Arlynda
Lea (Chastain) Beuterbaugh physically died at 3:45 AM, Tuesday,
December 5, 2017 from complications due to non-alcoholic cirrhosis of
the liver. She passed on peacefully at Cox South Hospital in
Springfield, MO.
Arlynda
was physically born into this world on August 8, 1961 in Cabool, MO.
She was a life-long resident of the state of Missouri and had resided
in Springfield since 1998.
Arlynda
was preceded in physical death by her father, Wayne Chastain, in
August of 1995 and her mother, Bonnie (Babbitt) Lozano, in January of
2017. Her father resided in Nixa, MO at he time of his physical
death, and her mother resided in Springfield, MO at the time of her
physical death.
Arlynda
is survived by her husband, two sisters, one brother, two
brothers-in-law, one niece, three nephews, two uncles and one aunt.
Arlynda's husband, Jerry E. Beuterbaugh, resides in Springfield, MO.
Arlynda's sister, Leslie (Chastain) Rose resides with her husband,
James Rose, in Rogersville, MO. Arlynda's sister, Angie (Prisliski)
Langley resides with her husband, Jay Langley, in Nixa, MO.
Arlynda's brother, Steve Prisliski, resides in Ozark, MO. Arlynda's
niece, Michaela Rose, resides in Rogersville, MO. Arlynda's nephew,
Loren Rose, resides in Ozark, MO. Arlynda's nephew, Sam Langley,
resides in Springfield, MO. Arlynda's nephew, Jake Langley, resides
in Washington, MO. Arlynda's aunt, Grace (Babbitt) Butts resides
with her husband, Elster Butts, in Mountain Grove, MO and Arlynda's
uncle, Kenneth Babbitt, resides in Republic, MO.
Okay,
that takes care of the formalities, and now for the good stuff.
Hopefully, you will think so, too.
I did
not realize that I had no idea just what love is really all about
until I met Arlynda in March of 1994. She never waivered in her
service as a clear reflectiion of our Heavenly Father's love for the
23 years, eight months and 20 days we were so blissfully married.
We
having met at all is also miraculous. For it was the result of me
caving in to stop my mom from pestering me anymore about it and
placing a personal ad in the Penny Power advertising paper circulated
around Springfield, MO. All the ad said was, Single white male
seeking single white female for possible marriage, along with, "For
nothing will be impossible with God." Luke 1:37 (NAS).
I was
so convinced that the ad would come to nothing, I did not bother to
hear, "You have no new messages at this time," until eight
days had passed. Much to my delight, Arlynda had left me a message
on the very same day the ad came out.
I
parked my pickup across the street from Arlynda's tiny house in Nixa,
MO, and as I was walking to her front door, I noticed a seven-pound
fuzzball of fury in the form of a teacup poodle, standing between
Arlynda and me. Arlynda indicated that this first meeting would
probably be the last if I did not meet with Reenie's approval
forthwith. A serious belly rub later, we settled into being man and
wife quite happily. Okay,
there were a couple of other steps, but my many years of agony over
romantic failures were over.
Arlynda
visited 39 of the lower 48 American states while out on the truck
with me hauling refrigerated freight. During a layover in Buffalo,
NY, we bob-tailed across the bridge over Niagara Falls into Niagara
Falls, ON so she could say that she had been to Canada, as well as
seeing Niagara Falls. Reenie was also out on the truck with us and
loved barking at other vehicles through the small window at the
bottom of the passenger-side door.
Before
we met, Arlynda earned a degree with honors in Nursing from Phillips
College in Springfield, MO. She worked for Student Health at the
University of Missouri in Columbia, MO, where she met her dearest
friend, Barbie, who now resides with her husband, John Shryack, in
Kansas City, MO. Arlynda also worked for various clinics and
individual doctors throughout southwestern MO.
Arlynda
made many other dear friends working in Springfield, MO at MCI,
Hastings and Uniprise (United Health Care). She was disabled for the
last five years or so.
Be
assured that she will be missed more than I want to think about, but
I am so very thankful for her great suffering finally coming to an
end. Our Heavenly Father truly is full of goodness and mercy.
Arlynda's sisters, Angie and
Leslie, along with her niece, Michaela, produced awesome memorial slidesho that I uploaded to my Facebook page, but Facebook muted the background music out of an abundance of caution over copyright infringement concerns. When I went to add it here, it was too big to upload. So, you can go [here] to both watch AND listen to it. I hope you are as
impressed with it as I am. I think it is inspired and inspiring.
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