Junita Marlene Larkin
Junita Marlene Larkin, 82, of Bentonville, died July 8, 2023, in her home. She was born Dec. 27, 1940, in Shattuck, Okla., to William Schwab and Ruth Kraft Schwab.
Junie was born in Oklahoma, grew up in Texas where she met her husband Bill. They had two kids, Leslie and Beth exactly one year apart. They moved to Bentonville where she began selling Avon, like her German mother, Ruth Schwab for over 50 years. She worked in the cafeteria in the same schools as her children and also for Campbell Bell and Zales stores. Her family was her greatest joy and she was a very family oriented mother and matriarch. Junie loved to cook, entertain and hosted the family Christmas for over 20 years. She was an avid gardener and enjoyed canned vegetables. She loved the Lord, her church family and participating in women’s ministries at Hope Church in Bentonville.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Darrell Schwab.
Survivors are two children, Les Buth (Mary) of Bentonville, and Beth Walker (Hal) of Bella Vista; extended family, Rick Buth of Ft. Worth, Texas, Chuck Buth (Karen) of Bentonville, Ken Larkin of Van Buren, and Ellen Brenan (Matt) of Ft. Smith; siblings, Mike Schwab of Burleson, Texas, and Randy Schwab of West Fork; granddaughter, Jordan Manual; and great-grandson, Aiden.
Visitation was at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 18, in Hope Church, 1700 Moberly Lane, Bentonville.
Services were at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 18, in Hope Church.
Burial was in the Bentonville City Cemetery.
Arrangements were by Sisco Funeral Home in Pea Ridge.
Online condolences may be made at siscofuneralhome.net.