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Ellyn Marie Gerstein

Ellyn Marie Gerstein, 89, of Bella Vista, Ark., died Thursday, March 7, 2013, at Concordia Care Center in Bella Vista. She was born, March 1, 1924, in Chicago, Ill., to Wilbert Bungert and Caroline Jock Bungert. As the wife of a career military man she lived in various locations in the U.S. and Morocco. She was a medical records librarian and after retirement was a hospital volunteer in Kansas City and at Mercy Hospital in Rogers, Ark. She was preceded in death by her parents; her brother, William Bungert and her husband, James W. Gerstein. She is survived by one daughter, Darlene Tuohy (Gerald) of Bella Vista, Ark.; one brother, Robert Bungert of Schaumberg, Ill.; two grandchildren, David Tuohy, and Anne Marie Walsted (Claus) of Bella Vista; four great-grandchildren, Tia Tuohy, Dylan Tuohy, LucasWalsted and Tyler Walsted; her niece, Barbara Prus (James) and family of Schaumberg, Ill.; her nephew, William Bungert (Billy) and family of Surprise, Ariz. Arrangements are by the Bella Vista Funeral Home & Crematory, 2258 Forest Hills Blvd., Bella Vista, Ark. There will be no services. Interment will be at the Black Hills National Cemetery in South Dakota at a later date.

Published March 10, 2013

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