Mary Lou Walling

Mary Lou Freeman Walling, age 74, of Fayetteville died Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013. Mary was born June 25, 1939, in Hot Springs, S.D., to the late Arthur Freeman and Nora Martin Freeman. She graduated from Longmont High School in Longmont, Colo., where she had lived since age 12. She earned a bachelor's from the University of Northern Colorado in 1959 where she was a member of Alpha Sigma Alpha Sorority and Pi Kappa Delta Forensic Honor Society. She married Charles E. Walling in 1958. Mary taught elementary school in New Jersey and in Pennsylvania. She was the director of Anne's Haven Hospice in Denton, Texas. She served as a medical office manager in Bolivar, Mo., and in Harrison, Ark. She is a member of St. Paul Episcopal Church, Fayetteville. Mary served as a lay reader, on the Altar Guild and sang in the choir at St. Paul and elsewhere. Mary was a devoted mother and wife, a bright and articulate friend, remarkably dependable, loyal and cheerful. Mary is survived by her husband, Chuck; and three children, Michael Lawrence Walling of Malvern, Ark., Hope Elizabeth Wilkinson of Shreveport, La., and Johanna Joy Foster and her husband, Stephen, of Mountain Home, Ark. She is also survived by four grandchildren, Bailey Gideon Parker, Ryan Edward Wilkinson, Jackson Matthew Foster and Bennett James Foster. Burial services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013, at St. Paul Episcopal Church, Fayetteville, with a reception following. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Friends of Music, St. Paul Episcopal Church, 224 N. East Ave., Fayetteville, AR 72701. Cremation arrangements were made by Moore's Chapel. To sign the online guest book, visit www.mooresfuneralchapel.com.