Obituaries

Mary Barbara Purser

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Mary Barbara Purser, age 64, of Fayetteville, died Monday, December 7, 2015 in Fayetteville. She was born January 5, 1951 in Hays, Kansas, the daughter of Elmer and Mary Barbara Hammerschmidt Schmidt. She was preceded in death by her parents, her sister, Phyllis Pentecost and a sister-in-law, Sally Schmidt. She spent 43 years working at Campbell Soup/Vlasic/Pinnacle Foods in Fayetteville and was a member of St. Raphael Catholic Church in Springdale. She is survived by her husband, Larry Purser; a daughter, Sara Purser of Russellville, Arkansas; two sons, Mike Hignite and his wife Marjay of Springdale and Jim Hignite of Fayetteville; three step-children, Kimberly Honeycutt, Doug Purser and Sam Purser; four sisters, Dorothy Boulware of Kansas City, Missouri, Glenda Thompson of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Chloe Peters of Wichita, Kansas and Chris Purdy of Junction City, Kansas; four brothers, Terry Schmidt of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Melvin Schmidt of Beloit, Kansas, Elmer Schmidt of Hays, Kansas and Tom Schmidt of Hays, Kansas; five grandchildren, Jackson, Mary Emma, John Paul, Blake and Spencer and seven step-grandchildren. Visitation will be 5 p.m. – 7 p.m., Thursday, December 10, 2015 at Moore's Chapel. Funeral service will be 10:30 a.m., Friday, December 11 at St. Raphael Catholic Church in Springdale followed by burial at Fayetteville National Cemetery, under the direction of Moore's Chapel. To sign the online guest book, visit www.mooresfuneralchapel.com.

Published December 9, 2015

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