Obituaries from February 2006

Angelo E. Darcangelo (02/07/06)
Angelo E. Darcangelo, 78, of Cherokee Village died Jan. 28, 2006, at Fulton County Hospital in Salem. He was born Dec. 22, 1927, in Washington, D.C., the son of Guiseppe D'arcangelo and Fiarina (Marino) D'arcangelo. He was a veteran of the United States Navy, having served during World War II and the Korean War...

Rev. Allen Snearly (02/07/06)
Rev. Allen Snearly, 82, of Highland died Jan. 28, 2006, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. He was born May 17, 1923, at Deer, Ark., the son of the late Alvin Olen and Alpha Nichols Snearly. He was united in marriage on July 12, 1940, to Claudine Brown. He was an ordained minister of the Assemblies of God...

Fred N. Campbell (02/07/06)
Fred N. Campbell, 74, of Cherokee Village died Jan. 31, 2006, at Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home. Campbell was retired from the U.S. Army after over 20 years and received the Purple Heart in Korea. He also worked for the Shelby County Sheriff's Department for 27 years before retiring and moving to Cherokee Village...

Jeff Koch (02/07/06)
Jeff Koch, 30, of Evening Shade died Feb. 5, 2006, in Horseshoe Bend. He was born May 7, 1975, in Batesville, the son of David Allen and Pamela Jo Wooldridge Koch. He was an environmental specialist for the state of Arkansas, a brick mason and of the Baptist faith...

Juanita Mcllister (02/07/06)
Juanita McAllister, 95, of Cherokee Village died Jan. 31, 2006, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. McAlliser was born April 4, 1910, in Havana, Cuba, the daughter of John Ventura and Maria Gimeno Ventura. She worked many years as a secretary for various companies. She was a member of St. Michael's Catholic Church in Cherokee Village...

Noland Gardner Cole (02/07/06)
Noland Gardner Cole, 91, of Rockford, Ill., formerly of Smithville, Ark., died Jan. 29, 2006, at the Swedish American Hospital. He was born Oct. 14, 1914, in Smithville, the son of Henry and Mattie Maude Erwin Cole. He was united in marriage to Hazel Modell Geurin Cole on June 20, 1942, in Smithville...

Richard G. Wendorf (02/07/06)
Richard G. Wendorf, 75, of Reedsburg, Wis., formerly of Cherokee Village, died Jan. 11, 2006, at St. Claire's Care Center in Baraboo, Wis. He was born Aug. 18, 1930, in Milwaukee, Wis., the son of the late Elmer and Norma Angell Wendorf. Wendorf was a supervisor at Grede Foundry in Reedsburg for many years. ...

Roger Lyman Sauer (02/07/06)
Roger Lyman Sauer, 67, of Hardy died Jan. 24, 2006, at the Veterans' Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. Sauer was born Nov. 30, 1938, in Farson, Iowa, the son of the late Layman Cullen Sauer and Gladys Yahnke Sauer. He was a veteran of the United States Army. He was an avid bowler and loved to dance...

Virginia Smith (02/07/06)
A memorial service will be held Feb. 14 at 10:30 a.m. for Virginia Smith at Eaglecrest Nursing and Rehab Center. Virginia Smith was a resident at Eaglecrest and also a student at the Martin Center in Ash Flat. She died in Mountain Home Feb. 1. Friends of Smith are invited to attend this special service in her memory...

Art Holm (02/14/06)
Art Holm, 64, of Evening Shade died Feb. 10, 2006, at the Northeast Arkansas Medical Center in Jonesboro. He was born Dec. 20, 1941, at Pawnee Rock, Kan., the son of John Wesley Arthur and Florence Miller Holm. He was a Native American. Survivors include his wife, Faith Holm of the home; two sons, Rocky Holm of Newport News, Va., and Jimmy Holm of Sulphur Rock; three daughters, Candy Reeves and Billy Grimes, both of Hutchinson, Kan., and Marsha Holm of Evening Shade; one sister, Debbie Brunn of Allice, Texas; 16 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; and a host of other relatives and friends.. ...

Betty J. Meyers (02/14/06)
Betty J. Meyers, 74, of Hardy died Feb 8, 2006, at the Fulton County Hospital in Salem. She was born on May 3, 1931, in Seneca, Wis., the daughter of Charles Walker and Anna White Walker. She was married to Floyd Meyers on Jan. 22, 1949, in Rockford, Ill. Floyd and Betty moved to Hardy 35 years ago from Illinois. Betty owned and operated the Hardy Cleaners for 30 years before retiring. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star...

Earline Callahan Bryan (02/14/06)
Earline Callahan Bryan, 82, of Cherokee Village died Feb. 6, 2006, at the Eaglecrest Nursing Center in Ash Flat after a lengthy illness. She was born Oct. 19, 1923, at Mammoth Spring, the daughter of the late Earl Callahan and Esther Brown Callahan. She was united in marriage to W.J. "Jim" Bryan on Nov. 6, 1947, at Mammoth Spring. To this union two children were born, Grady Earl Bryan and Bruce Terry Bryan...

Edna C. Kolnik (02/14/06)
Edna C. Kolnik, 89, of Horseshoe Bend died Feb. 6, 2006, at the Fulton County Hospital in Salem. She was born Oct. 11, 1916, in Chicago Heights, Ill., the daughter of Frank and Constance Schaeffer. She was a homemaker, a member of the Ladies Guild of St. Mary's, member of Moose Lodge 739, and a member of St. Mary of the Mount Catholic Church...

John Thomas Saucier (02/14/06)
John Thomas Saucier, 56, of Williford died Feb. 4, 2006, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. Saucier was born on May 21, 1949, in Biloxi, Miss., the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Saucier. He was a veteran of the United States Army. He worked for many years as a welder and was of the Baptist faith...

Linnea Caroline Danner (02/14/06)
Linnea Caroline Danner, 92, of Horseshoe Bend died Feb. 4, 2006, at the Fulton County Hospital in Salem. She was born May 5, 1913, in Rockford, Ill., the daughter of Karl and Esther Anderson. During her working years she did restaurant work as a cook and was a member of St. Mary of the Mount Catholic Church...

Michael Gene Stratton (02/14/06)
Michael Gene Stratton, 61, of Cherokee Village died Feb. 8, 2006, at Horn Lake, Miss. He was born April 2, 1944, at Muscatine, Iowa, the son of James Logan and Emilie "Millie" Brade Stratton. He was retired as a manager of the Western Auto Store in Helena, Ark., a United States Army veteran and was of the Pentecostal faith...

Randal Reddick (02/14/06)
Randal Reddick, 69, died Jan. 23, 2006, at his home in Cherokee Village. He was born Oct. 12, 1936, son of the late Joe and Florence Reddick in Paragould. He was married for 48 years to Billie Gregory Reddick, formerly of Marmaduke, who survives him...

William Weaver (Bill) Young Jr. (02/14/06)
William Weaver (Bill) Young Jr. of Salem, son of the late William Weaver Young Sr., was born April 22, 1919, in DeWitt, Ark. He died Feb. 10, 2006, at Fulton County Nursing Home in Salem at the age of 86. He was united in marriage to Bonnie Jean Zachery on Oct. 12, 1940, at Lake City, Ark. To this union 14 children were born...

Albert Puck (02/21/06)
Albert Puck, 84, died Feb. 16, 2006, at the Fulton County Hospital in Salem. He was retired from the Iowa Highway Department and moved to Horseshoe Bend after his retirement. Puck was a veteran, a member of the U.S. Navy and a member of Horseshoe Bend First Baptist Church...

Claudie Clovis Houston (02/21/06)
Claudie Clovis Houston died Feb. 14, 2006, in Mountain Home, Ark. He was born Nov. 2, 1917, in Baldwin, Miss., son of the late Lamar and Sindie Johnson Houston. He was a lifelong farmer and a member of Banks Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Roxie of the home in Mammoth Spring; seven children, Carolyn Sanders of Mountain Home, Joe Houston and wife, Renae, of Steele, Mo., Vernon Houston of Harrisburg, Ark., Diane Coffey and husband, Russ, of Abilene, Texas, David Houston of Lompoc, Calif., Anthony Houston of Lompoc, Calif., and Sondra Artos and husband, David, of Mountain Home; eight grandchildren, Marian, Brian, Michael, James, Nicholas, Jennifer, Regan and Amber; two great-grandchildren, Chloe and Bo; five step-grandchildren; one brother, J.T. ...

Donnie Ham (02/21/06)
Donnie Ham, 48, of Horseshoe Bend died Feb. 14, 2006, at his home. He was born June 6, 1957, at San Antonio, Texas, the son of the late Oran Oscar and Phyllis Bulger Ham. He served in the United States Coast Guard and was a brick mason. Survivors include two sons, Travis Ham of Grand Forks, N.D., and Dillon Ham of Cave City; one daughter, Bonnie Ham of San Benito, Texas; a step-mother, Vera Ham of Kelso, Wash.; three brothers, Norman Heyer of Ash Flat, Scott Ham of Melbourne and Joe Ham of Batesville; three stepbrothers Mike Lee, Robert Lee and Richard Lee, all of Kelso; one sister, Peggy Hennessey of Melbourne; one stepsister, Micchi Lee of Kelso; several nieces and nephews; and a host of other relatives and friends.. ...

Florence Cundiff (02/21/06)
Funeral services will be held March 4 at 1 p.m. for Florence Cundiff of Cherokee Village. Carl A. Faulkner will preach the service at First Landmark Missionary Baptist Church in Highland.

Henry Rodney Park Jr. (02/21/06)
Henry Rodney Park Jr., 94, died Feb. 17, 2006, at his residence in Horseshoe Bend. He was born in East St. Louis, Ill., the son of Henry Rodney and Amelia Margaret Seufert Park Sr. He served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. He worked as a salesman in the small engine industry before retiring to Horseshoe Bend. He was active member of the Horseshoe Bend United Methodist Church. He belonged to Shriners and Masonic Lodge and the Illinois Club...

Sherman Lee Ables (02/21/06)
Sherman Lee Ables, 59, of Ash Flat died Feb. 19, 2006, at the Fulton County Hospital in Salem. The funeral service will be held Feb. 22 at 2:30 p.m. in the Evening Shade Gymnasium, with burial following at Spotts Cemetery at Poughkeepsie. The complete obituary will be in next week's issue...

Anton Luebken (02/28/06)
Anton "Tony" Luebken, 90, of Cherokee Village died Feb. 23, 2006, at the Ash Flat Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Luebken was born Aug. 7, 1915, in Hanover, Kan., the son of August and Ella Luebken. He was united in marriage to Maxine Chapman on June 2, 1937...

Rev. Ellis Ray Martin (02/28/06)
Rev. Ellis Ray Martin, age 54, of Bartow, Fla., died Feb. 18, 2006, at Lakeland, Fla. He was born Dec. 7, 1951, at Batesville, Ark., the son of Clay Alva and Evelyn Morgan Martin. He was the pastor at the Bartow Church of God, was a Church of God minister for over 30 years and a former Church of God district overseer of the Wooster, Ohio, District...

Florence P. Cundiff (02/28/06)
Florence P. Cundiff, 86, a resident of the Ash Flat Nursing Center, died Feb. 7, 2006, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. She was born Dec. 12, 1919, in Cable, Ill., the daughter of the late Timothy and Rachel Merrill McMahn. She was married to George R. Cundiff on April 2, 1939, in Peoria, Ill. He preceded her in death Sept. 5, 1990...

George Herman Coble (02/28/06)
George Herman Coble of Viola, son of the late William George Coble and Sallie Ann Carroll Coble, was born June 21, 1925, in Union, Ark. He died Feb. 18, 2006, at his home at the age of 80. He was united in marriage to Lillie Mae Montgomery on July 20, 1947, at Viola. To this union, five children were born...

Hetty Elizabeth Wells (02/28/06)
Hetty Elizabeth Wells, 89, of Hardy died Feb. 21, 2006, at White River Medical Center in Batesville. She was the widow of the late Franklin Ray Wells, and was a member of the Full Gospel Church of Ozark Acres. Survivors include three sons, Floyd Green of Rushville, Ill., Wilson Hall and William Hall, both of Hardy; a half sister, Audrey Smith, and a half brother, Dewey Ellis, both of Rogers, Ark.; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren...

Juanita J. Campbell (02/28/06)
Juanita J. Campbell, 67, of Highland died Feb. 17, 2006, at the Ash Flat Nursing and Rehab Center. She was born Feb. 2, 1939, in Elk City, Kan., the daughter of Emma Trotter Hodge and the late Victor B. Hodge. She worked many years as a secretary. She moved to Sharp County 14 years ago from California. She loved to travel and go to flea markets and she loved horses and the outdoors...

James John Vitko (02/28/06)
James John Vitko, age 74, of of Ottumwa, Iowa, formerly of Hardy, died Feb. 21, 2006, at the Hospice House of Ottumwa. Vitko was born Aug. 25, 1931, in Albia, Iowa to John F. and Mary Agnes (Stofko) Vitko. Vitko married Ruth Ann Hayes on Jan. 21, 1963 in Indiana. Vitko graduated from Albia High School and served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict...

Maudie Edwards Sharp (02/28/06)
Maudie Edwards Sharp, 96, of Evening Shade died Feb. 19, 2006, at a Batesville hospital. She was born Sept. 11, 1909, near Evening Shade, the daughter of the late Jefferson Davis Edwards and Emily Huckabee Edwards. She was a homemaker and farmer. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Evening Shade and the Women's Missionary Union. She was a Sunday school teacher for many years and lived in the Evening Shade area her entire life. She enjoyed cooking and liked to pick cotton...