Mary Lynne Bublitz/Beck

Mary Lynne Bublitz/Beck of Bella Vista, Ark.,, died April 3rd, 2022. She was born April 6, 1938, in San Pedro, Calif., to Frederick Homer Monteil and Frances Bernice (Gaither) Monteil. She moved to Bella Vista in 1993 from Overland Park, Kan. She was graduated from Avila College School of Nursing in Kansas City, Mo., in 1958. She worked as an O.B. nurse. She also worked as an Occupational Health Nurse, D.O.N. at Iola Hospital and Nursing Home in Iola, Wis., Regency Health Care in Olathe, Kan,, Indian Creek Nursing Center in Overland Park, Kan. and Concordia Care Center in Bella Vista. She was a member of Northwest Arkansas Case Manager's Association, The Northwest Arkansas Chorale and Bella Vista Kiwanis. She was also an active member at Grace Lutheran Church of Lowell, Ark., in choir and altar guild and taught Sunday school for most of her adult life. She is preceded in death by her parents, Fred and Bernice Monteil; her previous husband, George Bublitz; two sisters, Kathleen Cook and Freddie Sue Deily; and one brother, Bill Monteil. She is survived by her husband, Daniel Beck of Bella Vista; her son, Michael Ruggles, and his wife, Leslie, of Plano, Texas. Also, a stepson, Kevin Bublitz; two stepdaughters, Deborah Guenther and Sandra Willis; one brother, Fred H. Monteil, Jr. of Townsend, Mont.; three sisters, Sharon Aring of Smithville, Mo., Helen Betts of Five Points, Ala., and Johannah Poland of Apache Junction, Ariz. A funeral service will be held at Grace Lutheran Church in Lowell, Ark., on Thursday, April 7th at 1 p.m. with burial to follow at Bella Vista Cemetery in Bella Vista, Ark. Arrangements are under the direction of Bella Vista Funeral Home & Crematory. Online condolences may be made at www.funeralmation.com.