Mary Ann DeWitt

Mary Ann DeWitt, of Bentonville, Ark., died Saturday, March 30, 2013, at Landmark Hospital in Joplin, Mo. She was born Aug. 28, 1929, in Walker, Iowa, the daughter of Floyd W. and Deborah Fairchild Templeman. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Bentonville for many years. She enjoyed spending quality time with her family especially her grandchildren. She had lived in the Northwest Arkansas area since 1989 after moving from Arlington Heights, Ill. She enjoyed sewing, reading, and working jigsaw puzzles. She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother Ronald. Mary Ann is survived by: her husband James "Jim" DeWitt, of the home whom she married Jan. 29, 1955; two sons, James "Jim" DeWitt Jr. and his wife Dee Ann, of Vista, Calif., Robert "Bob" DeWitt and his wife Donna, of Littleton, Colo.; two brothers, Harold Templeman and his wife Joyce, of West Des Moines, Iowa, Donald Templeman and his wife Kaye, of Yuma, Ariz.; two sisters, Margaret Differding and her husband Paul, of Clinton, Ind., Rae Elise Williams, of Omaha, Neb.; three grandchildren, Erin Litchfield and her husband Michael, of Peace River, Alberta, Canada, and Jennifer and Emma DeWitt of Littleton, Colo. Visitation will be Wednesday, April 3, 2013, from 9 a.m. until service time at First Baptist Church of Bentonville. Funeral service will be Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at 10 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Bentonville with Rev. David Brown and Rev. Phillip Smith officiating. Interment will be at noon at National Cemetery in Fayetteville. Memorials may be sent to: First Baptist Church of Bentonville to the Building Fund. Arrangements by Epting Funeral Home of Bentonville. Condolences: www.eptingfuneralhome.webs.com.