secretary. Hazel lived in Mountain Home for 35 years moving from Blue Island, Illinois. Survivors: Hazel Wilson is survived by Daughter, Janet Doering of Joliet, Illinois, Daughter, Ruth Gentile of Menasha, Wisconsin, 12 grandchildren,...

Robert Gardner

Robert Gardner

Jan 24, 2008

Robert Gardner was born Sunday, July 4, 1920 in Peoria, Illinois, to Raymond Ellsworth Gardner and Nellie L. Fish. He married Sally Shick on September 6, 1974 at Ann Arbor, Michigan. He worked as a Regional Sales Manager for Uniroyal plastics. Bob was a U.. Army Air Corps veteran of World War II and Korea. Robert lived in Mountain Home...

Doyle Duckworth

Doyle Duckworth

Jan 24, 2008

Doyle Duckworth was born Thursday, May 1, 1930 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, the son of the Doyle Truesdale and Beulah Mae Cubley Duckworth. He married Virginia Lee Schramm on December 5, 1987 at Las Vegas, Nevada. He worked as a Electrician for the IBEW Union and was a U.S. Navy veteran of Korea. Doyle lived in Mountain Home since 1992 moving...

Perry Bigham

Perry Bigham

Jan 24, 2008

Perry Bigham died Thursday, January 24, 2008 in Mountain Home at the age of 87. Mr. Bigham was born Sunday, November 7, 1920 in Marion, Kentucky, the son of William and Grace Clement Bigham. He married Evelyn Berry on November 9, 1950 at West Monroe, Louisiana and worked 20 years as a Certified Public Accountant for Shering-Plough . Perry Bigham...

Mark Parnell

Mark Parnell

Jan 23, 2008

Mark Parnell was born Wednesday, February 21, 1962 in Calico Rock, Arkansas, Son of Joe Dean Parnell and Lena Pearl Teegarden. He worked as an Oilfield Rigger and was a lifetime resident of Salesville. He was a member of the Assembly of God Church. He collected arrowheads, enjoyed hunting fishing and basketball. Mark died on January 23, 2008 at his...