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Delaina Jo McCool-Saylor

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Delaina Jo McCool-Saylor was born November 27, 1968 at Bates Memorial Hospital, Bentonville, Arkansas and passed away at home in Centerton, Arkansas on November 13, 2015. Delaina was born to Sherman and Jo Ann McCool of Bentonville, Ark. She leaves behind her parents, husband, Austin A. Saylor II (46 years old) of Centerton, son, Riley L. VanLaningham (21 years old) of Denver, Colo., son, Austin Jared Saylor (13 years old), and step-daughter, Brook Lynn Saylor (24 years old), along with two sisters, Deborah Palarino and husband Nicholas of Colorado Springs, Colo. and Deidre Hendricks of Rogers, Arkansas, along with two nieces and nephews. Delaina graduated from Pea Ridge High School class of 1987. Delaina was the school nurse at Fulbright Junior High School from 2013 until November of 2015. Following her graduation from Northwest Arkansas Community College Nursing School in 2010, she worked at both NW Medical Center and Mercy Hospital on the Med-Surg floors. She devoted herself entirely to helping people and often spoke fondly of her friends in nursing who she worked with and adored. Previously she worked for 10 years at Bob Maloney Ford car dealership. Delaina was a most amazing wife, mother, daughter, and friend. She made so many happy during their times of hardship and despair with her unending sense of humor and keen wit. She loved the Lord and was baptized with her husband at the Bentonville Seventh-day Adventist church on Dec. 25, 2004. She enjoyed boating, camping, swimming, and making crafts; of which she was extremely talented. One of her works was pictured in People magazine last year. She will be most affectionately remembered for her devotion and endless love of her family. Services will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, November 20, 2015 at Rollins Funeral Home in Rogers. Delaina asked that any donations to the family instead be made in her name to an animal shelter or Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock, Ark.

Published November 18, 2015

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