Obituaries

June M. Wagher (11/05/03)
JUNE M. WAGHER, a resident of Eureka Springs, Arkansas, was born July 12, 1918 in Chicago, Ill., a daughter of George and Beatrice (Grant) Machler. She departed this life Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2003, in Eureka Springs at the age of 85. Mrs. Wagher was a nurse, active in the Good Shepherd Humane Society and a volunteer at the Eureka Springs Carnegie Library...

Ruth E. Blundon (11/05/03)
RUTH E. BLUNDON, a resident of Huntsville, Arkansas, was born Nov. 25, 1914, in Oakville, Wash., a daughter of Earnest Alfred and Thelma Bertha (Brown) Loerscher. She died Thursday, Oct. 30, 2003, in Huntsville at the age of 88. Mrs. Blundon was a cook. She was of the Lutheran faith...

Floyd E. Tate (11/05/03)
FLOYD E. TATE, 78, of Cassville, Mo., died Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2003, in Barry County Care Center, Cassville. He was born Feb. 1, 1925, in Osage, Ark., the son of Wilburt J. and Minnie I. (Phillips) Tate. In 1979, in Barry County, he was united in marriage to Ruth Moody, who preceded him in death in 1990. He was also preceded in death by his parents and one brother...

Richard L. (Dick) Deeg (11/05/03)
RICHARD L. (DICK) DEEG, a resident of Eureka Springs, was born May 18, 1932, in Bell, Calif., a son of Kenneth and Mabel (Hinson) Deeg. He died Thursday, Oct. 30, 2003, in Eureka Springs at the age of 71. Mr. Deeg was a machinist in the tool and dye industry. ...

Juanita Woodward (11/05/03)
JUANITA WOODWARD, a resident of Holiday Island, was born May 16, 1921 in Richmond, Ind., a daughter of Warren Edward and Bessie Mae (Mills) Weaver. She died Thursday, Oct. 30, 2003, in Eureka Springs at the age of 85. Mrs. Woodward attended the Community Church in Holiday Island and was an accounting bookkeeper...

Michael Scholz (11/10/03)
MICHAEL SCHOLZ, a resident of Berryville, was born Sept. 17, 1937, in Berlin, Germany, a son of Karl and Bertha Schloz. He died Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2003 in Springfield, Mo., at the age of 66. Mr. Scholz was a veteran having served with the U.S. Army. He was retired from the Eaton Corporation where he worked in machine repair. He was a member of the International Association of Machinists...

Robert W. Warner (11/10/03)
Robert William Warner, 82, of Eureka Springs, died Oct. 29, 2003, at his home. He was born Oct. 17, 1921, in Chicago, Ill., to Charles Warner and Edith Parrish Warner. He was a veteran of WWII, serving in the Army. Survivors include his wife, Lila Warner, of the home, five sons and daughters-in-law, Jack and Beth Warner of Bridgeton, Mo., Mike and Linda Warner of Lake Forest, Calif., Gary and Carol Warner of Wheaton, Ill, Tom and Fung Warner of Cupertino, Calif., and Marion Warner of Wauconda, Ill., and 12 grandchildren.. ...

Raymond L. Williams (11/10/03)
RAYMOND LEE WILLIAMS, 69, of Shell Knob, Mo., died Monday, Nov. 3, 2003, at his home in Shell Knob. He was born June 23, 1934, in rural Crane, Mo., the son of Lawrence James and Lonnetta (Morrison) Williams. On Oct. 20, 1956, in East Peoria, Ill., he was united in marriage to Frieda M. Schaeffer, who survives...

Mable Bell Kochman (11/13/03)
MABLE BELL KOCHMAN, a resident of Green Forest, was born Sept. 1, 1908, in Chicago, a daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Nelson) Moore. She died Saturday, Nov. 8, 2003, in Berryville at the age of 95. Mrs. Kochman was a member of the Methodist Church in Green Forest and a homemaker...

Carol Ann Womack-Alderson (11/13/03)
CAROL ANN WOMACK-ALDERSON, a resident of Eureka Springs, was born Dec. 30, 1955, in Chicago, a daughter of Alphonse Cy and Marie Bernice (Straine) Mazeikis. She died Thursday, Nov. 5, 2003, in Eureka Springs at the age of 47. Mrs. Womack was a homemaker and worked as a cook at the Eureka Springs High School. She was of the Protestant faith...

Carlos Bell (11/18/03)
CARLOS BELL, a resident of Alpena, was born Aug. 29, 1913, in Delmar, Ark., a son of Bee Benton and Mellie Frances (Gibbs) Bell. He died Sunday, Nov.9, 2003, in his home at the age of 90. Mr. Bell was a farmer. He was of the Assembly of God faith. Mr. Bell was a veteran, having served with the United States Army during World War II...

Ann Benner (11/18/03)
ANN PHIPPS BENNER, 81, of Ada, Mich., died Sunday, Nov. 2, 2003, in Grand Rapids. She was born March 4, 1922, in Union City, Ind., to Lillian Tracy Phipps and Leland K. Phipps, M.D. She was a graduate of Butler University and a Pi Beta Phi. She married Charles Jesse Benner in 1948 and supported him throughout his career with Uniroyal. Upon retirement, they lived in Eureka Springs, where she was an elder at the First Presbyterian Church...

Mary Ellen Sooter (11/18/03)
MARY ELLEN SOOTER, a resident of Oak Grove, was born Oct. 5, 1918, in Berryville, a daughter of William Alexander and Eva Leota (Stewart) Filbeck. She died Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2003, in Berryville at the age of 85. Mrs. Sooter was a homemaker and attended Faith Christian Family Church...

William "Loy" Loomis (11/19/03)
William "Loy" Loomis died on Nov. 11, at the Eureka Springs Hospital after a short illness. Born Oct. 25, 1917, to Pearl Ramsey and Henry Newton Loomis in Okmulgee, Okla., he was the youngest of five. Loy married Alverta Pulley in 1949 in St. Joseph, Mo., and they have three children, Lyn Dickey of Eureka Springs, and twin sons Randy of Andover Conn. and Ken of Jeanette, Penn...

William S. (Sid) Anderson, Sr. (11/19/03)
WILLIAM S. (SID) ANDERSON, SR., a resident of Eureka Springs, was born March 16, 1921, in White Point, Tex., a son of John Madison and Florence Lillian (Cox) Anderson. He died Friday, Nov. 14, 2003, in his home at the age of 82. Sid was a sergeant with the Eureka Springs Police Department and a deputy for the Carroll County Sheriff's Office. He was a veteran, having served with the United States Army during World War II and the Korean conflict...

Helen Irene Pippen (11/19/03)
HELEN IRENE PIPPEN, 79, of Seligman, Mo., died Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2003, in Red Rose Inn, Cassville, Mo. She was born Nov. 15, 1923, in Dwight, Kan., the daughter of Frank F. and Lena (Vale) Smith. On April 12, 1941, in Exeter, Mo., she was united in marriage to Normal B. ...

Harlan D. Price (11/19/03)
HARLAN D. PRICE, 97, of Medina, Kan., died Sunday, Nov. 9, 2003. He was born Sept. 17, 1906, in Pittsburg, Kan. He attended Pittsburg State University and Kansas State Teachers College and was an elementary school principal in Rantoul, Ill. He had been a member of United Methodist Church in Eureka Springs, the Illinois Teachers Association and the Lions Club...

James Eastep (11/19/03)
JAMES EASTEP, a resident of Green Forest, was born April 27, 1943, in Compton, Ark., a son of Denver and Lottie Lorene (Eoff) Eastep. He died Thursday, Nov. 13, 2003, in Berryville, at the age of 60. Mr. Eastep was a farmer. He was of the Pentecostal faith...

Lillian Inez Allard (11/19/03)
LILLIAN INEZ ALLARD, 93, of Shell Knob, Mo., died Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2003, in her home. She was born Oct. 19, 1910, in Hamburg, Ill., the daughter of Lillian and Minnie Coffey. On July 20, 1935, in Murphreesboro, Ill., she was united in marriage to Fred Allard, who survives. She is also survived by one niece and one nephew...

Maxine E. Price Luce (11/19/03)
Maxine E. Price Luce was born Jan. 1, 1920, at her parents' home in Ward Township, Clarke County, Iowa. She was the fourth of six children born to Ernest Price, Sr. and Mary Frances Camp Price. She died Monday, Nov. 10, 2003, at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka, Kan. after a brief illness...

Breanna Anderson Fernandez (11/24/03)
BREANNA DAUN ANDERSON FERNANDEZ, infant daughter of Miguel Fernandez and Carolyn Annette Anderson of Green Forest, was born Oct. 23, 2003, in Springfield, Mo. She died Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2003, in Springfield. She is survived by her parents; her paternal grandparents, Maria and Jesus Fernandez of Green Forest; her maternal grandparents, Sharon and Dean Anderson of Green Forest; four uncles and five aunts...

Loma Hill (11/24/03)
LOMA E. HILL, 102, of Laurie, Mo., formerly of Eureka Springs, died Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2003, at the Laurie Care Center. She was born Dec. 6, 1900, in Kansas, the daughter of George and Anna Trainor Westhoff. She was united in marriage to Robert Hill Sr., who preceded her in death...

Leroy Hunt (11/24/03)
LEROY H. HUNT, 72, of Springdale, Ark., died Saturday, Nov. 15, at Northwest Medical Center in Springdale. He was born Aug. 23, 1931, in Sioux City, Iowa to Lester Wesley and Hazel Blanche Johnson Hunt. Mr. Hunt served in the Army during the Korean conflict. ...

Loraine Pattison (11/24/03)
LORAINE PATTISON, a resident of Berryville, was born March 20, 1962, in Keokuk, Iowa, a daughter of Don and Verna (Cook) Wright. She died Nov. 9, 2001 in Green Forest at the age of 39. Mrs. Pattison was a homemaker. On Aug. 16, 1985, she was united in marriage with Michael Vincent Pattison, who preceded her in death on Apr. 23, 2001...

Delores Dines Wilder (11/26/03)
DELORES DINES WILDER, 86, of Bella Vista, Ark., died Nov. 4, 2003. She was born March 5, 1917, in Fredericktown, Mo., the only child of Dr. George L. Dines and Katie Olander Dines. She graduated from William Woods University, Fulton, Mo., and was retired from the New York State Department of Corrections. She volunteered with the Girl Scouts, the Childrens Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, and with the WRMC Hospice, Fayetteville...