Obituaries

Frances Maxine Kell

Frances Maxine Kell, 80, a resident of Siloam Springs passed away Dec. 22, 2013, in Fayetteville. She was born Feb. 26, 1933, in Savoy, Ark., the daughter of Winfield D. and Ila Mae Blew Holland. Maxine was a faithful wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandma. She was a member of the Harvard Avenue Baptist Church in Siloam Springs where she was active in the Harvard Sr. Joy Group and she was a well loved nursery worker. She was a 4-H and Extension Homemaker's Club leader at Savoy. She was a resourceful homemaker, expert cook, seamstress, master gardener, and had a deep faith in God. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lewis Wayne Kell; two brothers, Winfield Donald Holland and Charles Edward Holland; and two sisters, Virginia Lee Worley and Verna Mae Keener. Survivors include three daughters, Debra Hester and husband, Chris, of Fayetteville, Valerie Macken and husband, Hugh, of Carlsbad, Calif., and Susan Whelton and husband, Phil, of Arklow, Ireland; five grandchildren, Travis Hester, Jared Macken, Annettia Macken, Nicolas Macken and Amy Whelton; two great-grandchildren, Chloe and Kendle Hester; three sisters, Ada June Phillips and husband, Ray, Carolyn Sue McDonald and husband, Jerry, Anne Smith and husband, Harold. The family will receive friends at Luginbuel Funeral Home, Friday from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013, 10 a.m. at the Harvard Avenue Baptist Church in Siloam Springs, with Tad Thompson officiating. Burial will be in the Farmington Cemetery in Farmington, Ark.; no graveside services will be held at the cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Willard Walker Hospice House P.O. Box 356, Fayetteville, AR 72702. Online guest book, www.luginbuel.com.

Published December 25, 2013

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