Obituaries

Kirby & Family Obituaries

Mary Giamanco

Mary Giamanco

Jul 14, 2005

Mary Margaret Giamanco was born February 20, 1923 in Boston, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of John and Mary Theresa Sullivan Burns II. She married Ignacio Giamanco in New Hampshire. She was a housewife and a United States Navy veteran of World War II. She lived in Daytona Beach, Florida prior to moving to Bull Shoals, Arkansas in 2004. Mary...

Charles McDonald

Charles McDonald

Jul 14, 2005

Charles L. McDonald was born February 21, 1921 in Howard City, Michigan. He was the son of Warner and Carrie Bogardus McDonald. He served with the United States Army during World War II. He married Maxine J. Plath in Coral, Michigan on December 21, 1946. They made their home in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Upon his retirement from Kelvinator Corp in...

Bonnie Swain

Bonnie Swain

Jul 11, 2005

Bonnie N. Swain was born October 8, 1933 in Joplin, Missouri. She was the daughter of Herman R. and Rhoda M. Jackman Hutto. She married Samuel Swain on February 5, 1950 in Bentonville, Arkansas. She was employed as an office manager in the medical field. Mrs. Swain moved to Mountain Home, Arkansas from Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1993. She enjoyed skiing,...

Jean McCune

Jean McCune

Jul 11, 2005

Jean sloan McCune was born February 14, 1926 in East Liverpool, Ohio. She was the daughter of Okey and Sara Picken Smith. She married harold L. McCune on May 31, 1954 in Numa, California. She was of the Methodist faith. Jean Sloan McCune passed away at her residence on July 11, 2005, at the age of 79 years, 4 months...

Robert Nave

Robert Nave

Jul 10, 2005

Robert Louis Nave was born July 18, 1925 in Springfield, Ohio. He was the son of Louis A. and Avis Strecther Nave. He was a retired truck guard, employed with Brink's Incorporated for twenty-five years. Mr. Nave was a United States Navy veteran and lived in Chicago, Illinois prior to moving to Cotter, Arkansas in 1990. He enjoyed square dancing...

Joseph Beasley

Joseph Beasley

Jul 9, 2005

Joseph G. Beasley was born July 4, 1924 in Gary, Indiana. He was the son of Joseph Reed and Ida Mae Moore Beasley. He was a retired ironworker and a United States Navy World War II Veteran. He lived in Hobart, Indiana prior to moving to Gassville, Arkansas in 1978. He enjoyed singing and playing music, fishing, directing the church...

Frank Prohaska

Frank Prohaska

Jul 9, 2005

Frank James Prohaska III was born March 24, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois. He was the son of Frank James and Emily Rose Carl Prohaska II. He married Carol Wallin on March 14, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois. He was a retired photo engraver for the Chicago Tribune and a United States Marine Corp World War II Veteran. He owned and operated...

Thomas Kerns

Thomas Kerns

Jul 4, 2005

Thomas D. Kerns was born February 21, 1950 in Logansport, Indiana. He was the son of Robert L. and Juanita Cole Kerns. Mr. Kerns served with the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He was employed as a private investigator with law enforcement. He lived in Gassville, Arkansas since September, 2004, when he moved from Auburn, Alabama. Thomas D....

Selina Whitesell

Selina Whitesell

Jul 4, 2005

Selina Whitesell was born June 27, 1943 in Beverly, New Jersey. She was the daughter of William and Edna Van Adams Whitesell. She was employed as a stock replenisher with JC Penny Corporate. She lived in Elizabeth, Arkansas since February, 2005, when she moved from Burlington, New Jersey. Selina Whitesell passed away at her residence on July 4, 2005, at...

Edward Moravek

Edward Moravek

Jul 2, 2005

Edward Robert Moravek, Jr. was born August 12, 1925 in Oak Park, Illinois. He was the son of Edward Robert Moravek, Sr. and Anne Carter Moravek. He married Betty Brusherd in Chicago, Illinois on December 7, 1974. He resided in the Mountain Home, Arkansas area since moving from Western Springs, Illinois in 1993. He served with the United States Navy...

Edward Anderson

Edward Anderson

Jun 28, 2005

Edward J. "Andy" Anderson was born March 7, 1924 in Boone, Iowa. He was the son of John and Ann Anderson. He married Virginia E. Stutler on April 3, 1958 in Ocaia, Florida. He was a consumer finance agent, employed with AVCO Financial Services for thirty-two years. He retired as vice president in the insurance division. He was a United...

Patricia Straw

Patricia Straw

Jun 27, 2005

Patricia Marie Straw was born June 3, 1931 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. She was the daughter of Leroy and Josephine Beno Carmichael. She was a school teacher and earned her B.S. degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1967. She graduated from Marinette County Teachers College with five children at home in 1962. She lived in Media, Pennsylvania prior to...

Leopoldine Kuestner

Leopoldine Kuestner

Jun 27, 2005

Leopoldine "Olly" Kuestner was born May 27, 1925 in Krug, Austria. She was the daughter of Karl and Anna Kloiber Kraus. She married Wilhelm Kuestner on April 14, 1943 in Wien, Austria. She was a court stenographer in Vienna, Austria until after WWII. She married during the war and moved to Germany in 1945, then to Venezuela in 1953, and...

Leta Fritz

Leta Fritz

Jun 27, 2005

Leta M. Fritz was born August 28, 1911 in Hawkeye, Iowa. She was the daughter of Frank and Mary Engel Dietel. She married J. Martin Fritz on November 5, 1930 in Hawkeye. She was a homemaker and lived in Oelwein, Iowa prior to moving to Mountain Home, Arkansas in 1969. She was a member of Redeemer Lutheran Church. Leta Fritz...

Angeline Dobrowolski

Angeline Dobrowolski

Jun 25, 2005

Angeline Dobrowalski was born June 25, 2005 in Kowoel, Poland. She was the daughter of Anthony and Mary Ragivil Dubelik. She was self-employed as a beautician. She lived in Bull Shoals twenty-nine years, after moving to the area from Chicago. Angeline Dobrowolski passed away at Baxter Regional Medical Center on June 25, 2005, at the age of 94 years, 2...

Freda Evans

Freda Evans

Jun 24, 2005

Freda Vergie Evans was born February 25, 1914 in Caney, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Virgil Gray and Florence Bell Dixon Davenport. She married Clarence Crawford in 1944. After his death she married Melvin Evans on September 5, 1971 in Flippin, Arkansas. She was a retired seamstress who worked at Mar-Bax Shirt Company. Mrs. Evans lived in the Mountain...

Evelyn Morris

Evelyn Morris

Jun 24, 2005

Evelyn Morris was born November 2, 1945 in Salem, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Dave and Bessie Wallace Cawvey. She married the late Clifford B. Morris on October 29, 1965 in Gassville, Arkansas. Evelyn was a quality technician for Baxter Healthcare for thirty-two years, a devoted wife, mother and grandmother and loved to paint. Evelyn Morris passed away at...

Jasmine Manuel

Jasmine Manuel

Jun 23, 2005

Jasmine Marie Manuel was born January 5, 2005 in Mountain Home, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Emil Iverson III and Jamie Manuel. She entered into eternal rest on Thursday, June 23, 2005 in Harrison, Arkansas at the age of 5 months and 19 days. Survivors: Father, Emil Iverson III; mother, Jamie Manuel, both of Harrison, Arkansas; maternal grandfather, Carry...

Frances Arnold

Frances Arnold

Jun 22, 2005

Frances Arnold was born August 1, 1913 in Chicago, Illinois. She was the daughter of Clements and Stephania Stanek Szarlej. She married Lloyd Arnold on September 5, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois. She was a switchboard operator for the Illinois Bell Telephone Company and lived in Ohio prior to moving to Mountain Home, Arkansas in 1975. She enjoyed gardening and was...

Russell Holland

Russell Holland

Jun 21, 2005

Russell M. Holland was born May 1, 1909 in Howards Ridge, Missouri. He was the son of France and Angeline Anderson Holland. He married Eloise Holloway on February 12, 1941 in Udall, Missouri. He was a security guard for Rimco Manufacturing and lived in Rock Island, Illinois prior to moving to Mountain Home in 1977. He enjoyed car auctions, fiddling...