Obituaries

Kirby & Family Obituaries

Nancy Foster

Nancy Foster

Apr 11, 2006

Nancy Foster was born January 21, 1937 in Springfield, Ohio. She was the daughter of Dwight and Dorothy Underwood Lewis. She married Robert Foster in Dallas, Texas. She moved to Fairview, Arkansas in 1993 from Everett, Washington. She loved her family and looking at pictures. Nancy Foster passed away at her residence, April 11, 2006, at the age of 69...

Jesse Wallace

Jesse Wallace

Apr 10, 2006

Jesse Moore Wallace was born December 25, 1907, in Livingston Creek, Arkansas. He was the son of Arthur and Mary Sullivan Wallace. He married Euna Rose Watley, August 17, 1937, in Olathe, Kansas. He was a steel worker for Armco Steel and an aircraft worker for North American Aviation three years during World War II. He lived in Mountain Home,...

Dolores Smakal

Dolores Smakal

Apr 8, 2006

Dolores C. Smakal was born March 8, 1923, in Chicago, Illinois. She was the daughter of Louis and Bessie Pfruindner Marcucci. She married James Smakal, October 25, 1941, in Chicago, Illinois. Mrs. Smakal was a pharmacist assistant. She lived in Lakeview, Arkansas since moving from Berwyn, Illinois, in 1985. She was a former member of Grover Township Activities Committee, the...

Doris Gelhorn

Doris Gelhorn

Apr 7, 2006

Doris Gelhorn was born March 18, 1925, in Deselm, Illinois. She was the daughter of Alvin and Lillian Barrett Studtmann. She married Elmer Gelhorn, June 2, 1946, in Chicago, Illinois. She was a homemaker. Mrs Gelhorn lived in Mountain Home, Arkansas since moving from Chicago in 1988. Mrs. Gelhorn loved music, sewing and was vice president of VIP's. She was...

Frank Caruso

Frank Caruso

Apr 7, 2006

Frank A. Caruso died Monday, April 7th at Hospice House. He was born March 13, 1954 at Chicago, Illinois to Felix and Theresa Oczus Caruso. Frank worked as a roofer and carpenter. Survivors: Mother - Terry Caruso, Midway, 1 daughter - Yvonne Dunn of Midway, 5 grandchildren - Jordan, Adrian Zavier, Caiden and Alaina, 1 brother - Peter Lee, Chicago,...

Flossie Leonard

Flossie Leonard

Apr 5, 2006

Flossie Adele Leonard was born September 15, 1933, in Rolla, Missouri. She was the son of Alfred and Frances Hartley. She moved to Gassville, Arkansas from Clinton, Missouri in 1995. Mrs. Leonard was employed as a certified nurses aide with Baxter Manor. She was a member of Zion Clarkridge Baptist Church. Flossie Adele Leonard passed away at Hospice House, April...

Mildred Cook

Mildred Cook

Apr 5, 2006

Mildred "Millie" Cook was born August 14, 1929, in Storm Lake, Iowa. She was the daughter of Carl and Anna Manteufel Fett. She married L. D. "Cookie" Cook on June 6, 1948, in Storm Lake, Iowa. She was a secretary/bookkeeper, employed with Baxter Regional Medical Center, Burnett-Croom Clinic, Mountain Valley Spring Water and Mountain Home Redi Mix, while living in...

Myrna McGrath

Myrna McGrath

Apr 2, 2006

Myrna Kay McGrath was born August 4, 1937 in San Diego, California. She was the daughter of Charles E. and Esther Lacy Pulliam. She was married to Richard McGrath. She was employed as a bookkeeper. She moved to Mountain Home, Arkansas from Santa Cruz, California during September, 1993. She was a volunteer of the Santa Cruz Veteran's Hospital fourteen years,...

Richard Trosper

Richard Trosper

Apr 1, 2006

Services for Richard A. Trosper are private. Richard Trosper, 41, of Mountain Home, passed away Saturday, April 1, 2006 at Hospice House after a short illness. Richard was a talented drummer and percussionist and during his lifetime and professional career played with many noted musicians, both locally and regionally. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Garnet Trosper...

Nicholas Hillstrom

Nicholas Hillstrom

Mar 31, 2006

Nicholas Cole Hillstrom was born December 30, 1983, in San Jose, California. He was the son of Kirk and Crystal Millich Hillstrom, Sr. He was a lifetime resident of Mountain Home, Arkansas. He was employed as a merchant mariner for Laxxon Marine Towing. Nicholas Cole Hillstrom passed away March 31, 2006, at the age of 22 years, 3 months and...

Leta Shulick

Leta Shulick

Mar 30, 2006

Leta Ferne Shulick was born March 10, 1924, in Beason, Illinois. She was the daughter of William Ples Brown and Alice Aletha Helwig Newkirk, originally of Hot Springs. She had lived in Mountain Home, Arkansas since moving from San Antonio/New Braunfels, Texas, in 2001. She was born to the Methodist faith and spent many years in the Baptist Church. Leta...

Bernard Briggs

Bernard Briggs

Mar 30, 2006

Bernard B. Briggs was born June 2, 1917, in Titonka, Iowa. He was the son of John and Ella Peterson Briggs. He married Henrietta Wermersen, September 5, 1942, in Algona, Iowa. Mr. Briggs was store manager at an auto parts store. He moved to Mountain Home, Arkansas from Algona, Iowa in 1982. Bernard B. Briggs passed away at Hospice House,...

Bruce Moulton

Bruce Moulton

Mar 28, 2006

Bruce L. Moulton was born September 16, 1934, in Springvale, New York County, Maine. He was the son of Kenneth Russell and Doris Muriel Lord Moulton. He attended Dearing High School in Portland, Maine. After twenty- three years of Marine Corps service, and two tours in Vietnam, he retired to Bull Shoals, Arkansas. He became active with VFW Post 1341,...

Donald Martin

Donald Martin

Mar 28, 2006

Donald Marshall Martin was born March 1, 1928 in Nova, Ohio. He was son of David Monroe Martin and Shaby Toler Martin. He married Charlene Richards in Monterey, California, December 10, 1949. He lived in the Clarkridge area since moving from Rockford, Illinois in 1984. He was a machinist with Hydro-Line Manufacturing Company and served with the United States Army...

Bernice Heddleston

Bernice Heddleston

Mar 27, 2006

Bernice L. Heddleston was born December 7, 1919, in Caruthers, California. She was the daughter of Harry and Elsie Bunn Stark. She married Kenneth Heddleston and was a secretary. Mrs. Heddleston lived in Lakeview, Arkansas since moving from Ames, Iowa, in 1976. She was an active member of Midway Baptist Church as a Sunday School teacher and choir member. She...

Wayne Schneider

Wayne Schneider

Mar 27, 2006

Wayne Eugene "Duke" Schneider was born October 11, 1938, in Creighton, Nebraska. He was the son of Wayne and Wilma Burt Schneider. He married Dohna Bushong on December 5, 1997, in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Mr. Schneider lived in Mountain Home, Arkansas since moving from Iowa in 1988 and owned Schneider and Son lawn maintenance business. He enjoyed painting, card games,...

Herbert Pilger

Herbert Pilger

Mar 26, 2006

Herbert E. Pilger was born December 25, 1917 in Kansas. He was the son of Gruille and Lucy Petrie Pilger. He was a member of the 101st Airborne and fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He married Audrey Willige. He was employed as maintenance supervisor for Stockton, California Airport. He moved to Norfork, Arkansas in 2005, from Turlock, California....

James Hughes

James Hughes

Mar 23, 2006

James Orville Hughes was born August 25, 1953, in Boone, Iowa. He was the son of Leslie and Merry Williams Hughes. He married Michelle Sterk, June 18, 1991 in Catalina, California. He owned an auto repair shop and worked for Snap on Tools in California. He moved to Mountain Home, Arkansas from Indianola, Iowa in May, 2000. He was a...

Robert Brademann

Robert Brademann

Mar 21, 2006

Robert Edward Brademann was born March 31, 1913, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was the son of Edward and Minnie Brademann. He married Alice Morris on September 27, 1935, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was an International Farm Equipment Dealer who lived in Mountain Home, Arkansas since moving from Minneapolis in 1977. Mr. Brademann was a member of the First Presbyterian Church...

Ivan Welch

Ivan Welch

Mar 21, 2006

Ivan Francis "Curly" Welch was born May 10, 1910, in Knox County, Illinois. He was the son of John and Lillie Merriot Welch. He served with the United Staters Army during World War II as a Tech Sergeant. He worked as an OMC-Flywheel Balancer with Gale Products, twenty-four years. He moved to Gamaliel, Arkansas from Galesburg, Illinois in 1975. Ivan...