OBITUARIES
Emegene ‘Gene’ Arthurs
Emegene “Gene” Arthurs, 87, of Bentonville, Ark., died Feb. 13, at Mercy Hospital. She was born Aug. 20, 1926, in Elm Springs, Ark., to Lonzo and Esther Campbell Phillips.
Mrs. Arthurs was an avid reader and spent her time crocheting. She enjoyed being with family in friends.
She worked at Burns Funeral Home for more than 13 years. She was a 1944 Bentonville HS graduate. She attended Park Street Baptist Church and loved all the friends she made there.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Ray Crouse, the father of her children, and her second husband, James; her parents; four brothers; and a son-in-law, Bill.
Survivors include one daughter, Linda Samuel of Pea Ridge, Ark.; one son, Dennis Crouse and wife, Regina, of Fayetteville, Ark.; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Visitation was held from 10 a.m.-11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18, at Stockdale-Moody Funeral Chapel, Rogers.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Feb. 18, at Stockdale-Moody Funeral Chapel in Rogers with Ronald Roughton officiating.
Arrangements have been entrusted to StockdaleMoody Funeral Services of Rogers. Words of comfort may be expressed at stockdalefuneral.com.
John Brasher Sr.
John Brasher Sr., 93, of Pea Ridge, died Monday, Feb. 17, at Circle of Life Hospice in Bentonville. He was born Jan. 26, 1921, in Fort Smith to Thomas Frank Brasher and Ollie May Winters Brasher.
He married Muriel Frances Tindall on March 18, 1942. The couple moved to Pea Ridge from Bartlesville, Okla., in October 1994 to make their home. He was an electronic technician and worked on EKG, CCG, radios and television. He was owner and operator of television repair businesses in both Bartlesville and Pea Ridge for many years.
He was a member of St. Vincent De Paul Catholic Church in Rogers
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife Muriel; one daughter, Lisa Marie Dubose; one brother, Jim Brasher; and one sister, Etta May Weathers.
Survivors include two daughters, Frances Fletcher and husband A.J. of Pea Ridge, Mary Wolf and husband Stuart of Saint Augustine, Florida; one son, John Brasher Jr. and wife Diane of Atlanta, Ga.; 18 grandchildren; 27 great grandchildren; and 22 great-great-grandchildren.
Visitation is 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19, at the funeral home.
Service is 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, at Sisco Funeral Home Chapel in Pea Ridge.
Burial will be at St. Vincent De Paul Cemetery.
Online condolences may be made at siscofuneralhome. net.
Ralph Eugene Gobble
Ralph Eugene Gobble, 78, of Rogers died Feb. 12, 2014, in Rogers. He was born July 6, 1935, in Rogers, to Ray and Orabell Lindley Gobble.
He was a mechanic and formerly worked for Bob Maloney Ford and Ron Blackwell Ford.
Survivors include his children, Paula Gurwell of Seligman, Mo., Debbie Callison of Gateway, Terry Brown and Mitzie Waycaster, both of Rogers, and Ralph Gobble Jr. of Pineville, Mo.; one sister, Betty Ford of Seligman; 12 grandchildren; 24 greatgrandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Visitation was 5-6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 17, at Benton County Funeral Home, 306 N. 4th, Rogers.
Cremation and arrangements made by The Benton County Funeral Home
Condolence to www. bentoncountyfuneralhome. com.
John Robert Maloney
John Robert Maloney, 80, of Pierce, Idaho, died at Kindred Care in Lewiston, Idaho, from cardiac arrhythmia on Jan. 10, 2014. He was born Feb. 25, 1933, to Lafte and Elizabeth Maloney on their farm on White River in Pine Log, Ark.
He came from a family of 10 siblings. He went to school at “Pine Log.” He was an excellent basketball player in all his years of school. He graduated from Rogers High School.
There was always work to do on the farm, milking cows and farming, making cedar posts and white oak staves for staves on barrels. Maloney did a lot of this. Hunting and fishing were fun things they did in their spare time.
He joined the Navy and graduated from medical school in St. Albans, N.Y. He received an honorable discharge and went on to Oregon and worked in the logging industry.
He worked at Martin Brothers Box in Oakland, Ore., where he met the love-of-his-life, Betty Sistrunk. They were married and inseparable, doing everything together, for more than 60 years and raising three wonderful children.
They moved to Arcata, Calif., where he went to work for Arcata Plywood. There he loaded and unloaded trucks of veneer and plywood. He also had a poker room at Toby and Jacks as an extra job. They then moved to Cloverdale, Calif., for one year then onto New Waverly, Texas, and helped the plywood mill there get started. The couple moved to Idaho to work at Potlatch Jaype Mill until his retirement, January of 1997. Since then until 2007, he logged with Ed Randal.
Outdoor life was for Maloney. He was the happiest on his bike riding the back roads, always with his wife or grandkids. There is not a road or trail John didn’t go over. He loved the forest and being out in them whether for leisure or mushrooming, hornh-unting, picking huckleberries or a winter’s wood. He loved hunting on the Snake and Salmon River with his friends or kids and his dog, Lucky.
He was lots of times giving of himself, helping others and was happy to do so. He walked in the Path of Righteousness proudly.
He belonged to the Orofino ATA Trap Club, where he shot at most of the area trapshoots and had shot at Canada’s Invitational shoots. He had a passion for trapshooting and won at least three trips to Ohio, plus the times he went on his own. He had an average score of 95 to 100 most of the time. He passed on his love of trapshooting, teaching his daughter and two of his grandsons. Shooting was an enjoyable sport and he started at Fraser with the Randals and their group.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Lafe and Elizabeth Maloney; daughter, Amy Rouleau; three brothers, Floyd Maloney, Pat Maloney and Laurence Maloney.
Survivors include his wife, Betty Sistrunk Maloney, of 60 years; two children, Gary Maloney, Redding, Calif., and Joan Beebe, Missoula, Mont.; six grandchildren, Alison Beebe, Portland, Ore., Mathew Beebe of Missoula, Mont., David Beebe, Dallas, Texas, Kevin and Jennifer Josephson, Rathburn, Idaho, Christopher and Trisha Josephson, Sandpoint, Idaho, and Jonathan and Kristen Rouleau, Rathburn, Idaho; two great-granddaughters, Jade and Taylor Josephson, Sandpoint, Idaho; siblings, William Maloney, Cassville, Mo.; Mike Maloney, Tulsa, Okla., Cleo and Dorothy Shephard, Cadet, Mo., Mildred Hicks, Pea Ridge, Ark., Mary and Mitchell Adkins, Mountain Home, Ark., and Hugh “Cisco” and Roberta Maloney, Seligman, Mo.; and numerous nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, at Pine Hills Funeral Chapel in Orofino.
Pine Hills Funeral Chapel and Crematory is in charge of arrangements.
Thomas Jerry Putman
Thomas Jerry Putman, 80, of Little Flock, died Friday, Feb. 14, at Circle of Life Hospice in Bentonville. He was born Dec. 4, 1933, in Bentonville to Albert Putman and Lela Hileman Putman of Pea Ridge.
He graduated from Gra- vette High School in 1951 and married Marie Wiggin of Gravette on June 26, 1952. He loved to hunt and travel. He traveled to Alaska seven times but his favorite trip was to Ireland. He was instrumental in incorporating Little Flock in 1970 and served as Little Flock’s first marshal for ten years. He was very proud of the Little Flock Police Dept.. He retired from Rogers Tool Works formerly Wendt Sonis in 1996. He was a member of the Pea Ridge Historical Society, Gravette United Methodist Church and attended Grace Baptist Church in Rogers.
He was preceded in death by his parents and four brothers, Joe, Rex, Bobby and Fay.
Survivors include his wife Marie Putman of the home; two sons, Dan Putman of Little Flock, Bill Putman and Wife Franziska Marchant of Smyrna, Georgia; a daughter, Teresa Hufford and husand Gary of Little Flock; a grandson Alex Putman; a granddaughter, Morgan Hufford; a brother, Vance Putman of California and many nieces , nephews and friends.
Visitation will be from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16, at the funeral home.
Service is set for 10 a.m. Monday, Feb. 17, at Sisco Funeral Chapel in Pea Ridge with Pastor Randy Parks officiating.
Burial will be in Pea Ridge Cemetery.
Arrangements are by Sisco Funeral Home in Pea Ridge.
Police escort will be provided by the Little Flock Police Department.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Putman Cemetery Association, 4819 Rocky Ridge Trail, Rogers, AR 72756
Online condolences may be made at siscofuneralhome. net.