Obituaries

Jimmy Ray Smith departed peacefully from his life and entered the gates of Heaven on Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, at Southeast Heath Center in Cape Girardeau. Jimmy was born March 28, 1949, to the late Ray Smith and Arvella Brown Smith. He was united in marriage to Charlotte Westrich on July 26, 1969, in Chaffee, Missouri. She survives of the home in Chaffee, and the couple had recently celebrated a beautiful milestone of 50 years together as husband and wife...

** Michael Browne Michael S. Browne, 70, of Jackson died Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, at his home. A celebration of life service will be announced at a later date. McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson is in charge of arrangements.

Randy D. Lange, 65, of Millersville passed away Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. He was born July 27, 1954, son of Clarence and Aline Evans Lange. Randy was a carpenter by trade, and most of all he enjoyed roping and being surrounded by all his friends. Survivors include his son, Brian Lange of Williamsville, Missouri; brother, Steve Lange of Jackson; brother in-law, Larry Kuntze of Gordonville; and many friends...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Charles E. Lilly, 72, of Perryville died Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, at his home. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday at Ford and Young Funeral Home of Perryville. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday, with the Revs. Bruce Owens and Chris Seah co-officiating. Burial will be in Home Cemetery, with military graveside rites provided by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 4282 and Delta Team...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Euline M. Schremp, 81, of Perryville died Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, at Independence Care Center of Perry County. Friends may call from 9 a.m. to noon Monday at Ford and Young Funeral Home of Perryville. Funeral will follow at noon Monday, with the Rev. Joe Geders, C.M., officiating. Inurnment will be at the Mary Queen of Heaven Mausoleum in Mount Hope Cemetery...

Glenora J. Sitze, 96, died Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, at Monticello House in Jackson. Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Monday at Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill, Missouri. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Elijah Allen and Dr. Chris Vaught officiating. Burial will follow in Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery...

HILLSBORO, Mo. -- Jerry Don Sterling Sr., 74, of Hillsboro passed away Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, at Riverview at the Park in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. He was born Jan. 24, 1945, in Fort Smith, Arkansas, to Paul and Mary Jane Brown Sterling. He first married Linda Brown. Two children were born to their union, Jerry Jr. and Melissa. He later married Ruth Evans Schlater. She passed away Aug. 16, 2011...

PERRYVILLE, Mo, -- Brenda M. Franklin, 44, of Nevada, Missouri, formerly of Perryville, died Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, at Southwest Community Service in Nevada. The private visitation and funeral Mass for Brenda was held at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Silver Lake, Missouri. Burial was in the church cemetery...

LEOPOLD, Mo. -- Jesse Franklin Seiler, 61, of Leopold died Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, at Leopold. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m., with a prayer service at 7 p.m., Sunday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill, Missouri. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. John's Catholic Church in Leopold, with burial to follow in the church cemetery...

Michael Wayne Mathews, 55, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, at his home. He was born Nov. 29, 1963, in San Diego, son of Clifford Eugene Mathews and Margaret Ann Blanks. He and Bernadette Bernier were married Nov. 29, 1981. He worked for Procter & Gamble for 29 years. Some of his favorite hobbies included fishing and hunting. His true enjoyment, though, was spending time with his family and his fur baby, Muffins...

Marshall Dean Riley gained his angel wings, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, surrounded by family and friends, at Southeast Hospital. Dean was born Aug. 2, 1943, son to Marshall Riley and Geraldine Stringfellow. He and Karen Bragg were married on June 29, 1963, in Cape Girardeau...

WASHINGTON, Mo. -- Emma Pinkston Rhodes, 92, of Washington passed away Thursday, March 14, 2019, at Grandview Healthcare Center. She was born Jan. 30, 1927, in Fornfelt, now Scott City, to the late Lester James and Tessie May Nolan Pinkston. She was united in marriage to Billy Ray Rhodes on Oct, 9, 1947, at the Methodist Church in Fornfelt,...

Richard Dewane Bundy, 51, of Scott City died Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 9, 1968, in Cape Girardeau to Lewis Allen and Ruby Evelyn Simmons Bundy. He married Gloria Jean Newbolds on Oct. 2, 2001, in Benton, Missouri...

ORAN, Mo. -- Carlton "Omer" Hodges, 90, of Oran died Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, at Life Care Center in Sullivan, Missouri. He was born Dec. 9, 1928, in Benton, Missouri, to Carlton Guy and Hattie Maude Miller Hodges. He married Christine Ruth Painton on Nov. 30, 1949, in Oran...

ST. MARY, Mo. -- Cullen J. Mattingly, 94, of St. Mary died Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, at Independence Care Center. He was born June 6, 1925, in Perry County to Vincent Leo and Rosella Gibbar Mattingly. He and Novona M. "Sis" Wengert were married Nov. 23, 1946. She preceded him in death Sept. 7, 2012...

ORAN, Mo. -- David Earl Anthony, 74, of Oran died Monday, Sept. 16, 2019, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was the son of Earl and Mabel Martin Anthony and was born March 8, 1945, in Oran. He was united in marriage to Kathern King on June 25, 1964, in Oran...

DES PERES, Mo. -- Joel Ralph Beaudean, 73, of Des Peres died Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Schrader Funeral Home in Ballwin, Missouri. Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Ballwin. Burial will follow at the church cemetery, a short distance south from the church...

Peter Dominic Biffignani, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019, at his home. He was born May 24, 1934, in St. Louis to Oreste and Santa Gianino Biffignani. He and Betty Biffignani were married Aug. 11, 1956, at St. Ambrose Church in St. Louis. She preceded him in death Jan. 19, 2018...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- June Workman DeLay, 90, of Sikeston passed away at her home Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019. A former resident of Bell City and Charleston, Missouri, she had lived in Sikeston for the past 19 years. The DeLay family moved to Charleston from Bell City in 1958, when the family-owned business, DeLay Brothers Implement Co., expanded to a second location. The family moved to Sikeston in 1998...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Gilbert Anthony Eichhorn, son of Clyde Anton and Josephine Olivia Uhrhan Eichhorn, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, at his home, surrounded by his loving family, at the age of 68 years. He was a retired carpenter for Boulder Construction. He was a member of St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Chaffee and a member of Chaffee Elks Lodge No. 1810...

ORAN, Mo. -- Carlton "Omer" Hodges, 90, of Oran died Monday, Sept. 17, 2019, at Life Care Center in Sullivan, Missouri. Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday at Trinity United Methodist Church in Oran. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the church. Burial will be in Forest Hills Cemetery in Morley, Missouri...

Dorothy E. Makins, 92, of Jackson passed away Friday, Sept. 6, 2019, at her home. She was born Jan. 3, 1927, in Detroit, daughter of John E. and Julia May Lynchard Bolitho. She and Harold Edward Makins were married April 26, 1946, in Detroit. He passed away May 2, 2014...

Joann Kennedy Weatherly, 87, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Sept. 16, 2019, at de Greeff Hospice House at Mercy South Hospital in St. Louis, following a stroke suffered on Labor Day. She most recently was a resident at Saxony Village in Cape. Joann, legally named Athelda Joanna, was born Jan. ...

Alberta Winders, 92, of Jackson, formerly of Cairo, Illinois, passed away at 5:55 p.m. Monday, Sept. 16, 2019, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home in Jackson. Alberta was born Sept. 6, 1927, in Cairo, daughter of the late Earl H. and Myrtie Elizabeth Cullen Johnson...

ROUND ROCK, Texas -- Joyce J. Young, 91, of Round Rock passed away Monday, Sept. 9, 2019, of dementia. She was born Feb. 18, 1928, in Centralia, Illinois, to Leland and Helen Setmeyer Spangler. She was married to Haywood "Kay" Young and raised four children in Cape Girardeau...

Peter Dominic Biffignani, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019, at his home. A memorial Mass will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Old St. Vincent's Catholic Church, with the Rev. Allan Saunders officiating. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

SCOTT CITY -- Thurston Patterson "Bud" Farmer Jr., 93, of Scott City died Friday, Sept. 13, 2019, at Chateau Girardeau in Cape Girardeau\. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Father's Arms Fellowship in Scott City. Burial, with full military honors, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...

ORAN, Mo. -- Shirley Ann Mason, the daughter of Charles and Ada Jean Kappler Wagoner, was born July 1, 1938, in Oran and passed away Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019, at her family home at the age of 81 years. She was united in marriage Sept. 14, 1954, to General Leon Mason, and he preceded her in death July 9, 2015...

Nelda Lou Steffen woke up with Jesus on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019. She was born Dec. 12, 1938, in Fillmore County, Minnesota, to Frank and Anna Birk, who greeted her in heaven, along with her granddaughter, Catherine. Nelda married Wesley Steffen in Canton, Minnesota, on Sept. ...

FREDERICKTOWN, Mo. -- Mary Anna Sumpter, 96, of Fredericktown died Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019, at Claru Deville Nursing Center. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at Liley Funeral Home in Patton, Missouri. Funeral will follow at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with Pastor Randy Shrum officiating. Interment will be in Whitener Cemetery near Marquand, Missouri...

SCOTT CITY -- Janet Louise Sykes, 76, of Scott City died Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Kenny Strong officiating. Burial will be in Lightner Cemetery in Scott City...

Joann Kennedy Weatherly, 87, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Sept. 16, 2019, at de Greeff Hospice Center, Mercy South Hospital, in St. Louis. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Friday at First General Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau. Funeral will follow at 11 a.m. Friday at the church, with the Rev. Jim Rudolph officiating. Entombment will be at Cape County Memorial Park Mausoleum in Cape Girardeau...

ADVANCE, Mo. -- Janet Sue Welty, daughter of the late Elbert and Iva Welker, was born July 8, 1946, in Advance and passed away Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019, at her home, surrounded by her family. Janet married Kenneth Welty on Jan. 2, 1965, in Greenbrier, Missouri. They were married for 54 years...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Richard L. Boland Jr., 27, of Perryville died Friday, Sept. 13, 2019, in Kaskaskia Island, Illinois. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville. A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Irvin Brooks officiating. ...

Daryl W. Leine, 51, of Jackson passed away Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 22, 1968, in Cape Girardeau to Doyle E. and Margie Yamnitz Leine. He and Dawn Booth were married Sept. 18, 1993, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson...

Marge Parker, 82, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Grand Tower, Illinois, passed away at 7:41 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019, at Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 19, 1936, in Gorham, Illinois, the daughter of Charles and Mary Lindsey Qualls. She was married April 22, 1952, to Bill Parker. He preceded her in death Sept. 8, 1995...

Nelda Lou Steffen, 80, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Andrew Lutheran Church, with the Rev. John Dehne and Pastor Mark Martin officiating. Entombment will follow at Cape County Memorial Park Mausoleum...

Matthew Ulrich, 46, of Cape Girardeau passed away Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019. He was born Sept. 25, 1972, in Cape Girardeau, the son of Phillip and Cindy Benton Ulrich. He and Shelly Haman were married June 19, 1993, in Egypt Mills. Matt worked locally as an electrician. He served honorably in the U.S. Army for six years, with deployments to Iraq. He was an avid hunter and fisherman...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Dorothy L. Flentge, 90, of Perryville died Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, at Independence Care Center. Visitation will be from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Monday at Immanuel Lutheran Church. Funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the church, with the Rev. Matthew Marks officiating. Burial will be at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Perryville...

David Blake Schaffner, 59, of Millersville died Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, at his home. He was born Aug. 10, 1960, in Lebanon, Missouri, to David Ernst and Barbara Ann Blattner Schaffner. David was a 1978 Cape Girardeau Central High School graduate. He received a degree in industrial technology from Southeast Missouri State University...

Maurine M. Stewart, 98 years and 17 days young, passed away Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Maurine was born Aug. 26, 1921, outside Parma, Missouri, to Murray E. and Ollie M. Orr Nichols, the oldest of eight children. She married James A. Daniels on Nov. 19, 1939. James was killed Oct. 7, 1945, in France during World War II. She married Stancil J. Stewart on Oct. 20, 1948. He passed away Aug. 13, 1976...

THEBES, Ill. -- Jackie Dale Stevens, 74, of Thebes passed away Friday, Sept. 13, 2019, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. He was born Jan. 20, 1945, in Bollinger County, Missouri, to Dale and Ruby Hanners Stevens. He and Roberta Kaufman were united in marriage in 1963...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Irene Stringfellow, daughter of the late James David Taylor and Emma Alice Pugh Taylor was born April 8, 1928, in Loretto, Tennessee, and departed this life Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau at the age of 91 years...

ANNA, Ill. -- Leonard Leon Cooley, 93, of Anna died at 12:24 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, at Illinois Veterans Home. Visitation will be held from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Crain Funeral Home in Anna. Funeral will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with Pastor Steve Guined officiating. Interment will follow in Anna City Cemetery, with military honors accorded by the Carroll P. Foster Post No. 3455 and the Illinois National Guard...

James P. McLain, 88, of Jackson passed away Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 20, 1931, in Fruitland, son of Bern and Edith Estes McLain. He and Della Estell Stovall were married July 30, 1982, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Mary Agnes Otte, 87, of Perryville died Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, at Holiday Residential Care in Perryville. She was born Aug, 28, 1932, in St. Mary, Missouri, to Clarence Lambert and Mary Adelaide Bartels Maloney. She and August Albert "Ab" Otte were married June 5, 1956. He preceded her in death Nov. 8, 2005...

David Blake Schaffner, 59, of Millersville died Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, at his home. Visitation will be 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Memorial service will be at noon Tuesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Jeff Estes officiating. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau...

WATSEKA, Ill. -- Ersell Greenlee Tomal, 99, of Watseka passed away Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, at Heritage Woods in Watseka. She was born April 2, 1920, to Lee Ran and Maggie Guthrie Hathcock in Vanndale, Arkansas. She married Ernest Cannon. She married Murl Greenlee on Oct. 13, 1942. During this union, five children were born. Ersell and Murl were married almost 43 years, until his death Oct. 9, 1985. She married George Robins and later married Joseph Tomal...

Mary Ann Aldrich, 77, of Cape Girardeau passed away Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, at her home, surrounded by her family. She was born March 10, 1942, in Greeley, Colorado, the daughter of Aaron and Josephine Perez Williams Sr. She and Roy Aldrich were married, and he passed away in January 2016...

Philip K. Brandon, 56, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born July 14, 1963, in Hammond, Indiana, to Bobby and Margaret Brandon. Philip honorably served four years in the U.S. Air Force...