Obituaries

Georgia Lee Goodman, 98, of Scott City died Monday, Sept. 21, 2020, at her home. She was born April 7, 1922, in Cooter, Missouri, to Samuel and Gypsy Johnson Smith. She was a member of Cape Bible Chapel in Cape Girardeau. She is survived by a son, Herbert (Vivian) Goodman of Scott City; two daughters, Carolyn Brant of Scott City and Shirley Aldridge of Yorkville, Tennessee; 22 grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Carl Thomas Gushwa, 65, of Perryville died Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, at his home. A memorial for friends will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sept. 30 at 21 E. St. Joseph St. in Perryville. Ford and Young Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Bertha Lou Haupt, 91, of Jackson went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. She passed away at the Villas of Jackson, where she had been living the past 2 1/2 years. The family extends a special thank you to the staff at the Villas for its loving care and support...

Leon H. Laurentius, 86, of Jackson passed away Monday, Sept. 21, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 10, 1934, in Advance, Missouri, to Joseph and Mary VanGennip Laurentius. He and Helen R. Richter were married Nov. 18, 1967, in Jackson. Two children were born to their union: Paul and Laura...

Herusel "Curly" Moyers was born Feb. 11, 1927, at Elvins, Missouri, the son of the Rev. Ira and Luaretta Moyers, and passed away Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020, at the age of 93 years. Curly was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Ruth Johnson Moyers; grandson and granddaughter-in-law, Gregory (Sarah) Moyers; granddaughter, Brandy Wimberley; daughter-in-law Jimilee Moyers; four brothers, Charles Moyers, John Moyers, Audie Moyers and Wilburn Moyers; one infant sister; two sisters, Novella Lunsford and Doretta Martin; one stepbrother, Chuck Ross; and one stepdaughter, Karen Scott. ...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Jonathan Floyd Boxdorfer, infant son of Travis Boxdorfer and Mo Patterson, was stillborn Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville. Jonathan is survived by his parents and brothers, Waylon and Daniel Boxdorfer, all of Perryville; paternal grandfather, Larry (Neecee) Boxdorfer of Perryville; paternal grandmother, Kim (Rick) Baldwin of Frohna, Missouri; maternal grandmother, Cindy Balsman (Lee Flanagan) of Gordonville; paternal great-grandmother, Alice Boxdorfer of Perryville; paternal great-grandfather, Jerry Parker of Cape Girardeau; and maternal great-grandfather, Bill Curtis of Huntington Beach, California.. ...

BLOOMSDALE, Mo. -- Roger Dale Cotner of Bloomsdale passed away Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, at the age of 67. Roger was retired from the State of Missouri; a Vietnam veteran; loving father to one daughter, Holly Benson of Gerald, Missouri; and grandfather to Trenton, Kylie, Summer and Lakely of Gerald...

Rosemary Ruth Earl, 72, of Cape Girardeau passed away Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, at Southeast Hospital. She was born Feb. 13, 1948, in Cairo, Illinois, to Delbert and Mary Doris Winger Zoellner. She and Stephen Earl were married Nov. 10, 1967, in Charleston, Missouri...

Herschel L. Hunt, 87, of Scott City died Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020, at his daughter's home in Tallahassee, Florida. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Larry Lacey officiating...

Gary Glenwood Lane, 80, of Jackson died Monday, Sept. 21, 2020, at his home. The family will hold a private memorial visitation and memorial service Saturday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson, with the Rev. Jimmie Corbin officiating. Interment will be at a later date in Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson...

Leon H. Laurentius, 86, of Jackson died Monday, Sept. 21, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. An American Legion Honor Guard service will be at 7 p.m...

Paul Joseph Lloyd, 79, of Cape Girardeau passed away Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Paul was born May 15, 1941, in Denver to John Arthur and Lorretta Hensgen Lloyd. Paul and Karen Pickens were married in Cape Girardeau on his birthday in 1975...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Clyde Vincent Mattingly, 84, of Perryville died Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, in Perryville. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Christ the Savior Catholic Church in Brewer, Missouri. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the church, with the Rev. Rich Wehrmeyer officiating. Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery in Perryville...

PATTON, Mo. — Edith Jane Propst, 79, passed away Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020, at her home in Patton, surrounded by her family. Her beautiful smile and sweet spirit will be greatly missed. Edith was born Oct. 7, 1940, the daughter of Lancie and Irene Smith Yamnitz of Patton. ...

Melba Wilson Casey, 99, of Cape Girardeau, and formerly of Paducah, Kentucky, passed away Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, at the Chateau Girardeau Health Center. Melba was born July 2, 1921, near Holland, Missouri, to Garvin and Flossie Pounds Wilson. She was an active member of Broadway Church of Christ of Paducah...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Donald L. Horn, 77, of Perryville died Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, at his home. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday at Ford & Young Chapel in Perryville. The funeral will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Mike Friesz officiating...

Paul Joseph Lloyd, 79, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Visitation is tentatively set for 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. The funeral is tentatively set for 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will take place at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery...

Edward N. Yarbrough, 95, formerly of Florissant, Missouri, died Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, with the Revs. Robert and Judy Bentley and Darrell Faire officiating. Military honors will immediately follow the ceremony. Interment will be private at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis...

Ernest Clifton Adams Jr. of Cape Girardeau was born in Whitesburg, Kentucky, on July 30, 1943, the son of Ernest Clifton Adams Sr. and Opal Hall Adams. He married Janet Hetherington In Danville, Illinois, on June 21, 1976. Ernie was called home by his Savior on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020, after a courageous battle with cancer...

David Wayne Aufdenberg, 63, of Jackson passed away Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, at his home. Born Aug. 12, 1957, in Cape Girardeau to William A. and Ruby Augusta Fluegge Aufdenberg, he was the youngest of seven children. David was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Tilsit and confirmed at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson. He and Carla Reimann were married May 18, 1985, at St. Paul Church...

YUMA, Ariz. -- Barbara L. Hurst Drew passed away Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020, at Kindred Homes II in Yuma. She was born Nov. 28, 1939, in Rector, Arkansas, to Henry Lawrence and Opal McGee Hurst. Her early years were spent in Oran, Missouri, where she started school, and in 1957, she graduated from Bell City (Missouri) High School. She graduated from Southeast Missouri State University with a Bachelor of Science and a master's degrees in education...

** Thelma Eaker MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Thelma Burns Eaker, 95, of Marble Hill died Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, at Woodland Hills. A memorial service will be held at a future date. Hutchings Funeral Chapel is assisting the family.

Rosemary Ruth Earl, 72, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, at Southeast Hospital. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m., with parish prayers at 7 p.m., Wednesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Mary's Cathedral, with the Rev. Allan Saunders officiating. Entombment will follow at Cape County Memorial Park Mausoleum in Cape Girardeau...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Gregory W. Hadler, 58, of Perryville died Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Sunday and from 6:30 to 8 a.m. Monday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Zion Lutheran Church in Crosstown, Missouri, with the Rev. Roger Abernathy officiating. Burial will be at Point Rest Cemetery in Menfro, Missouri...

John Lynn Huckstep, 70, of Cape Girardeau passed away Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, at Lutheran Home. He was born Feb. 18, 1950, in Gordonville to Roscoe and Georgia Davis Huckstep, the 11th of 13 children. John was a graduate of Parkview State School in Cape Girardeau and had worked at VIP Industries several years ago...

PULASKI, Ill. -- A celebration of life service will be from 1 to 5 p.m. Oct. 3 at the pavilion of Pulaski County Fairgrounds, 497 W. Commercial Ave., in Pulaski, Illinois, for Jackie Dean and Peggy Sue Roberts, and their daughter, Colleen Roberts, all formerly of Pulaski. Full military honors will be given for Jackie, and John Windings will officiate...

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Olin Ray Rush, 76, of Marble Hill passed away Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born August 2, 1944, in Chicago, the son of Elvis and Ida Thornton Rush. He and Hazel Williamson were married Aug. 9, 1962; she survives...

Dr. Fred E. Saalfeld of Springfield, Virginia, passed away peacefully Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, at his home. A native of Joplin, Missouri, Dr. Saalfeld earned his Bachelor of Sciences in chemistry, physics and mathematics (with honors) from Southeast Missouri State University, where he was a standout intercollegiate basketball player. While at SEMO, Dr. Saalfeld met the love of his life Mary Elizabeth "Liz" Renner...

Ella Jean Yeager, 91, of Oak Ridge died Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, at her home. She was born Sept. 13, 1929, in Sedgewickville, Missouri, to Albert and Dona Hobeck Friese. She and Buford Roscoe Yeager were married March 31, 1962, at Oak Ridge. He preceded her in death Dec. 19, 2007...

David Wayne Aufdenberg, 63, of Jackson died Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, at his home. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson. The funeral will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at the church, with the Rev. Jason Shaw officiating. Interment will follow at Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson...

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Thelma Burns Eaker, 95, of Marble Hill died Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, at Woodland Hills. A memorial service will be held at a future date. Hutchings Funeral Chapel is assisting the family.

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Gregory W. Hadler, 58, of Perryville died Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Sunday and from 6:30 to 8 a.m. Monday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Zion Lutheran Church in Crosstown, Missouri, with the Rev. Roger Abernathy officiating. Burial will be at Point Rest Cemetery in Menfro, Missouri...

Robert "Bob" Martin, 95, of Cape Girardeau passed from his earthly body into eternity and God's glorious presence Monday, Sept. 14, 2020, at Missouri Veterans Home. He was born Feb. 5, 1925, in Atlanta to George F. and Ola M. Pate Martin. He and Torres Yvonne Halterman were married Aug. 26, 1951, at First Presbyterian Church in Anna, Illinois. She preceded him in death July 3, 2000...

Simon Andrew Essner, 97, son of the late Leo and Rosa Urhahn Essner, was born Oct. 1, 1922, in New Hamburg, Missouri, and departed this life Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, at his home in Kelso, Missouri, surrounded by his family. On May 20, 1950, he married Clara Diebold Essner at St. Augustine Catholic Church in Kelso. She survives...

BRYANT, Ark. — Sara Jane Farris Herring, 87, of Benton, Arkansas, died Sunday, Sept. 6, 2020, at Evergreen Living Center in Bryant. Visitation and funeral were Wednesday at Young's Funeral Directors chapel in El Dorado, Arkansas, with Dr. Benjy McCann officiating. Burial followed in Strong Cemetery...

H.L. Layman, son of the late Herbert and Lena Sigler Layman, was born Dec. 23, 1931, in Houlka, Mississippi, and departed this life Monday, Sept. 14, 2020, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau at the age of 88 years. He was united in marriage to Janet Essner on June 19, 1982, in Ferguson, Missouri, and she survives...

PUXICO, Mo. — Marilyn Kay Markham, 65, of Puxico, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020, at Puxico Nursing and Rehab. There will be no services. Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Oscar Alan Oakes, 91, of Perryville died Monday, Sept. 14, 2020, at Independence Care Center. Visitation will be from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Monday at United Methodist Church in Perryville. The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the church, with the Rev. Kevin Barron officiating. Committal service will be at 3 p.m. Monday at Metropolis Memorial Gardens in Metropolis, Illinois...

Ronald Jackson Reynolds, also lovingly known as "Pops," 62, of Jackson passed away Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, at his home. He was born Feb. 25, 1958, in Bedford, Virginia, son of Lloyd Gill and Janet Earline Wilson Reynolds. He and Jennifer Bitner were married Oct. 30, 1984, in Hagerstown, Maryland...

Carolyn Irene Seabaugh, 75, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020, at her home. She was born Dec. 8, 1944, in Cape Girardeau to Galvin and Earlene Clifton Dillingham. She was a graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School class of 1962. Carolyn worked at Schaaf Grocery throughout high school. Over the years, she was a secretary at Colonial Restaurant, Southside Baptist Church, Bethany Baptist Church and Maple United Methodist Church, and retired after 29 years...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — Alice Cornelia "Connie" Shanks, 94, of Bloomfield went home to be with her Lord on Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. Connie was a faithful member of First Baptist Church of Bloomfield, where she loved life and taking care of others through her cooking and caring ways. Her life was spent loving her family and her church family...

Donald "Donnie" R. Stone, 83, of Friedheim passed away Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 13, 1937, in Chaffee, Missouri, son of Heissie Edward and Blanche Edith Conrad Stone. He and Wanda Lee Slinkard were married Nov. 9, 1964, in Chaffee...

Betty Lou Suedekum, 91, of Jackson died Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 16, 1929, in Jackson to Roy Henry and Nellie Magnaline Williams Schreiner. She and Dorris Lee Suedekum were married July 12, 1959, in Jackson. He preceded her in death Jan. 29, 2002...

Ronald Dean Ward, 83, of Scott City passed away Monday, Sept. 14, 2020, at his home. He was born June 12, 1937, in Cape Girardeau to Ralph and Thelma Sledge Ward. He and Jo Ann Seabaugh were married Feb. 14, 1959, at Sedgewickville (Missouri) Lutheran Church. Their marriage was blessed with three children: Tim, Brad and Matt...

Randy G. Fronabarger, 77, of Jackson passed away Monday, Sept. 14, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 11, 1943, in St. Louis to Paul W. and Della M. Hahs Fronabarger. He married Sharon Smith. They had three children: Lane, Julie and Garrett...

LILBOURN, Mo. -- Raymond Erwin Lloyd, 88, passed away Monday, Sept. 14, 2020, at New Madrid Living Center in New Madrid, Missouri. He was born Aug. 5, 1932, in Lilbourn, the son of the late Raymond and Bessie Taylor Lloyd. He was a member of New Life Assembly in New Madrid and had worked as owner-editor for SEMO News in Lilbourn and the Portageville Review in Portageville, Missouri. ...

TYLER, Texas -- Josephine Ida Lundstrum, 84, of Tyler, formerly of Cape Girardeau and Marble Hill, Missouri, died Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, in Tyler. A memorial service will be from noon to 1 p.m. Saturday at Lakewood Church, 19746 State Highway 155 South in Flint, Texas, with Raymond Graham officiating...

Robert "Bob" Martin, 95, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Sept. 14, 2020, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at 12:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Ed Rothenberger officiating. Burial will be at Anna City Cemetery in Anna, Illinois...

Billy Ray Rhodes, 93, of Washington, Missouri, formerly of Scott City, died Monday, June 8, 2020. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Lightner Cemetery Gazebo in Scott City, with the Rev. Michael Woods officiating. Burial will be with full military honors...

Lee Roy Allen, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Sept. 7, 2020, at Cotton Point Living Center in Matthews, Missouri. The funeral will be at noon Friday at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau, with the Rev. Donny Ford officiating. Burial will be at Lorimier Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...