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Virgil Cole

1927 - 2019

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1927

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2019

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Virgil Cole Obituary

Virgil Cole

Mountain Home, Arkansas - Visitation for Virgil L. Cole of Mountain Home, Arkansas, will be Monday, May 20, 2019, from 2:00 pm until 4:00 pm, at Kirby & Family Funeral Home in Mountain Home, Arkansas. Graveside Services for Virgil will be held at Lawnridge Cemetery in Rochelle, Illinois on Thursday, May 23, 2019. Virgil passed away May 17, 2019, in Mountain Home, Arkansas at the age of 92. He was born January 27, 1927, in Grand Ridge, Illinois, the son of Arthur and Clara Hess Cole. He married Betty Schabacker on November 1, 1958, in Rochelle,Illinois and worked for Country Mutual Insurance Co. Virgil was a U.S. Army Air Corp veteran of World War II. Virgil lived in Mountain Home since moving from Grand Ridge, Illinois, in 1992. He was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta. He had a great sense of humor and a love of animals, especially cats. Virgil is survived by his wife, Betty Cole of Mountain Home, AR; and a host of extended family, including many nieces, nephews, and cousins; and two cats, Pat and Mike. He was preceded in death by his parents; five brothers, Arnold, Arthur, Orval, Wilford, Henry Cole; and two sisters, Eleanor Tucker and Lorraine Ring. Arrangements are by Kirby and Family Funeral and Cremation Services - Mountain Home, Arkansas. Visit an online obituary and guestbook at www.kirbyandfamily.com.



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Published by Baxter Bulletin on May 20, 2019.

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May

20

Visitation

2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Kirby & Family Funeral & Cremation Services - Mountain Home

600 Hospital Dr PO Box 346, Mountain Home, AR 72653

May

23

Graveside service

Lawnridge Cemetery

Rochelle, AR

May

23

Graveside service

Lawnridge Cemetery

Rochelle, AR

Funeral services provided by:

Kirby & Family Funeral & Cremation Services - Mountain Home

600 Hospital Dr PO Box 346, Mountain Home, AR 72653

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