Obituaries from March 2007

Betty Darlene Martin (03/06/07)
Betty Darlene Martin, of Salem, daughter of the late Carl Jackson and Amanda Lorraine (McElmurry) Wallace, was born Dec. 21 1943, in Shafter, Calif. She died March 3, 2007, at the Methodist University Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., at the age of 63. She was united in marriage to Paul Gene Martin on July 22, 1960, at Salem, and to this union three children were born. ...

Charles W. King (03/06/07)
Charles W. King, 89, was known throughout Northwestern Arkansas as the Jewelry Man. A true rockhound he polished stones and made earrings, rings, necklaces and bracelets sold for over 30 years in Hardy's Craft Mall, the Ozark Folk Center and Dulcimer Shop, Mammoth Spring State Park, and at craft fairs in malls and towns all around. At one time he and his wife ran the White Horse Gift Shop by the bridge outside of Hardy...

Dorotha Leone Hogan (03/06/07)
Dorotha Leone Hogan, 94, of Horseshoe Bend, Ark., died Feb. 25, 2007, at her residence. She was born June 28, 1912, in Foster, Ind., the daughter of Ernest and Iva Gouty Moundy. She was a homemaker and a member of the Catlin Church of Christ in Catlin, Ill...

Gertrude L. (Boots) Boehmler (03/06/07)
Gertrude L. (Boots) Boehmler died March 1, 2007. She was born Jan. 18, 1922, in Amesbury, Mass., the third daughter of Ivory and Edith Scribner. She grew up and graduated from high school in Amesbury, Mass. She then attended and graduated in 1943 from Antioch College with a bachelor's of arts degree. ...

Joan L. Mason Perkins (03/06/07)
Joan L. Mason Perkins, of Horseshoe Bend, 75, died Feb. 27, 2007, at her home in Horseshoe Bend. She was born Jan. 12, 1932, in San Francisco, Calif., the daughter of the late Walter F. Mason and Helen (Leazer) Mason. She retired after 28 years employed as an independent insurance agent. She was a member of the International Ministerial Association (IMA) and was of the Apostolic faith. She was a graduate of the Bethany Bible School...

James "Jim" Henley (03/06/07)
James "Jim" Stephen Henley, of Salem, son of Marvelee Joyce (Crabtree) Henley and the late James Ellsworth Henley was born Oct. 15, 1965, in McAlester, Okla. He died Feb. 27, 2007, at his home in Salem, at the age of 41. He was a loving father and grandfather. He worked as a clinical coordinator and Nursing IT project manager for the Baxter Regional Medical Center. He was member of the Salem Church of Christ...

Kenneth Robert Larson (03/06/07)
Kenneth Robert Larson, was born the son of Ollie Larson and Sophia Sanders Larson on May 22, 1926, in Curlew, Iowa. He died Feb. 26, 2007, in West Plains, Mo., at the age of 80. He was united in marriage on Jan. 2, 1947, in Emmetsburg, Iowa, to Ann Slattery...

Mabel Groskreutz (03/06/07)
Mabel Louise Groskreutz, 86, of Ash Flat, Ark., formerly of Madison, Wis., died Feb. 20, 2007, at the Fulton County Hospital in Salem, Ark. She was born March 11, 1920, in Wall, S.D., the daughter of Anthony and Phoebe Pearl (Pixler) Sawvell. Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Jack and Sue Soden of Cherokee Village; a granddaughter, Michelle Harper of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; a grandson and wife, Brian and Jolynne Soden of Miami, Fla.; and five great-grandchildren...

Roy Dale Britton (03/06/07)
Roy Dale Britton, 84, of Cherokee Village, Ark., was born March 13, 1922, in Olney, Ill., the son of the late Frank Britton and Cora Musgrove Britton. He died Feb. 21, 2007, at the White River Medical Center in Batesville. He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps, having served during World War II. He owned and operated his own shoe store for many years before retiring...

Thomas Charles Steele (03/06/07)
Thomas Charles Steele, 56, of Cherokee Village, died March 2, 2007, at his residence. He was born June 15, 1950 in Le Mars, Iowa, the son of Claire Steele and Jane (Peters) Steele. He worked for many years as an auto dealer in his own dealership before retiring. He was a member of the American Legion, the Masonic Lodge (Floyd Lodge), the Knights Templar and the Abu Beke Shrine Temple. He moved to Cherokee Village four years ago from Kimball, Neb...

Jackie McCausland (03/15/07)
Jackie McCausland, 68, of Cherokee Village died at WRMC in Batesville on March 7, 2007. She was born Jacqueline Lee Zook on May 26, 1938, in Washington, Pa., to the late William C. and Ethel Riggle Zook. Jackie was a graduate of Washington High School class of 1953. ...

Lloyd "Bud" Hunt (03/15/07)
Lloyd "Bud" Hunt, 80, of Ash Flat, Ark., died March 9, 2007, in Missouri. He was born on Oct. 5, 1926, the son of Claud Hunt and Mary Hager Hunt. He was united in marriage to Lucille Hoffman Hunt on Valentine's Day of 1987. He accomplished many things in his life. ...

Roger E. McGee (03/15/07)
Roger E. McGee, 83, of Cherokee Village died March 9, 2007, at the Fulton County Hospital in Salem. He was born Dec. 16, 1923, in Mahaska County, Iowa, the son of Louis McGee and Cora Harrison McGee. He was a veteran of the United States Army having served during World War II. He worked for many years for Disney Land before retiring from the maintenance department. He moved to Cherokee Village with his wife, Mabel 17 years ago from Iowa. He was a member of the VFW and the American Legion...

Robert Neuzil (03/15/07)
Robert Neuzil, 55, of Cherokee Village, Ark., died March 6, 2007, at Fulton County Hospital in Salem, Ark. He was born July 12, 1951, in Chicago, Ill., the son of Robert and Carol Roehl Neuzil. He was united in marriage to Clara Thomas on Feb. 7, 1992, in El Gonklin Ill. He was a printer for the Chicago Tribune and a member of the Willow Creek Church in Barrington, Ill...

Stephen Jerzylo (03/15/07)
Stephen Anthony Jerzylo, age 53, of Sidney, Ark., formerly of Boston, Mass., died March 2, 2007, at the White River Medical Center in Batesville. He was born April 1, 1953, at Boston, Mass.; the son of Anthony Bronslaw and Francis (Galliff) Jerzylo...

Betty Ann Mills (03/20/07)
Betty Ann Mills, of Agnos, daughter of the late Kenneth Brewster and Helen Randolph Brewster, was born July 15, 1936, in Borger, Texas. She died March 11, 2007, at Hospice House of the Ozarks in Mountain Home at the age of 70. She was united in marriage to Vernal Mills on July 25, 1952, in Salem. To this union, six children were born. She was a homemaker and member of the Agnos Church of Christ...

Clayta Ballard (03/20/07)
Clayta Maureen (Rogers) Ballard, age 66, of Ash Flat died March 16, 2007, at St. John's Hospital in Springfield, Mo. She was born Nov. 10, 1940, at Ash Flat, Ark., the daughter of Curtis and Glenda (Hamilton) Rogers. She retired after 32 years as a teacher and principal of the Highland School District. She was a CASA volunteer and a member of the Highland First Assembly of God...

Christian Jensen Starr (03/20/07)
Christian Jensen Starr, age 20, of Warrenville, Ill. died March 7, 2007, in Hilo, Hawaii. He was stationed with the U.S. Coast Guard aboard U.S. Coast Guard Cutter KISKA. He was born April 26, 1986, in Glendale Heights, Ill. Christian attended Bower Elementary, Warrenville, Hubble Middle School, Wheaton, Ill. ...

Gracie Agness Felts (03/20/07)
Gracie Agness Felts, 85, died March 14, 2007, at Cave City Nursing Home in Cave City. She was born Sept. 6, 1921, at Dallas, Texas, the daughter of the late Dewitt and Exie (Arther) Williams. She lived her entire adult life in Cave City, Ark. She was united in marriage to Drewie Felts on Dec. 26, 1943. She was a homemaker, an avid quilt maker and of the Baptist faith...

Zola Marie Bosserman (03/20/07)
Zola Marie (McKinney) Bosserman, 85, died March 6, 2007, in Northport, Fla., after a long illness. She was born July 17, 1921, the daughter of the late Leander and Ona Mae (Sowders) McKinney near Mt. Vernon, Ky. She retired in 1980 from Stark and Wetzel in Indianapolis, Ind., before moving to Cherokee Village in 1990 and Florida in 2004...