Raymonette Aeberli

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Visitation Schedule
First United Methodist
Church and Jefferson St.
Mountain View, AR  72560
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
1-3 p.m.
Service Schedule
First United Methodist Church
Church and Jefferson ST.
Mountain View, AR  72560
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
3 p.m.
Cemetery
Fredonia Cemetery
Highway 9 South
Mountain View, AR  72560
Raymonette Aeberli

of Mountain View, AR

September 23, 1934 - November 6, 2015

Raymonette Steward Aeberli, 81 of Mountain View passed away November 6, 2015 at Little Rock, Arkansas. She was born September 23, 1934 at Armorel, Arkansas to Charles Francher and Opal Larkin Steward. She is survived by her loving husband, Edwin George Aeberli to whom she was married for more than fifty years and her children, Carole Ragsdale Curtis, Lisa Ragsdale Rousseau, Kathleen Ragsdale, and Elizabeth Aeberli Sutton. She is also survived by step-daughters, Patricia Aeberli Cordell and Sheila Aeberli Young, and fifteen grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Opal Steward and a son, David Steward Ragsdale.

Rae was...An antique hunter with champagne tastes and a Maxwell House coffee budget...cream, no sugar please. A gifted seamstress who could craft red carpet-worthy Barbie doll clothes from velvet scraps and imagination. A passionate gardener who braked for butterflies, rescued irises by the roadside, and taught her children how to watch everyday beauty unfolding in a sunset, a flower's bloom, a starlit night, or a Luna moth emerging from its cocoon.

Rae was...A woman blessed to have found both her true love at first sight and her soul mate for a lifetime in the man she called husband for more than fifty years. An avid genealogist and historian who loved traveling the country and the internet engaged in the detective work of uncovering family roots...and a painter, and birder, and hummingbird herder. Her lifelong generosity of spirit in tending to those she saw in need was matched by her ability to turn strangers into friends wherever she traveled.

Rae was...An unquenchable reader who had a love of books, good conversation, and new knowledge that infused the lives of her husband, children, and friends...and who believed a book wasn't properly broken-in until it sported at least one coffee stain.

And Rae was...A women who knew how to transform a missed street turn into an adventure, a piece of plain buttered bread into a fairy sandwich with a light dusting of sugar to make it sparkle, and a life into a lifetime of rich experiences.

Visitation will be held from 1 3 P.M. Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at the First United Methodist Church of Mountain View. Funeral service will follow at 3 P.M. Pastor Paul Coy will officiate. Interment will be at Fredonia Cemetery. Pallbearers are Lanny Sutton, Justin Ragsdale, Robert Ragsdale, Nathan Sutton, Evan Sutton, and Dar Stow. Roller Crouch Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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Taylor Hearing Centers
Mountain View, AR
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Tuesday, November 10, 2015

We are so sorry to hear of Mrs. Aeberli's passing. She was a wonderful patient that we adored. Our thoughts and prayers go out to her family and friends during this time.

Sincerely,
Taylor Hearing Centers
Randy Fore
Ann Cartwright

L.D. and Martha Everett
Mountain View, AR
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Monday, November 9, 2015

Rae, a lovely and generous woman, whose obituary touches our memory of her...Our condolences to you, Ed, and to the family...May her soul and all the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace.

Karen Morgan
Mountain View, AR
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Monday, November 9, 2015

Rae was truly a remarkable woman and such a good neighbor although in the recent years we seldom saw each other anymore. In years past, we had many long telephone conversations as well as enjoying many activities together in Extension Homemakers club meetings. I was honored to help provide occasional care in my home for her father, Mr Stewart, as well as her grandson Justin a few times. Prayers for all of her family at this time.

George Robert Larkin
Overland Park, KS
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Monday, November 9, 2015

Raymonette was such a wonderful person & will be missed. Lots of memories that I will always remember & cherish. Ed if there is anything you need, let us know. Thru the years, our lifestyles have separated us from being so close to visit. Our busy days are no excuse to take the time to be with our families. As we get older, it becomes a reality to know that our lives are so short & you should cherish every moment.

Joan Crowe
Bowling Green, KY
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Sunday, November 8, 2015

Please accept my heartfelt condolences, Ed. I am so sorry to hear of Rae's passing. I appreciated your and her genealogy work.

Joan