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Judy Williams
Jun 15, 2006
She was born March 13, 1951, at Dallas, Texas, to Dinck and June Thompson Layton. She married Arden Williams in 1971 and was a medical office manager. Mrs. Williams lived in Bull Shoals since moving from Wentzville, Missouri, in 2001. She roller skated competitively and enjoyed camping, crafts, machine embroidery and skating with her husband. Survivors: She is survived by...
William Martin
Jun 14, 2006
Funeral services for W. L. "Dub" Martin, 88, of Norfork will be at 10:00 a.m. Monday, June 19, 2006, at Kirby-Boaz Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. B. B. Buchanan officiating. W. L. "Dub" Martin died Wednesday, June 14 at Baxter Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be from 2:00 -5:00 p.m. Sunday at Kirby-Boaz Funeral Home. He was born April 21,...
Mary Ernst
Jun 13, 2006
Mary Ann Ernst was born July 27, 1914, at Clymer, Pennsylvania, to Martin and Stephanie Kukla Mytnik. She married Jack A. Ernst on June 25, 1981, at Mountain Home. She was a bookkeeper who lived in Mountain Home since moving from Chicago in 1980. Mrs. Ernst enjoyed traveling, reading and volunteer work, including meals for retirees. She was a member...
Esther Garab
Jun 11, 2006
Esther Garab, 95, of Mountain Home died Sunday, June 11, 2006, at Care Manor in Mountain Home. She was born January 24, 1911, at North Liberty, Indiana, to Allan and Elizabeth Williams Hostetler. She married John Garab and was a homemaker. Mrs. Garab enjoyed fishing and playing cards at Shadowbrook. She was a member of the sewing club in Lakeville,...
Felix Rogan
Jun 11, 2006
Felix A. Rogan was born February 12, 1918, at Leavenworth, Kansas, to Felix and Bernadine Weber Rogan. He married Erika Appel on August 20, 1965, at Miami, Oklahoma. He was a golf pro and sports manager who loved to golf and fish. Mr. Rogan was an Army veteran of WWII who lived in Bull Shoals since moving from Leavenworth, Kansas,...
Aubrey Wood
Jun 10, 2006
Memorial Service and Gathering of Friends for Aubrey T. Wood of Flippin will be at 11:00 A.M., Saturday, June 24, 2006 at Rock Springs Ranch, Highway 178 in Flippin, Arkansas. Mr. Wood died June 10, 2006 at his residence. He was born November 20, 1916 at Kingdon Springs, Arkansas to Robert and Joyce Williams Wood. He married Ruth at Phoenix,...
Amelia Neargarder
Jun 10, 2006
Amelia L. Neargarder was born June 11, 1907 at Melvin, Iowa, to Henry and Mable Jacobs Lutterman. She married Charles Cooper in 1923 in South Dakota where they farmed for many years. After his death in 1946, she married Russell Neargarder. She worked in production at National Envelope and has lived in Mountain Home since moving from Illinois in 2003....
Carland Starkey
Jun 10, 2006
Wayne Starkey was born December 16, 1959 at Harrison, Arkansas to Bill and Jean Bailey Starkey. He married Angela Litty and was an Army veteran and truck driver. He enjoyed spending time with his grandson, fishing, and horses. He was of the Baptist faith. Survivors: Wayne Starkey is survived by stepson, Tony Hartsell of Greenville, South Carolina; stepdaughter, Trudy Murray...
Wilbur Lodding
Jun 5, 2006
Wilbur J. Lodding was born August 30, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia, to Walter and Agnes Kramer Lodding. He was a computer programmer with International Harvester Tractor and an Army veteran. Mr. Lodding lived in Bull Shoals 20 years, moving from Chicago. He was a member of St. Peter the Fisherman Catholic Church. Mr. Lodding died Monday, June 5 at Hospice...
Doris Ashby
Jun 2, 2006
Doris Ashby was born August 19, 1915, at Vallard, MN, to J.W. and Eva McDonald Rhodes. She married Charles Ashby on January 15, 1944 at Waukegan, IL. She was an elementary school teacher for 14 years before retiring to be a stay at home mom. Mrs. Ashby lived in Fairfield Bay, AR before moving to Mountain Home in 1993. She...
Mary Dworyk
Jun 2, 2006
Mary Dworyk was born January 25, 1925 in Ukrania to John and Martha Orich Jarma. She married Nicholas Dworyk on July 12, 1957 in Ukraina. She moved to Lakeview, Arkansas in December 1980 from Chicago, Illinois. She was a homemaker and a member of the Calvary Bible Church in Midway, Arkansas. Mary Dworyk passed away on June 2, 2006 at...
Wanda Strother
May 31, 2006
Funeral services for Wanda Melton Strother, 84, of Mountain Home will be at 11:00 a.m. Monday, June 5 at Kirby-Boaz Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Larry Taylor, her son-in-law, officiating. Visitation will be from 1:00-7:00 p.m. Sunday, June 4, with the family receiving friends from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Wanda Strother was born May 23, 1922, in Montaigue County, Texas, to William...
Ruby Gracy
May 30, 2006
Ruby Dell Gracy was born November 11, 1950 at San Diego, California, to Rufus and Betty Cope Hodges. She married Tommy Gracy on January 20, 1973 at Forrest City, Arkansas. She was a partner and secretary/treasurer for Gracy Building and Design who moved to Mountain Home from Forrest City, Arkansas in 1985. Ruby Dell Gracy enjoyed the lake, reading, friends,...
Martin Niblett
May 27, 2006
Martin D. Niblett was born September 28, 1933, in Marked Tree, Arkansas. He was the son of Sam and Jewel Finley Niblett. He married Reva Tanksley, June 2, 1956 in Benton Harbor, Michigan. He was a city employee for Coloma, Michigan. Mr. Niblett was a veteran of the United States Army. He lived in Coloma, Michigan before moving to Briarcliff,...
Richard Miller
May 27, 2006
Richard Edwin Miller was born May 5, 1940 in Omaha, Nebraska. He was the son of Carl Orlando and Hazel Gilbert Miller. He married Sharon Moon, March 29, 1974 in Des Moines, Iowa. Mr. Miller served thirteen years with the United States Navy. He was employed for fifteen years with Bell and Howell as a field engineer. He moved to...
William Kettlitz
May 26, 2006
Dr. William H. Kettlitz was born July 26, 1914, in Monticello, Iowa. He was the son of Hans and Rena Haeussler Kettlitz. He married Helen Maxine Zimmerlin, January 20, 1946 in Bloomington, Illinois. He was minister of First Presbyterian Church for over fifty years. He received his Master of Theology degree at the Theological Seminary, University of Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa....
Michael Rowland
May 25, 2006
Michael Wayne Rowland was born October 20, 1976, in Mountain Home, Arkansas. He was the son of Walter and Doris Rowland. He married Dawn Drzka on May 22, 1999, in Mountain Home. He was a sanitation truck driver for RLH-Nabors for eight years. Michael Rowland lived in Mountain Home his entire life and was of Protestant faith. Michael Rowland died...
Shirley Purifoy
May 23, 2006
Shirley Ann Purifoy was born June 19, 1938 in Huxley, Iowa. She was the daughter of Richard and Blanche Nagel Golay. She married William Purifoy in 1952,in Bakersfield, California. She was a homemaker who lived in the Mountain Home area since moving from Bakersfield, California in 1983. She was a member of Three Brothers Community Church. Shirley Ann Purifoy entered...
Ellen Scammahorn
May 23, 2006
Ellen Scammahorn was born September 18, 1938, in Cowden, Illinois, to Roy and Ethel Hedrick Lorton. She married Edgar W. Scammahorn on August 6, 1964, in Decator, Illinois. She moved to Bull Shoals from McAllister, Oregon, in 2001 and worked for Micro Plastics. Mrs. Scammahorn enjoyed bowling, crocheting, garden work and was a Nascar fan. She was a member of...
Charles Grieshaber
May 23, 2006
Charles James Grieshaber was born September 9, 1921 in Weingarten, Missouri. He was the son of George and Ada Wallen Grieshaber. He joined the United States Army in 1946 and served as an automotive mechanic in Japan during World War II. He married Berdina Meksch, September 16, 1949, in Ogden, Utah. He worked as a structural ironworker through Ironworker Union...
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