Christopher Thomas Kilroy
LINCOLN — Staff Sgt. Christo­pher Thomas Kilroy, 31, of Lin­coln died Sept. 8, 2009, at Mercy Medical Center in Rogers af­ter unexpected complications due to a sur­gery. He was born March 22, 1978, in Cam­den, N.J. to Margaret “Peg­gy” Petruzzi and was the beloved son of Gene Petruizzi.
He moved from New Jer­sey to Lincoln in 1992. He gradu­ated from Lincoln High School having served as captain of the football team, the first male Lin­coln cheerleader and was infec­tious with his attitude and his smile.
He was an active member of the Army National Guard where he served honorably in Opera­tion Noble Eagle. He began re­cruiting in 2004 in Logan County and later started recruiting in Washington County and the Lin­coln area.
Survivors include his wife, Amber Kilroy of the home; three sons, Noah, Michael and Chris­topher Jacob all of Lincoln; his mother and father, Gene and Peggy Petruzzi of Florida; father and mother-in-law, Lynn and Lisa Davison of Fayetteville; grand­parents, Dolores and Dennis Fox; father-in-law, Michael Fox and his wife, Peggie of Texas; sister­in- law, Jessica Maynard and her husband, James; one niece, Lau­ren and one nephew, Jacob.
Services were held Sept. 12 at the Lincoln High School Au­ditorium. Burial will be held at Bethesda Cemetery near Morrow with full military honors.
Pallbearers were Kenny Hulse, Brady Springer, Jeremy Coleman, Jordan Harrelson, Sgt. 1st Class Jason Wilson, Sgt. 1st Class Clint Flood, Staff Sgt. Anthony Moats and Cpl. Jason Cole.
Arrangements were under the direction of the Luginbuel Funeral Home of Prairie Grove, www. luginbuel.com.

Steve Davis
HINDSVILLE — Steve Davis, 58, of Hindsville died Sept. 13, 2009, in Hindsville. He was born Dec. 8, 1950 in San Di­ego to Gay and Betty Donahou Davis. He gradu­ated from Fay­etteville High School in 1970.
He served in the Army from 1970-73. He worked for Pine Creek Lumber in Clifty. He was a member of the Church of Christ in Farmington.
He was preceded in death by his soul mate, Brenda Ames; his brother, Phil Davis and his par­ents, Gay and Betty Davis.
Survivors include his sons, Staff Sgt. Chris Davis and Staff Sgt. Danny Davis, both of Ft. Ben­ning, Ga.; a stepson, Cody Ames of Ardmore, Okla.; a stepdaugh­­ter, Tammy Ames of Fayetteville; two sisters, Joyce Patrick and husband Chuck of Winslow and Barbara Elliott and husband Paul of Hindsville; a sister-in-law, Jayne Davis of Farmington; six grand­sons and 2 granddaughters.
Services will be at 1 p.m. today, Sept. 16, at the funeral home with Jay Walker officiating.
Burial will follow in Fayetteville National Cemetery with full mili­tary honors.
Pallbearers will be Chuck Pat­rick, Paul Elliott, Clinton Preston, Shem Davis, Staff Sgt. Chris Da­vis and Staff Sgt. Danny Davis.
Arrangements are by Benton County Funeral Home in down­town Rogers.
Online condolences may be made at www.bentoncountyfu­neralhome. com.

Imogene Frances Edwards
PRAIRIE GROVE — Imogene Frances Edwards, 81, of Prairie Grove died Sept. 9, 2009, at the Washington Regional Medi­cal Center in Fayetteville. She was born Dec. 3, 1927, at Dalhart, Texas, to Frank and Imogene Edgar Tindell Silcott.
She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Prairie Grove. Frances was preceded in death by her husband Emmett Earl Ed­wards and one sister, Mary Jan­ice Lewis.
Survivors include three sons, Steve Edwards of Siloam Springs, David Edwards of Lincoln, and Joel Edwards of Springdale; one daughter, Laura Nash of Prairie Grove; two sisters, Roberta Babb and Anne Briggs both of Pampa, Texas; six grandchildren, Neal, Jason, Tracy, Karen, Andrea and Marcie; one great-granddaugh­­ter, Breanna.
Services were held Sept. 12 at the First Baptist Church in Prairie Grove, with the Rev. Er­nest DeSoto officiating. Burial was in the Prairie Grove Cem­etery.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Luginbuel Funeral Home of Prairie Grove, www.luginbuel.com.

Jeremy Paul Ostrowski
FARMINGTON — Jeremy Paul Ostrowski, 33 of Farmington, died at home on Sept. 3, 2009. He was born Dec. 5, 1975, in Bull Shoals to Claude A. Mills and Di­ane M. Ostrowski-Mills.
He was employed by the City of Fayetteville for eight years. He attended Shiloh Christian School, Springdale, K-3, and graduated from Fayetteville Public Schools where he played the trumpet in the junior high and high school orchestra and marching bands.
He was honored in Who’s Who Among American High School Students 1993-94 and 1994­95 editions, and won numerous awards while competing on the Young American Bowling As­sociation. He graduated from Northwest Technical Institute in 1996 with a degree in Architec­tural Drafting Technology, at­tended classes at the Northwest Arkansas Community College and received his degree in Civil Engineering at the University of Arkansas.
He was an avid soccer player on the Springdale Adult League.
He loved playing golf, bowling, riding his motorcycle, cheering for the Razorbacks and was a true fan of the Chicago Cubs. He was a member of St. Paul’s Epis­copal Church, Fayetteville.
He married Sharon McCourt of Topeka, Kan., on May 13, 2000. She survives of the home.
He is also survived by his parents and his sisters: Amber Mills of Springdale, Heather Parsons of Springdale, Becke Ferrell of Springdale, Sarah (Mike) Thompson of Spring­dale and Jaime Ostrowski-Wit­zsche of Fayetteville, as well as grandparents Thad and Marilyn Ostrowski of Little Rock, Earl and Loretta Witzsche of Mead­ows Place, Texas, Ree Mills of Springdale, and Joe and Alberta Vernola of Winnebago, Il.
Services were held Sept. 13 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Fayetteville with committal in the St. Paul’s columbarium, with the Rev. Lowell Grisham and the Rev. Suzanne Stoner officiating.
Memorials can be made to: The Road to Recovery Fund, Uni­versity of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Attn: Sarcoma Clinic 1515 Holcombe Blvd Hous­ton, Texas, 77030; The American Cancer Society; or St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Healing Touch Ministry PO Box 1190, Fayette­ville, 72702

Ted Roger Stuart
PRAIRIE GROVE — Ted Roger Stuart, 63, of Prairie Grove died Sept. 11, 2009 near Prairie Grove. He was born July 30, 1946, in Sweetwater, Texas, to Tom­mie and Mary Helen Roden Stuart He grew up in Texas at various ranches managed by his father. He attended Hen­derson County Junior Col­lege in Athens, Texas, where he played football. His team won the Junior College Rosebowl in Pasadena, Calif. He went on to play football on schol­arship at the University of New Mexico. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in finance. Lat­er he studied philosophy at Tulsa University and then Horticulture at Oklahoma State University.
After spending time in the Army reserves, he worked as a bank examiner with home base in Tulsa, Okla. He later became a Vice President of a bank in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. After studying Horticulture he found his true career path and worked as a Landscape Maintenance supervi­sor for 27 years. He and his wife, Marcia, moved to Prairie Grove in 1976. He was semi-retired and worked part time at Colonia Hills Landscaping.
Survivors include his wife, Mar­cia of the home; two daughters, Anne Thurman and her husband, Guy, and Brooke Chandler and her husband, Matt; his mother, Mary Helen Stuart of Dripping Springs, Texas; two brothers, Mike Stuart of Cane Hill, Tommie Stuart of Dripping Springs; one sister, Barbara Wolf of Giddings, Texas; three grandchildren, Col­lin, Eli and Kayla.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. today, Sept. 16, at the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks in Fayette­ville with Bob Holland officiating.
Memorials may be made to the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks, P.O. Box 10407, Fayetteville, 72703 or Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism, One Capi­tol Mall, Little Rock, 72201.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Luginbuel Funeral Home of Prairie Grove, www. luginbuel.com.

Rachel Stepp
PETTIGREW — Rachel Stepp, 93, of Pettigrew died Sept. 9, 2009, at Fayetteville Health and Rehabilita­tion Center.
She was born Oct. 26, 1915, in Tecumseh, Okla., to Jobe and Lizza Bri­son Bohannon.
She was a homemaker and a mem­ber of the New Home Church of Christ. She loved gardening and sharing her “Rachel Bean” seeds with family and friends. She liked quilting and making her great apple pies to share.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Jubal Stepp; one son, Charles “Joe” Stepp; one son-in-law, Ivan Williams; two brothers, Henry Bohannon and Robert Bohannon; one sister, Annie Bohannon; and one grand­son.
Survivors include two daugh­ters, Fern Williams of Lincoln and Fawn Newton and her hus­band Troy of Torrance, Calif.; one daughter-in-law, Connie Williams Stepp of Elkins; five grandchil­dren; eight great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren.
Services were held Sept. 12 at Radford-Freewill Cemetery near Red Star with Larry Johnson of­ficiating.
Arrangements were under the direction of Brashears Funeral Home, www.brashearsfuneral­home. net.

Samuel Anderson Moses
RAMONA, Okla. — Samuel An­derson Moses, 72, of Ramona, Okla. died Sept. 14, 2009. He was born Feb. 12, 1937 to Clar­ence and Grace Moses, who were natives of Natural Dam.
Sam retired from Westco Inter­national Insulation Company of which he was employed for about 35 years. In addition to being a member of the local Carpenters’ Union 943, he held various other jobs related to carpentry.
He was preceded in death by both his parents; and three sis­ters, Lula Bolster of Natural Dam, Oma Jones of Prairie Grove and Ruth Hyatt of Cedarville.
Survivors include his wife of 52 years, Loyce Moses of Ramo­na, where they have lived for the past 17 years; two sons, Darrell and wife Diane Moses of Ochelata, Okla. and Doyle and wife Amelia Moses of Ramona; four daughters, Sandra and husband Paul Pace of Lincoln, Rose and husband Duane Kirk of Ramona, Linda Tatum of Ochelata, Okla. and Darlene and husband Tom Hatfield of Fayette­ville; four grandsons, eight grand­daughters, one great-grandson, and seven great-granddaughters; one sister and her husband, Flor­ence and Cecil Fredrick of Farm­ington; one brother and his wife, Jesse and Jane Moses of Cedar­ville; and several other extended family members.
Memorial graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Satur­day, Sept. 19 at the Natural Dam Cemetery in Natural Dam. Funeral services are under the direction of the Neekamp­ Luginbuel Funeral Home, www.honoringmemories.com.

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