Arkansas, Marriage Certificates, 1917-1972
Obituaries from the year 2017
Robert W. Kellogg
Robert W. Kellogg, 84, of Bella Vista, AR, died Sunday, April 2, 2017 at his home. He was born April 24, 1932 in Des Moines, IA.
He spent his entire career working in education. Following retirement he moved to Bella Vista, AR in 1993.
He is survived by his wife, Marlene J. Kellogg; three children: Dr. Jeffrey (Nancy) Kellogg, Jeanette Kellogg, and Jerome (Eugenia) Kellogg; seven grandchildren; and three great grandchildren.
Following a private family service, the burial will be in Des Moines, IA at a later date.
Leonard Michael Stanulis
Leonard Michael Stanulis (Len) passed away peacefully in his sleep on Friday,March 31, 2017 at Brookstone Assisted Living in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He was 94 years old.
Born on August 12, 1922, Len graduated from Waukegan High School and served in the army during World War II in Europe. He was awarded the Purple Heart, and later served as Arkansas state commander in the Military Order of the Purple Heart. On May 5, 1947, he married his high school sweetheart, Margaret Ellen Rice (Peg) and they resided in Waukegan while he earned his college degree in engineering and started a family.
In 1954, the family moved to Benton Harbor, Michigan when Len took a job at Whirlpool Corporation where he worked for the rest of his career. In 1967, he transferred to Ft. Smith, Arkansas where he spent the final half of his life. After retiring, he and Peg traveled to explore the world and to visit family. Len could fix anything and was called upon to do all kinds of building projects for his growing family. He also loved to work in the yard, gardening, trimming trees, and mowing. He was also a volunteer at the Fayetteville VA Medical Center.
Len was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 52 years, Peg, his parents, Theodore and Antoinette Stanulis, and a brother Theodore Stanulis.
He is survived by one brother, Edward Stanulis and three children and their families, Margaret Stanulis Ells (Bob Ells), David Stanulis (Lori Stanulis) and Laura Stanulis Wilkins (Bruce Wilkins), seven grandchildren, David Stanulis, II (Katie), Rebecca Stanulis Stern, Jessica Stanulis McIntosh (Landon), Meghann Ells, Lauren Wilkins Stokes (Lance), Cody Ells, and Austin Wilkins and five great grand children, Joseph Tyler Stern, Burkleigh Boyett, Cameron Stanulis, Lofton and Linden Stokes, and his good friend and companion, Janet LaForce.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Military Order of the Purple Heart.
A Funeral Mass will be held on Thursday, April 6, 2017 at Christ the King Catholic Church Chapel in Fort Smith at 10:00am, with interment at Ascension Catholic Cemetery in Libertyville, Illinois.
Jerry Reese Yeargan
Jerry Reese Yeargan died March 31, 2017 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He was preceded in death by his parents, Edward Yeargan and Tacy Pearl Yeargan, and his sister, Edwina McClurkan. He is survived by his wife of fifty-eight years, Jane Evans Yeargan, his daughter and son-in-law, Leigh Anne and Michael Cale, his son and daughter-in-law, Brooks and Traci Yeargan, two grandchildren, Sydney and Kinsley Yeargan, all of Fayetteville, Arkansas, one brother, Judge Charles Yeargan and wife Donna Kay of Glenwood, Arkansas, and one sister, Wanda Dwyer of Fayetteville, Arkansas. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Born in Kirby, Arkansas on January 31, 1940, Jerry was the valedictorian of his high school class. He attended Henderson State Teacher’s College for two years where he played basketball and helped his team win the AIC Championship with an 18-2 record his freshman year. Jerry transferred to the University of Arkansas his junior year to pursue a degree in Electrical Engineering. He received both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Arkansas, and was a member of Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, and Phi Mu Epsilon. After working for Texas Instruments in Dallas, Texas, he returned to school and received his Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, Texas in 1967.
Jerry returned to Fayetteville, Arkansas as a faculty member of the University of Arkansas College of Engineering where he taught for forty years until his retirement on June 30, 2007. He held the Texas Instruments Chair in Linear Microelectronics and served as Head of the Electrical Engineering Department from 1977-1982. He served as Head of the Department of Computer Science and Computer Engineering from January 2005 until his retirement and as Distinguished Professor and Roger S. Kline Chair in Computer Science and Computer Engineering. He was a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), the American Society for Engineering and Education (ASEE), the International Engineering Consortium (IEC), and was a charter member of the Pan American Academy of Engineering.
Jerry was the 2001-2002 President of the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology, Inc. (ABET) and, as such, served as the Chair of its Board of Directors and Executive Committee. He served as an ABET director from 1998-2000 representing IEEE. He served as a member of the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of ABET from 1992-1997 and chair of the Criteria Committee from 1995-1997.
His career in Electrical Engineering afforded him the opportunity to travel the world. He served as a consultant evaluator to engineering schools in the United States and internationally including the Egyptian Air Force Academy, the University of Puerto Rico, the Universidad de Los Andes in Bogota, Columbia, the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in Taejon, Korea, the University of Iceland, the Technical University of Delft, Kuwait University, the University of Qatar in Doha, Qatar, Abu Dhabi University, and the United Arab Emirates University of El-Ain, UAE. He served by invitation of the Swiss Federal Office of Technical Education as an international observer to the Peer Review of the Swiss Universities of Applied Science. He served as Chair of the Academic Advisory Board for the United Arab Emirates for the International Academic Advisory Council for the University of Qatar.
Jerry received numerous awards and recognitions including the 2006 Linton E. Grinter Distinguished Service Award of ABET, the IEEE 2004 Harden Pratt Award, the IEEE Educational Activities Board Meritorious Service Award – 2001, IEEE Millennium Medal – 2000, Outstanding Teacher Award – Department of Electrical Engineering 2004, Outstanding Service to Students – College of Engineering – 1998, Outstanding Faculty Award, Presented by the Arkansas Academy of Electrical Engineers – 1998, 1997 IEEE Education Society Achievement Award, 1981 Tau Beta Pi Outstanding Professor in the College of Engineering, Haliburton Award – Outstanding Engineering Faculty – 1986, and the IEEE Centennial Medal – 1986.
When not teaching or traveling, Jerry enjoyed playing his guitars, playing golf with his life long friends, working in his yard, and playing with his granddaughters – Sydney and Kinsley.
A “last tee time: will be held at the Fayetteville Country Club, followed by a private burial service at Kelley Cemetery in Murfreesboro, Arkansas at a later date. The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to the University of Arkansas, University of Arkansas Foundation, In Memory of Jerry Yeargan, Electrical Engineering Department, 3217 Bell Engineering Building, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, the Willard Walker Hospice Home, P.O. Box 356, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72702, or the Kelley Cemetery, c/o Jane Yeargan, 2831 South College Drive, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701.
Melvin Valery Keith Carrico
Melvin Valery Keith Carrico, 72, of Garfield died Friday, March 31, 2017 at Circle of Life Hospice House in Bentonville. He was born August 21, 1944 in California.
He enjoyed hunting, fishing, outdoors, and woodworking. He was a craftsman and a carpenter. He had lived in the Northwest Arkansas area for 2 years after moving from Arizona.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Melvin is survived by his wife; Juanita Carrico, of Nevada, two daughters; Buffy Oyler and her husband Lawrence, of Garfield, Michelle Mendoza and her husband Jamison, of Gateway, one sister; Sharon Farlee, of Arizona, 11 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren.
A celebration of Melvin’s life will be announced at a later date by the family.
John Thomas Whitten
John Thomas Whitten, of Rogers died peacefully Wednesday, March 29, in the presence of family at the age of 72. He was born March 10, 1945 in McCaskill to Newburn and Louise (Bowers) Whitten. John was a graduate of the University of Arkansas and lived and worked as a CPA in Hope for many years.
John was preceded in death by his parents and siblings Evelyn Whitten, Jimmy Whitten, Katherine Chandler, Ernest Whitten, and William Whitten.
Survivors include his daughter, Karen Langston (Jay) of Fayetteville, son, Mike Whitten (Denise) of Oklahoma; and daughter Jennifer Whitten of Little Rock; brother, Doyle Whitten of Missouri; sisters: Dorothy Walthall of Texas, Betty Sue Hernandez (Paul) of Texas, and Mary Jane Jennings of Louisiana and many nieces and nephews that will greatly miss their "Uncle Johnny." He was known by some as "Slick", by some as the author of Leroy stories.
A graveside service will be held Saturday, April 1 at 1:00pm at Anderson Cemetery in Spring Hill.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be given to POTS research at dysautonomiainternational.org.
Sheryl DeLynn LaFluer
Sheryl DeLynn LaFluer, 64, of Fayetteville died at her home March 29th, 2017. She was born January 22, 1954 the daughter of Frances Beets and Pat Patterson.
She was preceded in death by her father and sister, Tammy Martin.
Sheryl is survived by daughters; Sabra Pretat and Chelsea Long, grandchildren; Hagan Blount, Aspyn Blount, Brayden Pretat, and Roman Walton.
