Obituaries

Rhonda Sue Campbell, 59, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Aug. 10, 2018, at her home. She was born Feb. 3, 1959, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, to George and Dorothy Francis Campbell. She was a member of Maple United Methodist Church. Survivors include her mother, Dorothy Campbell of Poplar Bluff; two sisters, Ava (John) Lampe and Stacy Campbell, both of Poplar Bluff; a niece, Anna (Austin) Sisco of Poplar Bluff; a nephew, Jacob (Heather) Lampe of Poplar Bluff; two great-nephews; and her beloved cat, Sampson.. ...

Cecil "Mark" Conrad, 80, of Jackson passed way Monday, Aug. 13, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center, with his family at his side. He was born March 30, 1938, at Sedgewickville, Missouri, son of Lauren Vern and Naomi Conrad. He and Helen "Bonnie" Ford were married Feb. 18, 1958...

Dorothy C. Engelmann, 94, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018, at Lutheran Home. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Jackson. Funeral will follow at noon Saturday at the funeral home, with the Revs. Bill Rhodes and Bill Joyce officiating. Burial will be at Lessley Cemetery in Marble Hill, Missouri...

Marilyn Needham, 83, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of East Cape Girardeau, Illinois, died Monday, Aug. 13, 2018, at her home. She was born Dec. 30, 1934, in Dongola, Illinois, the daughter of Koble Leroy and Mildred Beulah Johnson Peeler. Marilyn was a member of the Fruitland Community Church in Fruitland. She worked as quality control at Thorngate in Cape Girardeau for many years...

Nellie Ruth Warren, 74, of Scott City died Monday, Aug. 13, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 7, 1944 in Bee Branch, Arkansas, to Dovie Rice Williams. She and Danny Lee Warren Sr. were married March 16, 1963. He preceded her in death Nov. 10, 2015...

Lois Delilah Busche Wessell, 94, formerly of Cape Girardeau, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018, at Friendship Village in Chesterfield, Missouri. She was born March 26, 1924, in Cape Girardeau to Henry L. and Ella A. Hoffman Busche. She and Marvin Wessell were married May 2, 1947, in Cape Girardeau...

ADVANCE, Mo. -- Evelyn I. Wheetley, 82, of Bloomfield, Missouri, formerly of Advance, passed away Monday, Aug. 13, 2018, at Bloomfield Living Center. She was born Jan. 16, 1936, at Alton, Illinois, the daughter of John Clarence and Iva Shrout Bailey. Evelyn and Paul "Dink" Hilton Wheetley were united in marriage Sept. 2, 1953, at Zalma, Missouri, and he preceded her in death Oct. 10, 1995...

Nellie Warren, 74, of Scott City died Monday, Aug. 13, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran, Missouri.

Betty Jo Bailey, 89, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Aug. 10, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born Dec. 3, 1928, in Malden, Missouri, to Charles B. and Ethel M. Breedlove Patterson. She worked for Southwestern Bell as a telephone operator more than 20 years and later at the Kmart Store in Cape Girardeau for more than 20 years...

ADVANCE, Mo.-- Alice Brown, daughter of the late Gilbert and Eva Galemore, was born Nov. 3, 1949, and departed this life Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018. Alice was a resident of Advance, but spent most of her life working and raising her family in the Charleston, Missouri, and surrounding areas, where she still has many family members and friends...

Rhonda Sue Campbell, 59, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Aug. 10, 2018. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Thursday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. Funeral will be at noon Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Jeff Estes officiating. Graveside service will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Woodlawn Cemetery in Poplar Bluff, Missouri...

Beloved Colton Layton Ellis, 23, of Cape Girardeau was taken from his family Friday, Aug. 10, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center to be with God. The joy he brought to all who knew him has been silenced. Colton was born Oct. 13, 1994, in Cape Girardeau to Cheryl Layton Ellis...

Helen Lucille Hill, 93, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018, at her home, surrounded by family. She was born Feb. 23, 1925, in Benton, Illinois, to Paul Wesley and Pauline True Pilson. She and Charles L. Hill were married Nov. 6, 1943, at Oshkosh, Wisconsin. He preceded her in death May 14, 1999...

Betty "Joan" Cathcart Pickens passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018, at the age of 77. Betty was born Sept. 10, 1940, in Neely's Landing to Ernest and Ava Rumfelt Cathcart. ...

Danny Gene Stratton, 60, of Oak Ridge died Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, at his home after a long-term illness. He was born Nov. 10, 1957, in Cape Girardeau, the son of Earl and Wilma Stephens Stratton. Danny grew up in Cape Girardeau and attended Cape Girardeau Central High School. ...

Lois Gladys Marie Wendel, 81, of Jackson died Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. Funeral will be a 1 p.m. at the funeral home, with the Rev. Roger Abernathy officiating. Burial will be in Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson...

Betty Jo Bailey, 89, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Aug. 10, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Private graveside service will be Wednesday at Lorimier Cemetery in Cape Girardeau, with the Rev. Jordan Bishop officiating...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Lois June Bohnert, 84, of Perryville died Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018, at Holiday Residential in Perryville. She was born July 16, 1934, in Perryville, daughter of Richard and Loraine Prevallet Hoffstetter. She and Martin "Shorty" Bohnert were married Oct. 23, 1954. He survives in Perryville...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Dewain Earl Brucker, 59, of Chaffee died Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018, at his home. He was born June 22, 1959, in Cape Girardeau to Earl Joseph and Clara Anita Essner Brucker. He was a cattle farmer. He is survived by his mother, Clara Brucker of Jackson...

Colton Layton Ellis, 23, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Aug. 10, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at La Croix United Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the church, with the Rev. Brett Cheek officiating. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau, with military honors...

Joseph Christian "JC" Kluesner, 78, of Jackson passed away Friday, Aug. 10, 2018, at his home. He was born Nov. 17, 1939, at Oran, Missouri, the son of Joseph D. and Anna Mae Reischman Kluesner. He and Jane E. Kirn were married Nov. 18, 1967, at St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Chaffee, Missouri...

The Rev. Donald D. Sander, 84, passed away Friday, Aug. 10, 2018, at his home in Millersville. Born a twin to Doyle Sander on Oct. 9, 1933, on the family farm in Millersville, the boys were the youngest of 12 children born to Jesse Joel and Desdia Estelle Stroder Sander. Don and Mary Joyce Turner were married March 21, 1953, in Millersville. They had been married 52 years when Mary Joyce passed away May 7, 2005...

MATTHEWS, Mo. -- Anna Marie Trapp, 92, of Matthews, formerly of Perryville, Missouri, died Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018, at Heartland Care and Rehabilitation in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Young and Sons Funeral Home...

Sheryl Kay Whorton, 63, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Aug. 10, 2018, at Southeast Hospital. She was born Sept. 11, 1954, in St. Louis to Clifford and Norma Wagganer Schrieber. She and Ronald “Al” Whorton were married May 17, 1997, in Cape Girardeau...

Wilma L. Barks Yamnitz-Crites, 84, of Jackson passed away Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018, at the Arbors Assisted Living Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 7, 1933, in Perryville, Missouri, the daughter of Pirl and Opal Fadler Barks. She married Loy O. "Junior" Yamnitz on Feb. 11, 1950, at Crossroads United Methodist Church near Yount, Missouri. They had been married 50 years when Junior passed away April 29, 2000. Wilma married Kelly Crites on May 2, 2002...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Wayne H. Bauwens, 80, of Perryville died Friday, Aug. 10, 2018, at Barnes-Jewish Medical Center in St. Louis. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday and from 6:30 to 9:15 a.m. Monday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. He will then be taken to Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church in Sereno, Missouri, for Mass at 10 a.m., with the Rev. Joe Geders, C.M., officiating. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery...

David Wayne Matthews, 64, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018, at Missouri Veterans Home. He was born Feb. 22, 1954, in Owensboro, Kentucky, to Walter John and Margaret Lee "Inky" Tichenor Matthews. David was a 1972 Cape Girardeau Central High School graduate. He then served two years in the Marines. After his military service, he earned a Bachelor of Science in business administration from Southeast Missouri State University...

ADVANCE, Mo. -- Alma Alice Moore, 88, passed away Friday, Aug. 10, 2018, at her home in Sikeston, Missouri. Alma spent most of her life in Southeast Missouri, where she helped to maintain a home with her mother and four brothers in Advance. She was born Aug. 30, 1929, at Green Cox, Missouri, the daughter of Frank and Dosha Mae Littrell Cox. She married Harry Edward Moore in November 1949, and they went on to have two sons, Jerry Wayne and James Edwin Moore...

Danny Gene Stratton, 60, of Oak Ridge died Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Crain Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Cape Girardeau.

Stephen M. Mantz, 64, of Jackson died Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018, at Jackson Manor. There will be a memorial service at a later date. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

PATTON, Mo. -- Ronald G. Brooks, 54, of Patton passed away Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018. He was born March 31, 1964, in Kansas City, Missouri, son of Charles and Margaret Mabury Brooks. Ronald enjoyed fishing, teaching and spending time with his children. He loved Scripture and lived his life sharing Jesus with everyone. Ronald was a loving father to his children and a friend to so many...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Betty Jo Mitchell, 91, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, at Sikeston Convalescent Center. Betty was born Feb. 23, 1927, in Sikeston, daughter of the late William R. and Linnie Ritch Heath. Following graduation in 1945 from Sikeston High School, she married Robert LaValle Mitchell in Gulfport, Mississippi, on June 23, 1945. He preceded her in death Jan. 28, 2005...

Scott Shivelbine, 65, of Cape Girardeau passed away Monday, Aug. 6, 2018. He was born April 4, 1953, in Cape Girardeau to the late L.J. "Freck" and Dorothy Janet Powles Shivelbine. Scott was a lifelong resident of Cape Girardeau. He was a 1971 graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School and attended Southeast Missouri State University...

Richard T. Britt, 79, of Jackson died Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, at Monticello House. An informal gathering will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church, The Bridge Youth Center, 326 S. High St., Jackson, MO 63755. Cremation accorded by McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson...

Betty Gene Cato, 91, of Cape Girardeau passed away Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. She was born Nov. 28, 1926, in Greenbrier, Missouri, to the late Clyde and Pearl Watkins Corbin. She and Dale W. Cato were married July 21, 1945, at Brownwood, Missouri. He preceded her in death April 8, 1987...

PACIFIC, Mo. -- Arnold "Buzz" Haddock Jr. of Pacific was born Sept. 4, 1954, to the late Arnold Dennis Sr. and Barbara Vere Riley Haddock. Arnold passed away Sunday, July 29, 2018, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, having reached the age of 63 years...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Louise McGinness Hornberger, 88, of Cairo passed away at 4:53 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018, at Integrity Healthcare of Anna, Illinois. Louise was born Oct. 13, 1929, in Mount Pleasant, Illinois, to the late John and Flossie Marie Brim McGinness...

Stephen M. Mantz, 64, passed way Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018, at Jackson Manor. He was born Feb. 5, 1954, in Cape Girardeau to William and Hilda Koechig Mantz. He worked several years as a security officer. He was also an amateur radio operator for the National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky...

Jo Allen Myers, 74, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born June 9, 1944, in Niles, Michigan, to Zephyre and Eileen Gephart Martin. She and Nicholas Myers Sr. were married Oct. 28, 1962, at Kankakee, Illinois. He preceded her in death Jan. 24, 1995...

Scott Shivelbine, 65, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Aug. 6, 2018. Visitation will be from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Sunday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, with Pastor Stan Hargis officiating. Entombment will be at Cape County Memorial Park Mausoleum...

Donald Gene Williams, 64, of Sikeston, Missouri, died Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Aug. 19, 1953, in Mississippi County, Missouri, to Ralph Williams and Ruby Blasingain. He and Vickie Joyce Jones married July 17, 1975...

Larry Gene Wolfe, 64, of Allenville passed away Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018. He was born Aug. 5, 1954, in Houston to the late Henry Franklin and Wanda Jewell Bishop Wolfe. He and Mary Francis Mangrum were married Feb. 2, 1974, and she survives of the home...

Betty Gene Cato, 91, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Eric Schmidt officiating. Burial will be at Morgan Memorial Park in Advance, Missouri...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Carol T. Hudson, 77, of Perryville died Monday, Aug. 6, 2018, at Independence Care Center. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 6:30 to 10 a.m. Friday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home, with Bob Hudson as officiant. Burial will be held at Cedar Fork Cemetery...

Jo Allen Myers, 74, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. Funeral will follow at 1 p.m. at the funeral home, with Pastor Phil Roop officiating. Burial will be at Lindsey Cemetery in McClure, Illinois...

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Mary Frances Vandeven, 87, of Marble Hill passed away Monday, Aug. 6, 2018, at Jackson Manor in Jackson. She was born April 9, 1931, at Leopold, Missouri, daughter of Martin Peter and Johanna Angela Vandeven Tenholder. She married Sylvester "Bud" Vandeven at St. John's Catholic Church in Leopold on Sept. 17, 1949, and he passed away Jan. 7, 2011...

Leslie Logan Ozment, 75, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018, at his home. Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesday at Crain Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Cape Girardeau. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Interment will follow in Lorimier Cemetery...

Lucas Jay Respondek, 44, of Jackson passed away Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 12, 1973, in Edwardsville, Illinois, son of Jerry and Leslie Skelly Respondek. He and Tammy Scoggins were married Dec. 19, 1997...

James Lee Dickerson, 48, of Scott City died Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri. He was born Nov. 23, 1969, in Cape Girardeau to James Ray and Wanda Lee Sprenger Dickerson. James had worked for Lee-Rowan in Jackson. He was an avid Dallas Cowboys fan...

CORINTH, Miss. -- Sammie Carolyn Russell, 73, died Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018, at Dogwood Plantation in Corinth. She was born Aug. 26, 1944, in Tupelo, Mississippi, to the late Richard and Hallie Hendrix. She retired as customer service director for Healthcare Supply Chain Association after 25 years. She was a beautician and owned a garden center and floral shop. She enjoyed gardening, reading and spending time with her family...