FRIENDS WE LOST IN 2017
May 31 - December May 31
Florence Helen Burkes, 90, of Hindsville, Arkansas died May 27, 2017, in her home. She was born July 3, 1926, in Gibbstown, N.J. Harry “Mike” Michael
Collins, 74, of Pea Ridge died Monday, May 22, at Northwest Medical Hospital in Bentonville. He was born Jan. 25, 1943, in Independence, Mo., to Joseph John Collins and Edith Marie Cloverdyke Collins. Russ Lee (R.L.) Wade of Pea Ridge, Ark., died May 26, 2017, in his home. He was born Nov. 28, 1948, in Bentonville, Ark., to Ralph and Ruth Townzen Wade. June 7
Violet Ruth Buck, 75, of Pea Ridge, Ark., died on May 30, 2017, in Rogers, Ark. She was born Feb. 5, 1942, in Watts, Okla. to Dalphine and Docia Howell. Billy Elbert Reddick, 74, of Avoca, Ark., died Monday, May 29, 2017. He was born on June 26, 1943, in Avoca to Elbert and Isa Reddick. June 14
Lela Altona Howell Spangler, 94, died June 5, 2017, in Frisco, Texas, surrounded by her loving family. She was born March 7, 1923, in Treece, Kan., to Herman Gentry and Tona Pearl Henderson. June 21
Ryder Nathaniel Ray Beck, 4-month-old son of Haley Pitts and Wade Beck, died June 15, 2017, in Garfield, Ark. He was born Feb. 6, 2017. Alvitta Carolyn Ward, 69, died June 2, 2017. She was born Sept. 22, 1948, to
Claude in Springdale, and Minnie Ark. Murray June Richard 28 E. “Dick” Barnes, Ark., died 81 Tuesday, of Garfield, June 20, 2017, at Circle of Life Hospice Legacy Village in Bentonville, Ark. He was born July 7, 1935, in Creede, Colo., to Shannon and Rose Davis Barnes. Audie Lee Slinkard, 58, of Rogers, died Tuesday, June 20, 2017. He was born July 15, 1958, in Rogers to Leslie Roy Slinkard and Jacqueline Arveta Curnutt Slinkard. July 5
Olive Smith, 86, of Rogers, Ark., died Sunday, June 25, 2017, in Rogers. Formerly of Rudd, Ark., she was born June 24, 1931, in Osage, Ark., to Georgie Lee and Kate Dell (Griffith) Taylor. Aaliyah Faith VanHook, 16 months old, of Westville, Okla., died on June 25, 2017, in Siloam Springs, Ark. She was born on Feb. 26, 2016, to Zachary VanHook and Cortney Wilson. July 12
Mary Lee Adams, 88, of Pea Ridge, Ark., died July 6, 2017, at Concordia Nursing and Rehab in Bella Vista, Ark. She was born April 2, 1929, in Pea Ridge to Herbert Lee Givens and Lola Mabel Carden Givens. July 19
Ricky Lee Cline, 64, died Saturday, July 15, 2017, at Medicalodge of Nevada, Nevada, Mo. He was born July 3, 1953, in Rogers, Ark., to Ivan Jake David Cline and Leota Deloris Hientz Cline.
Schrameck, Thelma Ark., died Joyce 81, Tuesday, of Burnett Russellville, July Sept. 11, 5, 2017. 1935, She in a was log cabin born in Charles Chester, and Ark., Erma to Voleta Evan Moore July 26 Burnett. Phillip 75 of Wayne Springdale, Chatham, Ark., 2017, in died the Monday, Earlene July Howard 17, Hospice He was House born in Springdale. in Cushing, Carolyn Okla., on Ann June Clark, 28, 1942. 76, of Garfield, Ark., died Thursday, July 20, 2017, at Mercy Medical Hospital. She was born Feb. 15, 1941, in Rogers, Ark., to John Robert McFall and Dorothy Lena Langston McFall. Aug. 2
Theresa Louise Brace, 56, of Rogers, Ark., died Saturday, July 29, 2017, at Circle of Life Legacy Village in Bentonville, Ark. She was born Dec. 5, 1960, in Bentonville to Everett Walter Fine and Ella Louise Beilemann Fine. Royle Lee Carnes, 81, died in Rogers, Ark., on July 26, 2017. He was born in his home on Feb. 15, 1936, in Garfield, Ark., to Cloe and Inez (Morgan) Carnes. Cyril “Cy” Ellenbecker, 73, died July 23, 2017. He was born in Cornth, Wis., on March 28, 1943, where he was one of 12 children. Bradley David Hauter, 56, of Rogers, Ark., died Wednesday, July 26, 2017, in his home. He was born Feb. 16, 1961, in Springfield, Ill., to Robert Hauter and Vivian Fulscher Hauter. Aug. 9
Brenda Bride, 51, of Rogers, died Aug. 1, 2017, in Rogers. She was born Dec. 1, 1965, in Kirksville, Mo., to Clifford and Arleta Garrett Miller. Cynthia Jane Browning, 75, of Pea Ridge, Ark., died Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, at Circle of Life Legacy Village in Bentonville, Ark. She was born Aug. 7, 1941, in San Mateo, Calif., to William Howard Thomas and Minnie Cockran Thomas. Joy D. Fithian, 89, of Rogers, Ark., died Aug. 1, 2017, in Rogers. She was born Aug. 2, 1927, in Treece, Kan., to Herbert and Thelma Chandler Glenn. Brent Cameron Hansen, 47, of Pea Ridge died Aug. 2 in his home. He was born Jan. 18, 1970, in Mountain Home, Ark., to Billy C. Hansen and Sue Swearingen. Clarence Edward McKenzie, 82, of Garfield, Ark., died in his home on Aug. 2, 2017, at 11:05 and was pronounced deceased on Aug. 3, 2017. He was born July 15, 1935, to Clifford and Edith (Weaver) McKenzie. DeLois (Lois) M. Philpott, 81, died Friday, Aug. 4, 2017. Lois was born Sept. 11, 1935, in Erbie, Ark., to Toy and Ruth Burdine. Aug. 16
Edna (Lucille) Hinson, 86, of Rogers, Ark., died Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017, in Rogers. Mrs. Hinson was born July 23, 1931, in Winslow, Ark., to Walter and Elsie Jones. Kenneth Harold Jordan, 90, of Rogers, died Aug. 6, 2017, at Circle of Life Hospice in Bentonville. He was born July 4, 1927, in Rogers, to James Monroe and Lucy Ethel Wight Jordan. James Mathias Laufer, 76, of Pea Ridge, died Aug. 6 in his home. He was born Nov. 19, 1940, in Pasadena, Calif., to Mathias Laufer and Marianne Bock Laufer. Christel Denise Malone, 44, of Garfield, died July 31, 2017. She was born Dec.13, 1972, in Altus, Okla., to Willma Dean and Evelyn Pauline Baker Burk. Wesley Wayne Nunley, 77, of Pea Ridge, died Aug. 10, 2017. He was born on March 14, 1940, in Alice, Texas, to Wesley Nunley and Eula Fay Berry. Helen Imogene Robbins, 85, died Aug. 9, 2017, in Pea Ridge. She was born on April 10, 1932, in Rogers, Ark., to Carl F. and Ethel S. (Townsend) Rounds. Aug. 23
Mary Ann Ruth Lasater, 92, died Aug. 18, 2017, at the Circle of Life Legacy Village Hospice in Bentonville with her family by her side. She was born on Jan. 16, 1925, in Rogers to Pearl Irene Deason Murphy and Thomas O’Connell (TOC) Murphy. Mitchell Roy Hadley, 81, of Bentonville, died Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017. He was born June 10, 1936, in Clifty to Clyde and Esther Margaret Harrison Hadley.
Bob Parish, 56, of Noel, Mo., died Monday, Aug. 14, 2017, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Mo., after a brief illness. He was born on Nov. 16, 1960, in Pineville, Mo., to John and Mary Jean (Potarf) Parish. Sept. 6
Doris Lavon Arnold Moore, 88, of Verona, Mo., died Sept. 3, 2017, at Cox Hospital in Monett, Mo. She was born Sept. 22, 1928, in Harman County, Okla., to Roger Thurman Sustaire and Ethel Pearl Craven Sustaire. Marion C. Whitehead, 86, of Forrest City, Ark., died early Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017, in his home. He was born Jan. 29, 1931, to Marion J. Whitehead and Iva J. Allen Whitehead in Walnut Ridge, Ark. Sept. 13
Sandra L. Gabbard, 46, of Seligman, Mo., died Friday, Sept. 1, 2017, at Mercy Hospital in Cassville, Mo. She was born Aug. 1, 1971, in Rogers, Ark., the daughter of Sherman and Mary (Burns) Gabbard. Charles “Charlie” Leroy Gabbert, 65, of Rogers, Ark., died Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017, in Northwest Medical Center in Springdale, Ark. He was born July 3, 1952, in Claremore, Okla., to Bud Leroy Gabbert and Mable Gene Barry Gabbert. Denise Ann Cook, 47, died Sept. 3, 2017, in Bentonville, Ark. She was born on Dec. 8, 1969, in Springdale, Ark., to Alvin and Patsy (Cartwright) Rector. Jimmy Dale Wilson Sr., 62, of Rogers, Ark., died Monday, Sept. 4, 2017. He was born Dec. 2, 1954, in Corpus Christi, Texas, to Norma Jean Holman Wilson Ashley and Brooks Harrison Wilson. Billy Joe Brace, 80, of Rogers, Ark., died Sept. 5, 2017, in Mercy Hospital in Rogers. He was born Jan. 12, 1937, in Rogers to Earnest Fenton Brace and Elsie Vera Edith Guyll Brace. Sept. 20
Donnie Gene Cypert, 66, died Sept. 14, 2017, surrounded by his family. He was born on Oct. 27, 1950, to Maggie and Perry Cypert. Sept. 27
Velma Eileen Ferguson Millsap, 96, died in Highlands Healthcare & Rehab in Bella Vista, Ark., on Sept. 21, 2017. She was born Aug. 15, 1921, in Habberton, Ark., to James Westwood and Ella Irene Stone Ferguson, pioneer families of Washington County. Oct. 4
Linda Beatrice Casey, 75, of Garfield, died at home on Oct. 2, 2017. She was born June 30, 1942, to Earl and Mamie Terry. Nona Beatrice Coppinger, 85, of Rogers, Ark., died Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017, at Innisfree Nursing Home. She was born March 21, 1935, to Edward and Matilda Thonert Coppinger in Tahlequah, Okla. Donald Keith Halsey, 81, of Garfield, Ark., died Sept. 23, 2017. He was born on July 9, 1936, in Conway Springs, Kan., to Leo and Alta Bates Halsey. Oct. 11
Regenia Mae Bates, 63, of Bentonville, died Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017, in her residence surrounded by her loving family. She was born April 19, 1954, in Fort Sill, Okla., to Dorothea (Parks) and Bill Dail. Danielle M. Corshia Earnest, 33, of Pea Ridge, died Oct. 3, 2017. She was born June 8, 1984, in Plymouth, Mass. Rodney Eric Horton, 54, of Pea Ridge, died Wednesday, Oct. 4, at Northwest Medical Center in Bentonville. He was born Sept. 22, 1963, in Cassville, Mo., to Delbert “Buster” Leon Horton and Zelda Lavon Banks Horton.
Don Rogers, 71, of Rogers, died Oct. 6, 2017, in Pea Ridge. He was born June 27, 1946, in Hanford, Calif., to Merrill and Juanita Rutledge Rogers. Harvey “Dickie” Richard Winn, 70, of Pea Ridge, died Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017, in his home. He was born Dec. 11, 1946, in Washington County, Ohio, to Harvey Winn Sr. and Delia Seymour Winn. Oct. 18
Gladys Dean Gaffield, 70, died in Pea Ridge, Ark., on Oct. 11, 2017. She was born July 10, 1947, in Siloam Springs to Virgil and Gladys Fay (Halley) Forsythe. Michael Noel McDaniel, 61, of Holdenville, Okla., died Oct. 5, 2017. He was the first of five children born in Cozad, Neb., Jan. 30, 1956, to Denton Noel McDaniel and Diane Kay Koch McDaniel. Harold Eldon Smith, ‘Smitty,’ 76, of Elk Bend (Salmon), Idaho, died Oct. 8, 2017, at his home. He was born Oct. 19, 1940, the twin of Elaine to Ernest and Esther (Polsley) Smith in Clarinda, Iowa. Oct. 25
Ronald Eugene Ash, 66, of Rogers, Ark., died Monday, Oct. 16, 2017. He was born Dec. 29, 1950, in Rogers to Orville William and Dora Dean Myers Ash. John (Jack) Douglas Hayes, 83, of Pea Ridge, Ark., died Oct. 12, 2017, at Circle of Life Hospice in Bentonville, Ark. He was born on Sept. 15, 1934, in San Mateo, Calif., to James C. and Mary S. (Caetano) Hayes. Melvin Franklin Massey, 80, died Oct. 20, 2017, in his home in Success, Mo., with family by his side. He was born July 25, 1937, to Clifford and Bessie (Stevenson) Massey in Big Piney, Mo. Earl Clovis McCurdy, 84, of Lowell, Ark., died Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, at Circle of Life’s Earlene Howard Hospice Home in Springdale, Ark. He was born July 21, 1933, in Birmingham, Ala., to John Henry McCurdy and Donie Tomlin McCurdy.
Mary L. Pifer, 87, died Oct. 17, 2017, in Pea Ridge, Ark. She was born on March 8, 1930, in Attica, Ark. to John and Ada (Tyler) Johnson. Gary Dean Tuszynski, 55, from Pea Ridge, Ark., died Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. He was born Aug. 18, 1962, to Donald C. Tuszynski and Cela Mary Holmes in Dallas, Texas. Nov. 1
Connie Elaine Westover Dickerson, 74, of Rogers, Ark., died Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017, at her residence. She was born Dec. 27, 1942, in Rogers t0 Margaret E. Westover and William F. Westover. Daniel Lauren Largent, 62, died on Oct. 17, 2017, at his home in Jane, Mo. He was born on Aug. 30, 1955, in Fort Crowder, Mo. Kenneth Ronald Pelfrey, 77, of Pea Ridge, Ark., died on Oct. 20, 2017. He was born on Jan. 30, 1940, in Xenia, Ohio, to Jack and Dorothy Pelfrey. Nov. 8
Thurman William “Bill” Bargay, 71, of Seligman, Mo., died Nov. 3, 2017, in his home. Services were at 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 6, at First Baptist Church in Seligman under direction of Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville, Mo. Susie “Sue” Mae Henson, 80, of Pea Ridge, Ark., died Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017, in her home.
John Bryon Knox, 54, of Garfield, Ark., died Oct. 30, 2017, at the Veterans Health Care Systems of the Ozarks in Fayetteville, Ark. Delmer Gene Rusher Sr., 70, of Rogers, Ark., died Nov. 2, 2017, in his home. He was born Aug. 21, 1947. Nov. 15
Jim R. Caldwell, 81, of Tulsa, Okla., died Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017, due to complications of Parkinson’s Disease. He was born Oct. 29, 1936, in Dardanelle, Ark., to Reece and Oval (Greene) Caldwell. Charlotte Jean Dover, 73, of Washburn, Mo., died Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, in her home. She was born Aug. 4, 1944, in McDonald County, Mo., to Ray Louis Dorris and Sarah Tennessee Goff. Amber Ann Kalberloh, 18, of Garfield, Ark., died Monday, Nov. 6, 2017. She was born July 8, 1999, in Springdale, Ark., to Michael Dean Kalberloh and Michelle Marie Webster.
Ruth Marie King, 88, of Rogers, Ark., died Nov. 9, 2017, at Mercy Hospital in Rogers. She was born Sept. 14, 1929, in West Jefferson, N.C., to Delbert Alfred Houck and Alice Reaves Jordan Houck. Paul W. Richardson, 69, of Fort Smith, Ark., died Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, in a Fort Smith hospital. He was born April 25, 1948, in Rogers, Ark., to Hubert and Ruth (Dillard) Richardson.
John Eric Sundholm, 62, of Garfield, Ark., died Nov. 12, 2017, at Circle of Life Hospice in Springdale, Ark. He was born March 27, 1955, in Kansas City, Mo., to Arthur and Dolores Sundholm.
Luther Allen Wynn, 81, of Pea Ridge, Ark., died Nov. 6, 2017, in his home. He was born Nov. 8, 1935, in West Carroll Parish, La., to Elijah Greenberry Wynn and Corine Meyers Wynn. Nov. 22
Florence Louise Morrison Poe, 85, of Centerton, Ark., died Monday, Nov. 13, 2017, at Northwest Regional Hospital in Bentonville, Ark. She was born Nov. 7, 1932, in Garfield, Ark., to Fred and Arlene (Marler) Morrison. Nov. 29
Daniel Ray Breeden, 45, of Rogers, died Nov. 22, 2017, in his home. He was born Oct. 18, 1972, in Rogers to Billy Ray Breeden, Sr. and Billie Faye Tolly Breeden. Johnny Wayne Hardcastle, 62, of Rogers, Ark., died Nov. 20, 2017 in Rogers. He was born Aug. 14, 1955, to Murrell and Evelyn Hardcastle in Springdale, Ark. Dec. 6
Guary Don Jones, 75, of Bentonville died Dec. 3 at Circle of Life Hospice in Bentonville. He was born Dec. 6, 1941, in Pea Ridge to Chauncey Gaines Jones and Vivian Doris Carr Jones. Vida Mildred Marler, 102, of Rogers, Ark., died Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017, in her residence. She was born Sept. 11, 1915, in Lowell, Ark., to Martha Jane Jones and William Lephley Beard. Guile Curtis Nestle, 80, of Pea Ridge, Ark., died Dec. 2, 2017, at Northwest Medical Center in Springdale. He was born Aug. 14, 1937, in Little Falls, N.Y., to Curtis James Nestle and Wava Gertrude Lewis Nestle. Mary Maxine Sawyer, 79, a longtime resident of Gravette, Ark., died Nov. 29, 2017, in Springdale, Ark. She was born Feb. 6, 1938, in Witter, Ark., to Floyd C. Burnett and Ethel Smith Burnett. Dec. 13
Roy Albert Hance Jr., 92, of Rogers, Ark., died Monday, Dec. 4, 2017. He was born Nov. 24, 1925, in Lima, Ohio, to Roy Albert Hance Sr. and Bernice Hance (Dague). Gary Lynn Hufford, 63, of Little Flock, Ark., died Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017, in Circle of Life Hospice in Bentonville, Ark. He was born July 23, 1954, in Bentonville to Georald Hufford and Esther Virl Allmendinger Hufford. James Wade Jacobs, Jr., 36, of Bentonville, died Dec. 5, 2017, in Fayetteville.
He was born Feb. 28, 1981, in Rogers to James Wade Jacobs, Sr. and Annette E. Renfroe Jacobs. Jerrilea “Jo” Kaduce, 72, of Pea Ridge, Ark., died Dec. 8, 2017, in her home. She was born Sept. 21, 1945, in Clarion, Iowa, to Paul Albert Dodd and Kathlyn Charlotte Wampler Dodd. Bobby Eugene Meadors, 55, of Prairie Grove, died Sunday, Dec. 10, 2017, in his home. He was born Sept. 28, 1962, in Fayetteville, Ark., to Eugene and Anita (Foster) Meadors. Lynn Earl Mosier, 71, of Garfield, Ark., died Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, at Legacy Hospice in Bentonville, Ark. He was born Sept. 27, 1946, in Duncan, Okla., to Edward F. Mosier and Earlyne Frensley Mosier. Dec. 20
Alberta Louise Colley, 84, of Colcord, Okla., died Dec. 12, 2017, in Siloam Springs Nursing and Rehab. She was born Aug. 14, 1933, in Rich Hill, Mo., to Albert Leo Main and Frances Louis Wilson Main.
Loetha Dennett, 87, of Garfield, Ark., died Dec. 11, 2017. She was born on April 1, 1930, in Wann, Okla., to Toy and Mary Louise Hancock. Betty Estelle Hice, 54, of Garfield, Ark., died Dec. 13, 2017, in her home. She was born Jan. 15, 1963, in Fayetteville, N.C., to William Vernon Sarver and Helen Loriene Ramey Sarver. Larry Wayne Hunt, 65, of Pea Ridge, Ark., died Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, in Northwest Medical Center of Bentonville, Ark. He was born July 9, 1952, in Great Bend, Kan., to Arther Wayne Hunt and Shirley Rae Jones Hunt. Mildred Allene Jones, 89, died Dec. 8, 2017, in Gravette, Ark. She was born March 23, 1928, to Edward A. Stidham and Florence L. Stidham in North Eureka Springs, Ark. William Lee Simpson, 60, of Pea Ridge, Ark., died Monday, Dec. 11, 2017, at Mercy Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. He was born Oct. 27, 1957, at San Diego, Calif., to James Raymond Simpson and Wilma Duretta Gilliland Simpson. Dec. 27
Sandra Lee Gore, 62, of Pea Ridge, Ark., died Friday, Dec. 15, 2017. She was born Sept. 1, 1955, in Bentonville, Ark., to Billy Lee King and Leola Pauline Bertschy King. Donald W. Holliday, 81, of Bentonville, died Dec. 22, 2017, in Bentonville. He was born Oct. 31, 1936, in Jay, Okla., to Jake and Rosie Hubbard Holliday. Walter Alexander “Dub” Snow, 89, died Dec. 21, 2017, in his home in Pea Ridge with his family by his side. He was born Oct. 28, 1928, in Ardmore, Okla., to James Frank Snow Sr. and Mattie Lena Snow.