Obituaries

Kirby & Family Obituaries

David Hambleton

David Hambleton

Sep 9, 2007

David Jones Hambleton went home to live with his Heavenly Father on Sunday September 9, 2007 at 8:15 PM. He was born at home in Roxana Illinois on November 11, 1926 to the late William Charles and Myrtle (Jones) Hambleton. He married Doris Belle Robbins on October 31, 1970 in Joliet Illinois, she survives. He was a very dedicated member...

Neil Pitt

Neil Pitt

Sep 9, 2007

He was born May 6, 1976 at Maimo, Canada to William and Elizabeth Daisy Roberts Pitt. Neil was an automotive mechanic and had lived in the Mountain Home area for 11 years. Survivors: He is survived by his parents, Bill and Daisy Pitt of Hickory, North Carolina, 2 brothers, Jason Pitt of Mountain Home and William Pitt of Hickory, North...

Stephen Perdue

Stephen Perdue

Sep 9, 2007

Stephen Marshal Perdue was born June 3, 1984 at El Dorado, Arkansas the son of James "Tim" Perdue and Gay Goad Perdue. He had been a resident of the Mountain Home area since moving from El Dorado in 1993 and was employed at Hastings Video as a retail clerk. He loved to read, play computer games and watch movies. He...

Lloyd Kreye

Lloyd Kreye

Sep 8, 2007

. Lloyd H. Kreye died September 8, 2007 at Mountain Home. He was 77. He was born October 9, 1929 at Wabasha, Minnesota to Henry Lloyd and Mary Loechler Kreye. He was a maintenance person for John?s Manville Company and a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps serving in the Korean War. He has lived in the Mountain Home area...

John Strong

John Strong

Sep 6, 2007

John Strong died Thursday, September 6, 2007 at Mountain Home. He was 76. John was born on August 24, 1931 to Vernon and Julia Abel Strong. He was a mechanic for Everett Saw Mill and was, a US Marine Korean War Era Veteran. John Strong lived in Norfork for 22 years, moving from Hutchinson, Kansas. He was a member of...

Carter Henderson

Carter Henderson

Sep 5, 2007

Carter Charlie Henderson died September 5, 2007 at Gainesville, Missouri. He was 90. Carter C. Henderson was born June 14, 1917 at Walnut Ridge, Arkansas to Charlie Robert and Fannie Blanche Sissell Henderson. He married Mary Yarbrough, September 26, 1979 at St. Louis, Missouri. Carter worked for 20 years at the Anheuser Busch Co. and was a veteran of the...

Jimmy Elumbaugh

Jimmy Elumbaugh

Sep 2, 2007

Jimmy Dairl Elumbaugh was born August 10, 1937 at Marked Tree, Arkansas to Arthur and Bertha Lee McClung Elumbaugh. He was a pipeline helper and inspector for Pipeline Local # 798 in Tulsa. He lived in the Twin Lakes area most of his life. He was of Baptist Faith and a member of the Norfork Masonic Lodge and was a...

Ronald Swim

Ronald Swim

Aug 30, 2007

Ronald E. Swim was born March 19, 1946 at Aberdeen, Ohio the son of Ora Alfred Swim and Tansy Kathleen Biglow Swim. He married Sherry G. Webb at Gallatin, Tennessee on August 17, 1968 and had resided in the Lakeview area since moving from Greenfield, Indiana in 1998. He was an Army veteran and a member of Little Rock American...

Ray Miller

Ray Miller

Aug 30, 2007

Ray G. Miller died Wednesday, August 30, 2007, at Mountain Home. He was 80. He was born June 1, 1927 at Drumright, Oklahoma to George and Bessie (Payton) Miller. He marred Emma Lee Williamson May 30, 1953 at Grubbs, Arkansas. He was an engineer for Lockheed Missiles and Space Company and was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, serving in...

James Lodge

James Lodge

Aug 27, 2007

James Thomas Lodge died August 27, 2007 at Mountain Home at the age of 71. He was born March 13, 1936 at Swansea, Massachusetts to James T. and Ellen Berault Lodge, Sr. He was a retired civil engineer from the U.S. Air Force and served in Vietnam. James lived in the Cotter area since 1995 moving from Florida. He enjoyed...

Aulsie Gardner

Aulsie Gardner

Aug 26, 2007

Aulsie died Sunday, August 26 at the age of 83. She was born August 6, 1924 at Culp, Arkansas to Missouri and Valley Mae Baker Curtis. She married Henry H. Gardner August 27, 1942 at Culp, Arkansas. She was a retired assembly worker at Baxter Lab. Aulsie lived in the Mountain Home area since 1968, moving from West Plains, Missouri....

Mercedes Fikar

Mercedes Fikar

Aug 24, 2007

Mercedes Fikar was born December 17, 1916 in Cicero, Illinois to Max Scharle and Margaret Girlock Scharle. She married the Late Charles Fikar on December 16, 1935 in Cicero and was a Key Operator for Motorola for many years. Mercedes and Charles moved to Mountain Home in 1991 from Villa Park, Illinois. Survivors: Daughter- Karen Parashis of Mountain Home and...

Francis Metz

Francis Metz

Aug 23, 2007

Francis James Metz was born May 15, 1913 at Chicago, Illinois the son of Frank and Bessie Petroseck Metz. He had been a resident of the Mountain Home area since moving from Elmhurst, Illinois in 1978. He was a member of St. Peter the Fisherman Catholic Church and the Alley-White American Legion Post #52. Mr. Metz served with the US...

Fern Freeman

Fern Freeman

Aug 23, 2007

Fern Freeman died Thursday, August 23, 2007 at Mountain Home. She was 75. She was born March 1, 1932 at Alton, Missouri to Wellie and Mae Rice Stogsdill. She married Arlon A. Freeman, October 23, 1983 at Russellville, Arkansas. She was a homemaker and enjoyed cooking, tennis and bowling. She and her husband started the Trinity Chapel Baptist Church in...

Glenn Broome

Glenn Broome

Aug 19, 2007

Glenn Broome died Sunday, August 19, 2007 at the Hospice House at the age of 69. Glenn Broome was born September 2, 1937 at Hattiesburg, Mississippi to Louis Watson Broome and Hilda Margaret McDonald Broome. He married Jonni Johnson on September 2, 1961 in Theodore, Alabama. Glenn was a retired firefighter with the City of Mobile, Alabama and a veteran...

David Gracy

David Gracy

Aug 19, 2007

David died August 19, 2007 at the age of 24. He was born November 24, 1982 at Memphis, Tennessee to Tommy and RubyDell Hodges Gracy. He enjoyed fishing, hunting music and art. He has lived in the Mountain Home area since 1985 moving from Forrest City, Arkansas. Survivors: He is survived by his Father Tommy Gracy of Mountain Home; 2...

Edward Dykstra

Edward Dykstra

Aug 16, 2007

Edward J. Dykstra of Mountain Home died October 16, 2007 at the age of 78. He was born August 1, 1929 at Kansas City, Missouri to Edward J. Dykstra and Agnes Marie Lynch. He married Shirley Roades February 22, 1988 at Mountain Home, Arkansas. He was a general manager at Sears Merchant Discount Center for 41 years. He lived in...

David Wood

David Wood

Aug 16, 2007

David Arthur Wood, 50, died August 16, 2007 at Northwest Medical Center of Benton County. He was born March 5, 1957 at Florence, Massachusetts. David lived in the Bentonville area since moving here from Florida in 1993. He was a stone mason and of the Catholic faith. Survivors: his parents, Gordon E. and JoAnn Chereskie Wood of Mountain Home; his...

Dorman Ross

Dorman Ross

Aug 13, 2007

Dee Ross died August 13, 2007 at Hospice House at the age of 82. He was born February 11, 1925 in Missouri to Oliver and Sara Dorman Ross. Dee married Joanne Patricia Leeper in September, 1959. She preceded him in death on July 13, 2007. He worked as a car salesman and enjoyed fishing and hunting. They had lived in...

Bernice Cutter

Bernice Cutter

Aug 13, 2007

Mrs. Cutter died Monday, August 13, 2007 at Care Manor Nursing Home at the age of 91. She was born April 24, 1916 at Morocco, Indiana to James and Jessie Atkinson Dick. Bernice married Edwin Cutter at Dunnington, Indiana on June 14, 1934. She was a homemaker and a member of the VFW Auxilliary Post #3246 and SOAR. Bernice lived...