Stories from Monday, March 9, 2009

Ruth was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois and passed into the arms of her heavenly Father at home here in Eureka Springs. She attended nursing school in Chicago and that desire to care for others expanded and grew even more while she attended and ultimately graduated from Moody Bible Institute, dreaming of going to China as a missionary...

Karen Engla Shaffer of Eureka Springs, Arkansas passed away peacefully Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at Eureka Springs Hospital. The daughter of Michael and Anna (Matson) McCulloch was born March 4, 1933 in Alameda, California. She had lived in Eureka Springs since 1992 moving from California. She had been a bookkeeper for many years...

Sylvia Mae Smith, 81, of Green Forest, AR went home to be with her Lord, Friday, February 27, 2009 with her family by her side. She was born July 29, 1927 in Lahoma, Oklahoma, daughter of the late Charles A. and Sylvia E. Orleans. On November 17, 1958 she was united in marriage to Everett Paul Smith and together they raised a family of six children...

Sharon G. Jeffrey, age 68, of Holiday Island, AR, passed away Wednesday, February 25, 2009 after a lengthy illness. A memorial service was held on Wednesday, March 4 at 1 p.m. at the Holiday Island Community Church, 188 Stateline Drive, Holiday Island, AR...