BENTON COUNTY — Flora O. Cole
Flora O. Cole, 79, of Centerton, died Thursday, April 5, 2012, at her home.
She was born in Tontitown, Ark., on July 28, 1932, to Albert and Lillie (Elliott) Greenlee.
She retired from Tyson Foods.
She was preceded in death by her parents and seven brothers and sisters.
Survivors include two sons, Ralph Wayne Cole and wife, Melissa, of Springdale, and Wilburn Cole and wife, Linda, of Centerton; three daughters, Karen M. Jouett and husband, Joe, of Rogers, Sharon L. Birge and husband, Bert, of Bentonville, and Flora Jane Holley and husband, Marty, of Pea Ridge;
19 grandchildren; and 29 great-grandchildren.
Visitation was held 6 - 8 p.m. on Monday, April 9, at the Backstrom-Pyeatte Funeral Home in Springdale.
The graveside service was at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 10, at the White Oak Cemetery in Tontitown with pastors William Norman and Isaac Holder officiating.
Online guestbook at www.backstrom-pyeatte.
com.
Susan Claire Cooper
Susan Claire Cooper, 70, of Rogers, died Friday, March 30, 2012, at her home. She was born Jan. 22, 1942, in Los Angeles County, Calif., to Charles and Dorothy Nelson Severin.
She was a paralegal; she worked with her husband at the Cooper Law Firm. She was also an LPN and a selfmade artist. She enjoyed her family and loved to cook. She was a member of Sunnyside Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Max Cooper.
Survivors include one son, John Elbrecht of Washburn, Mo.; one daughter, Charlotte Smedley and husband, James, of Garfield;
one sister, Lois McHale of California; three grandchildren, Nicole French, Nate Cannady and Ashley Scott;
and four great-grandchildren.
Memorial services were at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 7, at Sisco Funeral Chapel of Springdale.
To sign the guestbook online, visit www.siscofuneral.com.
Marcus Monroe Finley
Marcus Monroe Finley, 86, of El Dorado and Garfield, died Monday, April 2, 2012, at Mercy Hospital in Rogers. Marcus was born Sept. 7, 1925, in El Dorado.
At the age of 7, he selected Mr. and Mrs. Ernest and Ethel Willett as foster parents. A popular student at El Dorado High, on hearing of Pearl Harbor he left that behind mid-way his junior year to become a U.S. Army Air Corps B-17 ball turret gunner in the 8th Air Force’s 306th Bomb Group out of England, protecting his navigator and bombardier from aerial attack as they laid ordnance on German submarine pens, ball bearing plants and synthetic oil refineries, spending the final eight months of the war as a POW after his aircraft was shot down by flak.
Returning to El Dorado, he had a long and successful career with ArkLa Gas Co., rising from ditching crew to regional manager in three successively larger districts. While he was a real war hero, and World War II was the defining moment of a generation and of a nation’s century, his defining moments were instead his times with his wife of 63 years, the former Margaret Jean Ripley, who everyone knew as “Charlie,” especially once she went to work at the El Dorado News-Times, and his five children.
Whether having more fun in the dirt with the Christmas-toy earthmoving equipment than the children did, or enjoying it no end when his 7-year-old daughter began beating him at poker, or being there for them when times were hard, no man ever loved his family more than Finley - or had more fun with them.
Survivors include his wife; and five children, Michael Monroe and his wife, Annmarie, of Great Notch, N.J., David Starr and his partner, Theodosia, of Berkeley, Calif., John Mark and his wife, Pat, of Bella Vista, Melissa Margaret of Walnut Creek, Calif., and Lucas Russell of Rogers, and Tunis, Tunisia; and his grandchildren, William Marcus Finley, Tyler Finley and Katherine A. Burke.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests a donation in Finley’s name to your favorite charity or church.
Charles Edward ‘Butch’ Fredrick
Charles Edward “Butch” Fredrick, 64, of Springdale, died March 30, 2012, at Mercy Hospital in Rogers. He was born May 12, 1947, inFayetteville, to Pete and Betty McCoy Fredrick.
He was a United States Army veteran and served in Vietnam and Korea. He retired from the University of Arkansas maintenance department. He was a member of the BTW and enjoyed camping, hunting, fishing and spending time with family.
He was preceded in death by son, Gary Lee Fredrick.
Survivors include his wife, Linda Thomas Fredrick, whom he married Sept. 12, 1971; one son, Charlie Fredrick Jr. of Pea Ridge; five daughters, Debra Clark of Summers, Diana Brown of California, Donna Dart of Prairie Grove, Tracie Young and Cheryl Johnson, both of Rogers; two sisters, Sandy Perry and Vanessa Stevens, both of Springdale;
23 grandchildren; and 13great-grandchildren.
Memorial services were at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 5, at Faith Christian Fellowship Church in Rogers, with pastor Buddy Gastineau officiating.
His ashes were interred at the Fayetteville National Cemetery.
Cremation arrangements were by Sisco Funeral Chapel of Springdale.
Online condolences may be made to www.siscofuneral.com.
Eulla F. Johnson
Eulla Frost Johnson, 90, of Rogers, died April 4, 2012, in Rogers. She was born Jan. 5, 1922, in Fayetteville, to George Washington and Georgia Maxwell Dutton.
She was a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Lemuel Johnson; one son, Raymond Eugene Johnson; one daughter, JoAnn Marie Johnson; and one granddaughter, Cathy Ann Jackson.
Survivors include three sons, Jim Johnson of Bella Vista, Alvin Johnson of Gravette and David Johnson of Cassville, Mo.; two daughters, Dorothy Jackson of Seligman, Mo., and Virginia Crisp of Garfield;
23 grandchildren; and a host of great-grandchildren and great-greatgrandchildren.
Visitation was held on Monday from noon until service time at Rollins Funeral Home Chapel.
Funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Monday, April 9, at Rollins Funeral Home Chapel in Rogers, with pastor Kelly Yarbrough officiating.
Interment was in Tuck’s Chapel Cemetery.
Arrangements were by Rollins Funeral Home of Rogers.
Roger Heath Mead
Roger Heath Mead, 45, of Jay, Okla., died Sunday, April 1, 2012, at his home.
He was born Oct.
3, 1966, in Stella, Mo., to Amey Mead and Naomi Kandi Green.
He was preceded in death by his father, Amey Mead; paternal grandparents, Amos and Jessie Mead; and maternal grandfather, John Thomas Hyer.
Survivors include his parents, Edward and Kandi Green of Jay, Okla.; two children, Alexander Harley Mead and Jasmine Ariana Mead, both of Jay, Okla.;
one sister, Chelle Tillman of Garfield; one brother, Justin Green of Jay, Okla.;
two grandmothers, Sally Hyer Rodgers of Stephenville, Texas, and Reta Green of Moore, Okla.; and many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.
A Celebration of Life was held from 5 - 7 p.m. Friday, April 6, at the Community Center in Jay, Okla.
Betty Delores Sanders
Betty Delores Sanders, 81, of Pea Ridge, died Friday, April 6, at her homesurrounded by her loved ones. She was born Dec.
19, 1930, at Atwood, Kan., to Ernest and Lois Escue.
She enjoyed spending time with her family, especially watching her greatgrandsons play Blackhawk football. She was a wonderful cook and liked nothing better than cooking for her friends and family. She was a member of the Ozark Arts Council in Harrison and supported her granddaughters’ theater work.
She also loved bluegrass music and was the biggestfan of her brothers’ bluegrass band. Betty loved her Lord and was a faithful charter member of Messiah Lutheran Church in Pea Ridge. She worked for over 20 years, up until the time of her death, at Escue Wood Products.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Herman Sanders in 1997; two sisters, Melva Anderson and Merna Most; and her sisters-in law and dear friends, Billie Sue Escue and Martha Escue.
Survivors include three daughters, Linda Whitaker and husband, Rick, of Pea Ridge, Patricia Stefanski and husband, Eric, of Harrison, and Kathy Blevins and husband, Rick, of Lowell; a stepson, Lee Sanders of Tennessee; and a stepdaughter, Phyllis Martin and husband, Mike, of California; two brothers, Keith Escue and JohnEscue, both of Pea Ridge;
six grandchildren, Joshua Whitaker and wife, Katrina, Amanda Trammell and husband, Jeff, Amy Stokes and husband, Preston, Julianna Stefanski, Bradley Evans and Katie Stefanski; six great-grandchildren, Seth, Adam and Rebecca Trammell, Ezekiel, Claire and Ada Whitaker; and many nieces and nephews.
Visitation was 6 - 8 p.m. Monday, April 9, at Sisco Funeral Home in Pea Ridge.
Service was at 2 p.m.
Tuesday, April 10, at Messiah Lutheran Church, Pea Ridge, with pastor Neil Vanderbush officiating.
Burial was in Pea Ridge Cemetery.
Online condolences may be made at siscofuneralhome.net.
Helen F. Srebalus
Helen F. Srebalus, 74, of Garfield, died Sunday, April 1, 2012, at home. She was born Nov. 6, 1937, to the late Melvin Murray and Helen F. (Freitag) Murray of Illinois.
She loved to do crafts of all kinds, including making jewelry for her grandchildren.
Survivors include herhusband, Walter, of Garfield; mother of Illinois;
four sons, John, Robert and James Srebalus, all of Illinois, and Walter Srebalus, Jr. of Penn.; four siblings, Robert Murray of Illinois, Pat Kolvak of Illinois, Carol Fry of South Carolina and Sandra Srebalus of Texas; and five grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted in Chicago, Ill., Friday, April 6.
Local arrangements were by Rollins Funeral Home.
Online memorials can be made at www.rollinsfuneralhome.com.
Laura Reynolds Tallant
Laura Reynolds Tallant, 89, Eureka Springs, died Thursday, April 5, 2012, in Eureka Springs. She was born Nov. 30, 1922, near Garfield, to Amos Reynolds Sr. and Nora (Baker) Reynolds.
She was a devout Christian and her family was the center of her life. She enjoyed the outdoors and gardening. She retired from Emerson Electric in Rogers, Ark. Brighton Ridge has been her home for the past six years after living in Rogers since 1974.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Elmer Tallant; her parents;
one daughter, Patricia Eisler; and two sisters, Audie Herndon and Mary Lillian Herndon.
Survivors include one sister, Juanita Reynolds of Eureka Springs; one brother, Amos Reynolds and wife, Louise, of Garfield;
two grandsons, Dustin Eisler and Spencer Eisler and wife, Sarah; and several nieces and nephews.
Graveside services were at 10 a.m. Monday, April 9, at the Ruddick Cemetery in Garfield, with Brother Vito Sawtell officiating.
Interment followed the service under the direction of Nelson Funeral Service.
Memorial donations may be made to Gideons International, P.O. Box 362, Berryville, AR 72616.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at nelsonfuneral.com.
On the Record, Pages 3 on 04/11/2012