OBITUARIES
Posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
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Bobby Dean Foster
Bobby Dean Foster, 80, of Siloam Springs, Ark., died May 12, 2008, at Siloam Springs Nursing and Rehab.
Foster was born Aug. 10, 1927, in Chelsea, Okla., a son of Noah and Nellie Pederson Foster.
He married Mary Kay Tabor on Oct. 28, 1983, in Las Vegas, Nev.
He was a retired veteran of the U. S. Navy having served 22 years from 1944 to 1966 — serving his country during WW II, the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam War.
Foster owned and operated Liberty Coins in Long Beach, Calif., then in Siloam Springs and on eBay, selling coins and stamps.
He was a member of the Lions Club and attended Landmark Missionary Baptist Church in Siloam Springs.
He was preceded in death by one daughter, one grand daughter, two sisters and four brothers.
Survivors include his wife; a son, Jim Foster and wife, Lynn, of Huntington Beach, Calif.; four daughters, Beverly Foster, Siloam Springs, Maribeth and Max Dobbs, Siloam Springs, Debbie and Tim Hanson, Norco, Calif., and Bobbie and Gene Palmer, Gentry, Ark.; a sister, Ruth Crumbliss, Bixby, Okla.; a brother, Kenneth Foster, San Antonio, Texas; 11 grandchildren and 12 greatgrandchildren.
Visitation will be held at the funeral home on May 15, 2008 from 4 p. m. to 8 p. m.
Funeral services will be held at the Landmark Missionary Baptist Church on May 16, 2008, at 10 a. m. The Rev. Jerry Grimes will officiate the service with burial being held at the Oak Hill Cemetery under the direction of the Backstrom-Pyeatte Funeral Home of Siloam Springs. Sylvia Rhea Hill
Sylvia Rhea Hill, 66, of Gentry, Ark., died May 9, 2008, at Northwest Medical Center in Springdale, Ark..
She was born July 11, 1941, in Athens, Ga., the daughter of Robert and Anne Fuller Hill.
Hill was employed in Gentry at McKee Foods where she worked on the peanut butter line. She was of the Baptist faith and served for 11 years in the U. S. Navy.
She is survived by two brothers, William McCranie of St. Petersburg, Fla., and Richard McCranie of Siloam Springs, Ark.; and a nephew.
Backstrom-Pyeatte Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Karen Earlene Londagin
Karen Earlene Londagin, 59, of Colcord, Okla., died May 12, 2008, at her home.
She was born Sept. 23, 1948, in Siloam Springs, Ark., the daughter of Earl and Edna Bishop Shackelford.
She graduated from Colcord High School in 1966 and attended Tulsa Business School in Tulsa, Okla.
Londagin worked for Brand Rex in Siloam Springs as a keypunch operator. She was a member of the Young Homemakers of Colcord.
On Jan. 15, 1971, she married Jerry Londagin. She attended Union Church, near Colcord, Okla.
Survivors include her husband; a son Mike Londagin of Colcord; a daughter Melissa Phillips and husband Claud of Colcord; a sister, Sharon Crites and husband Bill of Colcord; three grandchildren and one aunt.
Visitation will be from 6 p. m. to 8 p. m., May 15, 2008, at Wasson Funeral Home.
Funeral services will be at 2 p. m., May 16, 2008, at Wasson Memorial Chapel.
Wasson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Anna M. Reed
Anna M. Reed, 85, of Siloam Springs, Ark., died May 9, 2008, at Regency Hospital in Springdale, Ark..
She was born on Nov. 8, 1922, in the Netherlands, a daughter of Willem and Sara Kuiper Roeles. She married Jerome Reed in 1946 in the Netherlands.
She enjoyed sewing, cooking, gardening and her family.
She is survived by her husband; a daughter, Linda and Gale Reynolds of Roseburg, Ore.; two sons, Ronald Reed of Tontitown, Ark., and Steve and Terry Reed of Everton, Mo.; nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Backstrom-Pyeatte Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Dorothy Faddis Richardson
Dorothy Faddis Richardson, 82, of Decatur, Ark., died May 9, 2008, at Bentonville Manor in Bentonville, Ark..
She was born Sept. 5, 1925, in Red Star, Ark., to Wesley and Rebecca Collins Friend.
Richardson lived most of her life in the Gentry, Ark., and Decatur area where she was a homemaker.
She was a member of the Ever Ready Educational Homemakers Club in Decatur and volunteered at the Decatur Care Store. Richardson was affiliated with the Assembly of God Church in Decatur and the Springtown Pentecostal Church.
She was preceded in death by husbands, William Faddis and Ben Richardson.
Survivors include three sons, William Faddis and Terry Faddis both of Gentry; Thomas Faddis and wife Tess of Pineville, Mo.; four daughters, Wilma Hubbard and husband Bob, Andra Hecht and husband Darrell, and Wanda Faddis, all of Decatur; Frankie Kelley and husband Randy of BellaVista, Ark.; 12 grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren; one brother, Andy Friend of Huntsville, Ark.; a sister, Ipha Roberts of Rogers, Ark.; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held May 13, at Wasson Memorial Chapel with Pastor Sherman Robinson officiating.
Burial followed in Falling Springs Cemetery near Decatur.
Pallbearers were Bob Hubbard, William Faddis, Terry Faddis, Thomas Faddis, Randy Kelley, Darrell Hecht, and Bobby Hubbard II.
Wasson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Gary Ewell Tunnell
Gary Ewell Tunnell, 71, of Summers, Ark., died May 7, 2008, in Fayetteville, Ark.
He was born Oct. 14, 1936, to the late Jessie and Hazel Wilson Tunnell.
Tunnell worked as a farmer and served in the Arkansas National Guard in Lincoln, Ark.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth Tunnell.
Tunnell is survived by two sons, Fred Toan Jr. of Siloam Springs, Ark., and James Toan of Summers; two sisters, Glenda Lankford of Fayetteville and Gaylene Jones of Wichita, Kan.; and three grandchildren.
Services were held May 12, 2008, at Hart Memorial Chapel in Westville, Okla.
Hart Funeral Home in Westville was in charge of arrangements. Grace M. Voshell
Grace M. Voshell, 87, of Gentry, Ark., died May 10, 2008, at Siloam Springs Memorial Hospital.
She was born March 27, 1921, in Edgewood, Iowa, to the late William and Margaret Hines Carnicle.
Voshell was a homemaker and lived in Strawberry Point, Iowa, until moving to Gentry in 1982.
She married Merle Voshell on July 3, 1939.
She was preceded in death by her husband and one son, Merle Voshell.
Survivors include one son: Ricky Voshell of Gentry; three daughters: Jackie Schwerin of Gentry, Beverly Whittle of Debuque, Iowa, Karen Foreman of Gentry; one brother, Lyle Carnicle of Strawberry Point, Iowa; two sisters: Gloria Burns of Council Bluff, Iowa, Pauline Bowers of Council Bluff, Iowa; six grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and four great great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be held at 10 a. m. May 14, 2008, at the Gentry Cemetery, with Dr. Robin Cowan officiating.
Interment will follow.
Wasson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.