Obituaries from May 2009

Norris Kelly Stauffer "Stuffy" (05/22/09)
Norris Kelly Stauffer "Stuffy", 71, of Eureka Springs, AR, passed on Saturday, May 16th at his home. Memorial services will be held Saturday, May 23rd at Peace Lutheran Church, 805 West Olrich Street, Rogers, Arkansas 72756, at 1:30 pm. Memorial contributions suggested to the ACS Hope Lodge, 1120 Pennsylvania Ave, KC, MO 64105 or Grassy Knob Volunteer Fire Association, 12037 Hwy 187, Eureka Springs, AR 72631. ...

Pauline Ida Staley Dixon (05/22/09)
Pauline Ida Staley Dixon, a resident of Green Forest, AR, was born August 26, 1927 in Omaha, Nebraska, a daughter of Chester Arthur and Emma (Koehler) Staley. She departed this life Saturday, May 16, 2009 in Green Forest, AR, at the age of 81. She was a homemaker and had retired from the "Food Service" VA Fort Roots. She was a member of the Green Forest Garden Club, Green Forest United Methodist Guild, and the Green Forest First Baptist Church Vanguards...

Louis Devine DuMontier (05/22/09)
Louis Devine DuMontier, called Jack or Colonel by friends, was born September 18, 1921, in Honolulu, Hawaii. He passed away May 19, 2009, at his home on Holiday Island. He graduated from Roosevelt High School in Hawaii. He was in college at the University of Hawaii, studying pre-med when Pearl Harbor was bombed. ...

Mary Jane Davi (05/22/09)
Mary Jane Davis, 94, of Green Forest, died Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at Brighton Ridge in Eureka Springs. She was born October 19, 1914 in Deerfield, Michigan to John Boatner Carter and Marjorie Munger Salisbury Carter. She was a member of United Methodist Church in Green Forest...

Melba June Linebarger (05/22/09)
Melba June Linebarger, 78 of Henderson, Texas died Sunday, May 17, 2009. Born August 14, 1930 in Carroll County, AR, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Alice (Stansell) Smith. She was a bookkeeper at Foremost Dairies in Springdale, life-long member of DAV Auxiliary, long-time member of First Baptist Church of Lowell, and current member of First Baptist Church of Henderson, TX...

Wanda Lorene Todd Miller (05/19/09)
Wanda Lorene Todd Miller, 60, of Clifty died May 16, 2009 at her home. She was born September 4, 1948 in Fayetteville, AR to Clyde Quentin and Ruth Griffith Todd. She married Clarence A. Miller on November 1, 1968. They celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary last November...

Earl J. Umland (05/19/09)
Earl J. Umland, a resident of Eureka Springs, AR, was born May 13, 1915 in Chicago Heights, IL, a son of William and Louise (Neiman) Umland. He departed this life Tuesday, May 12, 2009, in Eureka Springs, AR at the age of 93. Mr. Umland was a member of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Berryville. He was also a member of the Lions Club in Chicago Heights and Meals on Wheels in Arkansas. He was the owner/operator of two motels in Eureka Springs, Swiss Holiday and Colonial Mansion...

Don Keeland (05/19/09)
Don Keeland, a resident of Springdale, AR, was born September 15, 1950 in Berryville, AR, a son of Martin Carroll and Edith Marie (Jennings) Keeland. He departed this life Friday, May 15, 2009 in Springdale, AR, at the age of 58. On June 28, 1974 he was united in marriage with Donna L. ...

Neoma Irene Wilson (05/15/09)
Neoma Irene Wilson, a resident of Metalton, AR was born April 13, 1921 in Hamlin, TX, a daughter of Benjamin Park and Bessie (Howell) Tinnin. She departed this life Sunday, May 10, 2009 in Metalton, AR, at the age of 88. Mrs. Wilson was a member of the Church of Christ in Abilene, TX...

Norman Dean Ayers (05/15/09)
Norman Dean Ayers, a resident of Elk Grove, CA, was born October 24, 1926 in Denver, AR, a son of Perry Clyde and Eunice (Clemence) Ayers. He departed this life Wednesday, May 6, 2009, in Sacramento, California at the age of 82. He is survived by one daughter, Linda Jenkins of San Clemete, CA; one brother, Bill Ayers of Bakersfield, CA; three sisters, Virginia Jennings of Pea-Ridge, AR, Jeanette Ayers of Austin, TX, Loucile Bailey of Tulsa, OK; two grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, along with several nieces and nephews and a host of friends.. ...

Georgene Louise Giltner Hill Thomas (05/12/09)
Georgene Louise Giltner Hill Thomas died peacefully surrounded by her family at the Eureka Springs Hospital on Tuesday, May 5, 2009. She is survived by her three daughters, Kathryn Goodyear Hill Davis, Pamela Klee Hill Morton, Suzanne Thér se Hill Findley, and her son William Alton Hill Jr and his wife, Mary Lynell Vinyard Hill, as well as by a nephew George Giltner of DeRidder, Louisiana, and a niece Bobbie Jean Giltner Pfifer of Gilbert, Arizona, and 9 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. ...

Roy Calvin Teague (05/12/09)
Roy Calvin Teague, 58, of Hughesville, Missouri, passed away Wednesday morning, May 6, 2009, at his home. He was born March 7, 1951, in Muleshoe, Texas, a son of Virgil and Helen Head Teague. On May 27, 1971, in Green Forest, AR, he married Kathryn L. Thompson, who survives of the home...

MaryHaleen Fancher (05/08/09)
MaryHaleen Fancher, 91, of Shell Knob, Missouri, passed away Sunday, May 3, 2009 at the Red Rose Inn after a long illness. Haleen was born March 9, 1918, in Conner, Arkansas, to George Crump and Alice Mae Fancher. She graduated from School of the Ozarks. ...

Clarence "Larry" Smith (05/08/09)
Clarence "Larry" Smith, a resident of Berryville, AR, was born May 10, 1943 in Carroll County, AR, a son of Clarence Owen and Ona Marie (Beal) Smith. He departed this life Wednesday, May 6, 2009 in Springdale, at the age of 65. He is survived by his parents, Clarence Owen and Ona Marie Smith, three daughters, Kaylynn and Jon Toombs of Green Forest, AR, Kelli and Kevin Todd Smith of Berryville, AR, Cammie and Joe Esch of Springfield, MO; one sister, Brenda and Boone Mayes of Springdale, AR, sister-in-law, Helen Smith of Hindsville, AR; former wife, Joyce O'Neal Smith of central AR; step-children, several grandchildren, nephews and nieces, and a host of friends and loved ones.. ...

Jacinto Madero (05/05/09)
Jacinto Madero, a resident of Arlington, Texas was born March 6, 1926 in Miami, AZ, a son of Jacinto and Mercedes (Dana) Madero. He departed this life Sunday, April 26, 2009 in Arlington, TX at the age of 83. He is survived by his step-son Michael Feltnor of Fontana, CA, three step-daughters, Lorri Gaither of Lantana, TX, Vicki Craft of Arlington, TX, Angela Goldstein of Arlington, TX. ...

Claude C.W. Lyle (05/05/09)
Claude C.W. Lyle, a resident of Eureka Springs, AR , he was born May 23, 1926 in Vernon, TX, a son of Claude Worth and Eva (Shaw) Lyle. He departed this life Saturday, April 25, 2009, at the age of 82. Mr. Lyle worked for his parents in their grocery store. ...