Obituaries

Kirby & Family Obituaries

Andy Yasko

Andy Yasko

Sep 7, 2005

Andy Yasko was born November 23, 1923 in Colver, Pennsylvania. He was the son of George Sr. and Anna S. Sado Yasko. He married Erma Jean Scott on November 16, 1952 in Jackson, Tennessee. The Yasko family moved to Lakeview, Arkansas from Highland, Indiana in 1974. Mr. Yasko was employed as supervisor with Mountain Home Manufacturing for fifteen years. He...

Douglas Rector

Douglas Rector

Sep 7, 2005

Douglas Eugene Rector was born July 12, 1932 in Williamsport, Ohio. He was the son of Harry and Ruth Jones Rector. Mr. Rector served with the United States Navy during the Korean War and was Leutenant Commander for twenty-two years. He obtained his master's degree in industrial hygiene from the University of Ohio in Wilmington, Ohio. He moved to Mountain...

Joseph Etges

Joseph Etges

Sep 3, 2005

Joseph A. Etges was born March 25, 1919 in Chicago, Illinois. He was the son of John and Tharsilia Renk Etges. He married Annette O'Rourke on December 4, 1948. Mr. Etges served with the United States Army during World War II, and was a member of the VFW for fifty-five years. He was employed as an automobile parts manager. Joseph...

Winfred Church

Winfred Church

Aug 31, 2005

Winfred "Win" R. Church was born March 27, 1919 in Dighton, Kansas. He was the son of Leo and Alma Durr Church. He married Hazel Filbert on May 2, 1969 in Alexandria, Virginia. Win was area director for the USDA and was an Air Force veteran of WWII. He lived in Mountain Home for 19 years, moving from Charlotte Hall,...

Marie Hazard

Marie Hazard

Aug 31, 2005

Marie Alice Hazard was born July 5, 1903 in Chicago, Illinois. She was the daughter of Joseph and Josephine Kubick. She was a graduate of the Art Institure of Chicago and the Chicago School of Fine Arts. She was a dress designer for Blum's Vogue of Chicago, and life member of Chicago Outdoor Art League. She moved to Mountain Home,...

Doris Stahlberg

Doris Stahlberg

Aug 31, 2005

Doris Anita Stahlberg was born November 23, 1921 in Chicago, Illinois. She was the daughter of Arthur Harry and Catherine Marie Mertes Lauer. She was a homemaker and member of Redeemer Lutheran Church, where she participated in the Cheer Group, Travel Club and Social Club. She also volunteered for the Welcome Wagon. Doris Anita Stahlberg passed away at her residence...

Robert Ryan

Robert Ryan

Aug 30, 2005

Robert V. Ryan was born June 10, 1917 in Chicago, Illinois. He was the son of Daniel W. and Clara Bender Ryan. He married Minerva Martinez on August 1, 1945 in Caguas, Puerto Rico. Mr. Ryan served with the United States Army during World War II. He was employed as building superintendent at the Wrigley Building. He moved to Lombard,...

Robert Ryan

Robert Ryan

Aug 30, 2005

Robert V. Ryan was born June 10, 1917 in Chicago, Illinois. He was the son of Daniel W. and Clara Bender Ryan. He married Minerva Martinez on August 1, 1945 in Caguas, Puerto Rico. Mr. Ryan served with the United States Army during World War II. He was employed as building superintendent at the Wrigley Building. He moved to Lombard,...

Vonnie Hancock

Vonnie Hancock

Aug 29, 2005

Vonnie M. Hancock was born February 2, 1924 in Nancy, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Alva and Ora Benge New. She moved to Mountain Home, Arkansas from Bloomington, Illinois in 1979. She was a homemaker. Vonnie M. Hancock passed away at Baxter Regional Medical Center on August 29, 2005, at the age of 81 years, 6 months and 27...

Eva Hatfield

Eva Hatfield

Aug 28, 2005

Eva E. Hatfield was born June 20, 1918 in St. Joseph, Missouri. She was the daughter of George and Anna Bockelman Chouckas. She married Paul Hatfield on October 4, 1919, in Kansas City, Missouri. She moved to Mountain Home, Arkansas in 1979 and to New York in 1999. Mrs. Hatfield was a homemaker and member of Redeemer Lutheran Church. Eva...

Dorothy Rice

Dorothy Rice

Aug 28, 2005

Dorothy Lela Rice was born August 28, 1920 in Agricola, Kansas. She was the daughter of Jesse and Nellie Bennett Brock. She married Harold Rice on March 30, 1940 in Sacramento, California. Mrs. Rice was a homemaker and lived in Cotter for twenty-one years, after moving from California. Dorothy Lela Rice passed away at her residence on August 28, 2005,...

Arthur Moser

Arthur Moser

Aug 25, 2005

Arthur Kurt Moser was born March 7, 1933 in Crystal Lake, Illinois. He was the son of August and Gertrude (Hubert) Moser. He married Joanne McCool on July 21, 1951. He was a resident of Holland, Michigan and worked in Grand Haven at Spring Manufacturing for thirty-five years. Art Moser retired and moved to Mountain Home, Arkansas in 1995. He...

Raymond Sansouci

Raymond Sansouci

Aug 21, 2005

Raymond C. Sansouci was born August 25, 1927 in St. Louis County, Missouri. He was the son of Milton and Lula Sansouci. He married Madeline Mincher on August 18, 1973 in St. Louis County, Missouri. Mr. Sansouci was employed with McDonnell-Douglas as a tool and die maker, for thirty years. He was a United States Navy veteran. Mr. Sansouci resided...

Beatrice Koepp

Beatrice Koepp

Aug 20, 2005

Beatrice D. Koepp was born February 25, 1918 in Chicago, Illinois. She was the daugher of John and Della Shats. She married Walter Koepp on February 24, 1952 in Chicago, Illinois. They owned and operated Bee Hive Tap Tavern for twenty-five years. Beatrice Koepp lived in Mountain Home, Arkansas since she and Walter moved from Chicago, Illinois in November 1976....

Mary Billingsley

Mary Billingsley

Aug 20, 2005

Mary Gladys Moseley Billingsley was born November 30, 1914 in Nevada County, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Joe and Harriet Benson Moseley. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Billingsley resided in the Mountain Home area since moving from El Dorado, Arkansas in 2002. Mary Gladys Moseley Billingsley passed away on August 20, 2005, at the age of 90 years, 8...

Omer Lindman

Omer Lindman

Aug 18, 2005

Omer R. Lindman was born June 21, 1909 in Maywood, Illinois. He was the son of Frank and Annie Lindman and married Bergit Torgersen. He was employed at Ludwig Dairy in Elgin, Illinois until retirement, when he moved to Bull Shoals, Arkansas. Mr. Lindman was an Army veteran. He enjoyed fishing, camping and mechanical work. He was a member of...

Kenneth Gillespie

Kenneth Gillespie

Aug 13, 2005

Kenneth O. Gillespie was born September 14, 1915 in Shelby County, Texas. He was the son of Alvin and Augusta Nolen Gillespie. He married Lucille Wood on April 30, 1942 in San Francisco, California. He was claims manager for the Home Insurance Company in Jonesboro, Arkansas. He lived in Morgan County, Tennessee and Jonesboro, Arkansas prior to moving to Charleston,...

Jesse Prince

Jesse Prince

Aug 11, 2005

Jesse Lee Prince was born February 18th, 1926 in Valiant, Oklahoma. He was the son of Jesse Lee Prince Sr., and Edna Wehunt. Mr. Prince served in the Merchant Marines in both the Pacific and European theater of operations during World War II. He was an electrician by trade, and a fifty year active member of the I.B.E.W. Local 1547...

Raymond Pethunis

Raymond Pethunis

Aug 9, 2005

Paymond H. Pethunis was born February 15, 1922 in Chicago, Illinois. He was the son of Peter and Elizabeth Pethunis. He married Mary Catherine Hyland on September 17, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Pethunis retired December 1982 from General Motors and was a United Automobile member of Local 558 in Justice, Illinois. He served in World War II, Company F,...

Rose Schippman

Rose Schippman

Aug 7, 2005

Rose B. Schippman was born November 21, 1913 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. She was the daughter of Phillip and Betty Ortel Brack. She married Irwin F. Schippman. Rose and Irwin Schippman moved to Imboden, Arkansas from Glenview, Illinois in 1988. She was a homemaker and member of Redeemer Lutheran Church. Survivors: Three sons, Jerome Schippman of Washington, Irwin F. Schippman Jr....