Obituaries

Earl William Buerck, 88, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Sept. 26, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Saturday, June 23, 1928, in Point Rest, Missouri, to Oscar and Gertrude Hogard Buerck. He and Mary Norma Hoffman were married Nov. 11, 1950, at St. Mary's of the Barrens in Perryville, Missouri...

PALMETTO, Fla. -- Dr. Sandra Karraker Cassity, 63, of Palmetto died Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, at her home. Friends may gather from noon to 1 p.m. Saturday at Crain Funeral Home in Anna, Illinois. A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home...

Raymond E. Feuerhahn, 94, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Sept. 26, 2016, at The Lutheran Home. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Hanover Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at noon Saturday at the church. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...

Wanda Bolen Ing, 88, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born Sept. 19, 1928, in Cape Girardeau to John G. and Ethel Kitchen Bolen. Wanda was employed at the Florsheim Shoe Co. factory for 42 years, retiring in 1993...

ST. PETERS, Mo. -- Lenda Lee Markowski peacefully entered eternal life Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Peters, after a battle with stage 4 brain and lung cancer. Lenda was born June 18, 1947, in Chester, Illinois, to Leonard and Mary Grah Harris...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- William Thomas "Tom" Robinson III, 74, of Jonesboro died at 2:37 a.m. Monday, Sept. 26, 2016, at his home. He was born Aug. 3, 1942, in Du Quoin, Illinois, the son of William Thomas and Aura Ruth Purkaple Robinson II. He married Kathy Weigand on April 16, 1966, in Galesburg, Illinois...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Richard J. Spencer, 75, of Perryville died Monday, Sept. 26, 2016, at his home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 6:30 to 10:30 a.m. Friday at Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...

Rodney Edward Truax, 79, of Jackson passed away Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Rodney was born April 9, 1937, in Egan, Louisiana, the son of the late George E. and Beulah Marie Scanlan Truax. He and Lillie Sue Hancock were married June 6, 1966, in Memphis, Tennessee. She passed away Dec. 8, 2011...

Father and son, David and Austin Wadley, both of Jackson, died over the weekend from injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. James "David" Wadley, 52, died Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, and Austin Kyle Wadley, 23, died Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016, at Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Verneda Womack, 88, of Perryville died Monday, Sept. 26, 2016, at her home in Perry County, Missouri. Visitation will be from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Friday and from 6:30 to 10 a.m. Saturday at Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Ray White officiating. Burial will be in Whitewater Christian Cemetery...

Brandon Levi McArthur of Jackson died Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016, at his home. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home...

Father and son, David and Austin Wadley, both of Jackson, died over the weekend from injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident. David Wadley, 52, died Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, and Austin Wadley, 23, died Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016, at Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas...

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Max Daniel Ledbetter, 82, of Marble Hill died Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday at Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill. The funeral will be at noon Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Grassy Friendship Cemetery in Grassy, Missouri...

Wanda Bolen Ing, 88, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Visitation will be from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Lorimier Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...

Rodney Edward Truax, 79, of Jackson died Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park...

Johnny Ray Mills, 75, of Millersville passed away Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016, at his home in Millersville. The 12th of 13 children, John was born Oct. 18, 1940, in North Little Rock, Arkansas, to Jesse and Sylveen Penrose Mills. He was raised in Arkansas, where he was active in scouting and in the Assembly of God church...

ZALMA, Mo. -- Travis Bennett, 22, of Zalma passed away Sept. 24, 2016, in Stoddard County, Missouri, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born Aug. 24, 1994, at Cape Girardeau. Travis was a 2013 graduate of Zalma High School and also a graduate of the Building and Vocational School at Poplar Bluff, Missouri. ...

ADVANCE, Mo. -- Gavada Jane Corbin Woodfin, 92, of Advance passed away Sept. 25, 2016, at the Advance Assisted Living Center in Advance. She was born Aug. 13, 1924, in Sturdivant, Missouri, the daughter of Clyde and Effie Pearl Watkins Corbin. Gavada had been a school teacher at Zalma R5 School District from 1941 until her retirement in 1980. ...

Ellouise Mae Siebert, 84, of Jackson passed away Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 25, 1932, in Gordonville, daughter of Albert and Frieda Graden Gerecke. She and Freeman Siebert were married June 20, 1950, at Zion Lutheran Church in Gordonville. He passed away May 8, 2006...

Dennis R. Farrow, 69, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016, at his home. He was born July 14, 1947, in Cape Girardeau to Russel and Joyce Marie Pinkston Farrow. He and Linda Sue Brown were married April 2, 1969, at Murphysboro, Illinois. Denny was a graduate of Central High School in Cape Girardeau...

OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Hollis Dwight Henderson, 68, of Olive Branch passed away at 11:28 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau. Hollis was born in Alexander County, Illinois, on Dec. 16, 1947, to Martie and Anna (Bledsoe) Henderson...

Edna Miriam Snead, 81, of Cape Girardeau passed away Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016. She was born Jan. 3, 1935, in St. Louis, daughter of Martin and Irene Nelson. She and Carroll M. Snead were married Sept. 25, 1954, in St. Louis. The couple moved to Cape Girardeau in 1955. They celebrated 60 years of marriage in 2014. He passed away March 4, 2015...

William E. "Gene" Davenport, 73, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center. McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau was in charge of arrangements.

OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Hollis Dwight Henderson, 68, of Olive Branch died Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms, Illinois.

Edna M. Snead, 81, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.

ADVANCE, Mo. -- Jimmie Lee Winchester, 84, of Advance died Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill, Missouri. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with the Revs. Ronnie and Bob Winchester officiating...

Ellouise Mae Gerecke Siebert, 84, of Jackson died Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.

VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- Mary Ellen Windings, 74, of Villa Ridge passed away at 3:08 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016, at her residence. Mary Ellen was born April 14, 1942, at Pulaski, Illinois, daughter of the late Fred Jennings Allen Sr. and Eileen Elice (Leewright) Allen...

Dorothy I. Cook, 79, of Burfordville passed away Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 18, 1937, in St. Francois County, Missouri, to George R. and Irene Archambo Grisham. She and Paul L. Cook were married Oct. 31, 1973. They had been married 29 years when he passed away Nov. 22, 2002...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- James Joseph "Jim" Below Sr., 68, of Sikeston died Friday, Sept. 23, 2016, at his home. Born June 9, 1948, in Cape Girardeau to the late James R. and Carmen Brennecke Below, he previously resided in Cape Girardeau, Delta and Iola, Kansas. ...

CHAFFEE, Mo. — Cori Jean Conklin, 38, of Chaffee died Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 16, 1978, in Ottawa, Illinois, to John and Jacquelyn Sinning Doogan. She married Brian Keith Conklin on Nov. 28, 2008 in Knoxville, Tennessee...

ORAN, Mo. — Virginia Lucille Dennis, 94, of Oran died Friday, Sept. 23, 2016, at her home. Friends may call from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the chapel, with the Rev. Bryan Gill officiating. Burial will be at Forest Hills Memorial Gardens near Morley, Missouri.

Verna J. Downen, 73, of Scott City passed away Friday, Sept. 23, 2016, at the home of a granddaughter in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 6, 1943, in Advance, Missouri, to John H. and Ethel P. McDowell Long. She and Eddie Downen were married Jan. 16, 1983. They had been married 33 years when Eddie passed away Feb. 28, 2016...

Dorothy F. Graham, 84, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Sept. 19, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born June 15, 1932, in Portageville, Missouri, to George Cecil and Vera Catherine Cole. She and Charles Graham were married Jan. 26, 1951, at Piggott, Arkansas...

ORAN, Mo. — Verdell Hooe, 99, of Oran passed away Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016, at the Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, Missouri. She was born Aug. 16, 1917, in Hartman, Arkansas, to the late Ben and Leora Pyron Phillips. She married William Edward Hooe on June 5, 1943, and he preceded her in death Nov. 4, 1987...

ST. LOUIS — Susan Joyce Leming, 59, died unexpectedly Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2016, in her St. Louis home. She was born Dec. 6, 1955, in Cape Girardeau to parents Joyce Marie Birk and Charles “Bud” Leming. She was preceded in death by her parents and sister, Nancy. She also had a son, Jason (Angie) Kinnison; a granddaughter, Kirsten; and a grandson, Kobe, who preceded her in death. ...

Yevone Lee Menz, 63, of Jackson passed away Friday, Sept. 23, 2016, at the Monticello House. She was born Jan. 19, 1953, on the island of Bermuda to Bobby J. and Martha Ann Brown Hite. She married Keith Menz on Dec. 19, 1975. Yevone was a homemaker and loved taking care of her family and spending time with her family...

Juanita Schwab, 87, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016, at Chateau Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.

John D. Statler, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Sept. 19, 2016, at Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 4, 1933, in Sedgewickville, Missouri, to Joseph Aaron and Carrie E. James Statler. He and Dorothy Young were married Nov. 25, 1954, at First Methodist Church in Chaffee, Missouri...

McCLURE, Ill. -- Larry Wayne Stoffel, 71, of McClure died Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 1, 1945, in Cape Girardeau to Jessie and Letha French Stoffel. He graduated from Cape Girardeau Central High School. He and Melodie D. Shaw Stoffel were married Dec. 24, 2008, at McClure...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Darrell Gene Brandon, 74, of Perryville passed away Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016, at his home. He was born March 18, 1942, in Campbell, Missouri, son of Joseph Henry and Grace Renfrow Brandon. He and Shirley Null were united in marriage Jan. 28, 2016...

Clemon Coolidge "Coolie" Crain, 93, of Cape Girardeau passed away Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016, at the Lutheran Home. He was born Aug. 5, 1923, on a farm near Oak Ridge to Ellis O. and Irene Hopkins Crain. Coolie and Naomi Hahs were married Nov. 9, 1943, in Oak Ridge...

HIGH RIDGE, Mo. -- Ethel T. Massmann of High Ridge was born Aug. 16, 1919, in Oran, Missouri, to the late Theodore and Bernadine Eftink Kieffer and entered into rest Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016, at the Mary Culver Home in Kirkwood, Missouri, at the age of 97 years, 1 month and 5 days...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- Kenneth George Schnaare, 78, of Huntsville passed away Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016, at Huntsville Hospital after a three-year battle with cancer. He was born Oct. 8, 1937, in Cairo, Illinois, to Werner and Josephine Holhubner Schnaare. He and Phyllis Seip were married June 11, 1960, in Thebes, Illinois...

Ruth Beal, 91, of Cape Girardeau passed away Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016, at the Lutheran Home. She was born March 2, 1925, in Cape Girardeau County to Henry A. and Elizabeth I. Clark Moore. Ruth and Melvin C. Beal were married Feb. 12, 1941, in Cape Girardeau. He preceded her in death...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Hazel D. Manche, 92, of Perryville, died Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, at Missouri Baptist Hospital in St. Louis. She was born Oct. 15, 1923, on Crane's Island in Randolph County, Illinois, daughter of Leon and Getty Griffin Moranville. She and Howard J. Manche were married April 23, 1949. He preceded her in death Feb. 14, 1986...

Valerie Margaret Marler, 81, of Jackson passed away Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016, at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 19, 1934, in Bonne Terre, Missouri, daughter of Percy Leon and Margaret Sarah McDaniel Faenger. She and Farrell Wayne Marler were married May 3, 1957, in Bonne Terre. He passed away April 14, 1994...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Eric M. Moll, 35, of Perryville died Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016, at his home. He was born Aug. 12, 1981, in Perryville, son of Rick and Suzanne Delassus Moll. Eric was a sales and service manager at Gateway F.S. He was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church and Jaycee's in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. He was the father of three beautiful and amazing daughters. They were the light of his life...

Kenneth Roger Sumner, 76, of Scott City died Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, at his home. He was born Dec. 30, 1939, to James and Edna Virginia Keppner Sumner in Cairo, Illinois. He was a maintenance worker at Rhodes Truck Stop in Scott City. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy...

Carl Compton Hoffman, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Sept. 19, 2016, at his home. He was born June 24, 1931, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Carl and Mildred Compton Hoffman. He and Paula Cyrus were married June 6, 1953, in Lexington, Kentucky. Carl graduated from Crafton High School in Crafton, Pennsylvania. He then went on to graduate from the University of Kentucky with a bachelor of arts degree...