Lari Lemond Valentine

Lari Lemond Valentine, 52, left this world December 22, 2012. She was born in Little Rock on July 30, 1960 to Bill and Melba Lemond. Lari lived the last several years of her life very happy in her marriage to Keith Valentine, originally from Cheyenne, Wyoming, but most recently living in Bentonville. Lari was known by all her friends and family as having always lived to the beat of a different drum and was the consummate entrepreneur. An avid lover of deep-sea fishing, she and her husband relished their numerous times together on the back of a boat in Manzanillo, Mexico. She is survived by her husband, Keith Valentine; daughter Chelsea Friesen of Bentonville; her mother Melba Lemond of Little Rock; sister, Cindy Flowers of Little Rock; brother Russell Lemond of Little Rock. Her family and friends will be holding a private celebration of her life to honor her after the holidays but ask all those that knew her to leave their online condolences via www.callisonlough.com. Cremation arrangements are by Callison-Lough Funeral Home of Bentonville.