Obituaries

Edith Menz, 75, died March 3, 2021 at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to until funeral time at 10 a.m. on Monday at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Sikeston, with the Rev. David Dohogne, officiating. Burial will follow at St. Lawrence Cemetery in New Hamburg, Missouri...

CORDELE, Ga. -- Steve "Dusty" Thompson, 74, passed away Monday, March 1, 2021, at Crisp Regional Hospital in Cordele. Dusty was born in Sikeston, Missouri, to Mac M. and Mary Blankenship Thompson. Dusty loved gardening, landscaping and being outdoors. He was known for his love of fishing, hunting, horseback riding and anything that brought him outdoors and allowed him to work outside...

FESTUS, Mo. -- Talmadge "Tony" Bollinger, 86, of Festus, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, March 2, 2021, at Mercy Hospital Jefferson in Festus. He was born Feb. 11, 1935, in Bell City, Missouri, to Dan and Ella Prichett Bollinger. Tony and Patricia Donoghue Bollinger were married June 7, 1958, in St. Louis. She preceded him in death in 2015...

Anna Marie Boze, 86, of Scott City died Tuesday, March 2, 2021, at her home. She was born June 22, 1934, in Johnson County, Arkansas, to Oliver Scott and Helen Ruth Adkins McMillan. She married Harley Lee Boze on July 2, 1951. He preceded her in death Feb. 4, 2020...

James Keith "Jim" Crites, age 75, of Jackson passed away Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, at his home. He was born July 19, 1945, in Cape Girardeau, the son of Vester and Beulah Propst Crites. He married Lois Gibbs on Dec. 10, 1966. At the age of 11, Jim was saved and baptized at West Side Church of God in Cape Girardeau. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Jackson for many years...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Deloris Rodgers-Newman, daughter of the late Alcey and Addie Biggs Duke, was born Aug. 9, 1935 in St. Louis and departed this life Monday, March 1, 2021, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau at the age of 85 years. Deloris was a homemaker and a wonderful mother and grandmother. She was a member of the First Pentecostal Church in Cape Girardeau and a very godly lady. She was a resident of Chaffee...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Jimmie Edmondson, son of the late Jimmy and Mamie Edmondson, was born Nov. 5, 1926, in Sikeston and departed this life Monday, March 1, 2021, in Sikeston at the age of 94 years. Jimmie was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in World War II. He was a self-employed farmer and a member of the Sikeston First Baptist Church...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Stephen D. Foster, age 77, of Perryville died Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, at his home. Graveside service will be at 1:30 p.m. March 12 at Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Cemetery in Belgique, Missouri, with Deacon Direk Hunt officiating...

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Martha Ann Farmer Keener, 92, of Charleston died Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at United Methodist Church in Charleston. A memorial service will immediately follow at 11 a.m. at the church. The Rev. ...

Kelly Runnels, 60, of Jackson passed away Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, at his brother's residence in Jackson. He was born Jan. 21, 1961, in Cape Girardeau, son of Frederick and Mildred Brown Runnels. Kelly worked in the shipping department at Mondi and was of the Baptist faith...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Carl A. Schemel, 66, of Perryville passed away on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, at Southeast Hospital. He was born July 18, 1954, in Perryville to John Sylvester and Lutrudis Caroline Wibbenmeyer Schemel. He and Janet Lint Schemel were married on Dec. 27, 1980. She survives in Perryville...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Cynthia Kaye Pender-Cochran, 49 of Poplar Bluff passed away unexpectedly Feb. 26, 2021, breaking hundreds of hearts. Cindy was born Dec. 13, 1971, in Cape Girardeau to James and Sharon Pender. Cindy was always a character, quick with a one-liner and always having a good time. ...

Carol Ann Eads, 59, of Benton, Missouri, died Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, at her home. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the New Life Gospel Church in Scott City with the Revs. Jack Owens and Larry Taylor officiating. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City is in charge of arrangements...

Geraldine Bollinger Choate Barks, 102, of Jackson, formerly of Marble Hill, Missouri, died Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, at The Villas of Jackson. Viewing will be from 11 a.m. to noon Wednesday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill The funeral will be at noon Wednesday at the chapel. Burial will follow in Baker Cemetery near Marble Hill...

GLENALLEN, Mo. — Gale McCoy Frances, 86, of Glenallen died on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, at his home. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill, Missouri. The funeral will be at noon Tuesday at the chapel. Burial will follow in McGee Chapel Cemetery near Glenallen...

Thelma Marie Hargrave, 86, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, in Cape Girardeau. Graveside service will be at 9 a.m. Wednesday at Fairmount Cemetery in Cape Girardeau, with the Rev. Donny Ford officiating.

Lyle T. Reynolds, 83, of Cape Girardeau passed away Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born June 26, 1937, in Cape Girardeau to the late Ray and Nellie Karaker Reynolds. Lyle and Loretta B. Meier were married June 11, 1960. She preceded him in death March 21, 2018...

Barbara Elizabeth Stillman, 89, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, at home. Arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home and Cremation Service of Cape Girardeau.

Harlan Fuehler, age 69, of Shawneetown passed away Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, at the Jackson Manor Nursing Home in Jackson. He was born July 28, 1951, in Perryville, Missouri, the son of Ernst and Lillian E. Thauwald Fuehler. Harlan was a lifelong member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Shawneetown. He worked as an assembler many years at VIP Industries in Fruitland...

Michael Wayne Kasten passed away Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, at Ratliff Care Center after a brief illness. Mike was born Oct. 12, 1947, in Cape Girardeau to the late Ralph and Carlene Kasten. Mike graduated from Jackson High School in 1965. He served honorably in the Missouri Army National Guard and graduated from Southeast Missouri State in 1972. He was a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Vera C. Schuessler, age 84, of Perryville died Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, at Jackson Manor in Jackson. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28 and Monday, March 1 from 6:30 to 8:30 a.m. at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville...

DEXTER, Mo. -- Etta Mae Halbert Temples, daughter of the late Jessie and Opal Lemons DeJournett, was born June 17, 1928, and departed this life Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021 at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau at the age of 92 years. Etta was a former employee of the shoe factory and a farmer. She was a member of Risen Church in Dexter and a resident of Dexter...

Clarence Weinhold, 79, of Jackson died Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, in Fruitland. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson is in charge of arrangements.

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Lisa Ann Crites Archer, 52, of Marble Hill passed away Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 17, 1969, in Frankfurt, Germany, daughter of Charles "David" and Thelma "Ann" Hilton Crites. She and Bryan Archer were married Aug. 26, 2012, in Cape Girardeau...

SUNSET HILLS, Mo. -- Jack H. Mann left this world Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, dying of cancer at Mercy Hospital South in St. Louis at the age of 69. Jack attended Southeast Missouri State University and began his career as an educator with the Perry County (Missouri) School District. He was also employed by the Cape Girardeau and Nell Holcomb school districts. He retired after 29 years of service to children as a superintendent of Grandview R-2 School District in Hillsboro, Missouri...

Doris J. Martinez, age 77, of Jackson died Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, at Ozark Manor Assisted Living in Fredericktown, Missouri. She was born May 6, 1943 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. She worked for AT&T for 30 years before retiring. Doris is survived by a daughter, Maria (Richard) Knox of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri; brother, Ronald Irvin of Oglesville, Missouri; two grandchildren, Sean Dykes and Logan Barnhill, both of Park Hills, Missouri; and a great-granddaughter, Alexis Dykes of Jackson...

Marilyn Sides Morrison, 86, a resident of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, at Hunter Acres Caring Center in Sikeston, Missouri. Friends may call from 11 a.m. to noon on March 20 at New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau. Funeral service will be at noon on March 20, with Pastor Joseph G. Cotton Jr., officiating. Interment will follow in Fairmount Cemetery...

BRIGHTON, Tenn. -- John Robert Abernathy, 71, of Brighton died Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, in Brighton. Private family graveside service with full military honors will be held at Apple Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Pocahontas. Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Jackson is in charge of arrangements...

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Lisa Ann Crites Archer, 52, of Marble Hill died Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. There will be no services at this time. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center is in charge of arrangements...

HOLLANDALE, Miss. -- Graveside services for Mary Oates Crowe, 87, of Hollandale and formerly of Hayti, Missouri, will be at 2 p.m. today at the Hollandale City Cemetery in Hollandale. She passed away Monday, Feb. 22, 2021, at Magnolia Gardens in Greenville, Mississippi...

Harlan Fuehler, 69, of Shawneetown, died Feb. 24, 2021, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home in Jackson. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center was entrusted with the final arrangements for Harlan...

Barbara Ellen Holman, age 77, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, at Ratliff Care Center. She was born Sept. 29, 1943, in Waterbury, Connecticut, to Robert A. and Martha Johnson Thulin. She and Thomas Robbin Holman were married Dec. 2, 1967, in Thomaston, Connecticut...

Joe D. Hornback, 73, of Jackson passed away Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, near Placida, Florida. He was born Aug. 26, 1947, in Sikeston, Missouri, to Sidney and Virginia Lynch Hornback. He graduated from Egyptian High School in Tamms, Illinois, in 1966. He was drafted by the U.S. Army 1966 and was sent to Germany, where he was trained in nuclear demolition. He was honorably discharged. He then retired from SWB/AT&T after 36 years...

TAMMS, Ill. -- Larry Omer Jordan, 79, of Tamms passed away at 5:25 p.m. Monday, Feb. 22, 2021, at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale, Illinois. Larry was born Dec. 15, 1941, in Elco, Illinois, son of the late Omer and Avis Watkins Jordan. He proudly served in the U.S. Army as a specialist and was a truck driver for over 40 years...

Michael Wayne Kasten, 73, of Jackson, died Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, at Ratliff Care Center. Arrangements are incomplete at this time at Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Jackson.

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Karl Joel Klaus, age 71, of Perryville died Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, in Saint Louis. At the family's request, there will be no public viewing or receiving line. Funeral service will be available to the public at 11 a.m. Friday at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Perryville with the Rev. Joseph Schlie officiating. Burial with military honors by American Legion Post 133 and the U.S. Marine Corps Honors Team will be at the church cemetery in Perryville...

MADISON, Ind. -- The Rev. Chester Landon Kneir, age 84, of Madison, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, at 10:27 a.m. at the King's Daughters' Hospital in Madison. Friends may visit from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison...

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- Timothy William "TNT" Tucker made his last pun and sarcastic joke, that he probably laughed at himself, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, at his home in Miami Beach. He was 64 years old. Tim was born Oct. 11, 1956, to William and Javada Tucker. ...

ORAN, Mo. -- Korinne Dannenmueller, daughter of James and Vicky Kieffer Dannenmueller of Oran, was born March 27, 2001, in Sikeston, Missouri, and passed away Monday, Feb. 22, 2021, at her home in Oran at the age of 19 years. She was a member of Guardian Angel Catholic Church. ...

Shawn Michael Stevens, 39, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Feb. 22, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Visitation will be from noon to 1 p.m. Friday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City. Memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Randy Morse officiating...

Ruth Ann Walter, 70, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Feb. 22, 2021, at Landmark Hospital. There will be no visitation or funeral. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Marilyn Jean Willer Amelunke, 87, passed away Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, at her home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 13, 1933, in Cape Girardeau, the only child of Clarence H. and Ruby M. Willer. She was baptized Feb. 4, 1934, at Evangelical United Church of Christ...

GLEN ALLEN, Mo. -- Martha Louise Barker, age 80, of Glen Allen went to her heavenly rest Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, from Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 7, 1940, on Woolverton Mountain, Arkansas, to Thurman Otis and Rosie Chew Thompson...

ORAN, Mo. -- Frances Ann Dirnberger, daughter of the late Benjamin and MaryAnn Scherer Scheffer, was born Dec. 7, 1942, in Charleston, Missouri, and departed this life Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, at her residence in New Hamburg, Missouri, at the age of 78 years...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Stephen L. Goddard, 88, of Perryville died Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, at his residence. Services will be private. Ford and Young Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Steven Douglas Kesterson, 67, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, at his home. He was born Dec. 20, 1953, in Cape Girardeau to Paul and JoAnn Followell Kesterson Sr. He and Karri Moonier were married July 7, 1989, in Cape Girardeau. Steven loved music. He was in a band called Fried Jam and played the drums. He also played drums in the church band...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Danny Rue Sr, 56, of Perryville died Monday, Feb. 22, 2021, at his home in Perryville. Services will be held by the family. Ford and Young Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Fred Willard Stidham Sr., 75, of Marble Hill died at his home Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021. Visitation and funeral services will be Wednesday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until noon. Funeral service will begin at noon. Burial will follow in McGee Chapel Cemetery...

Dale G. Summers of Cape Girardeau passed away Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, at Southeast Hospital at the age of 68 years, 2 months and 29 days. Dale son of the late Juanita Fox Cain and Willie Bird Summers, was born Monday, Nov. 17, 1952, in Kennett, Missouri...

Aurelia B. Jones, 90, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, at Fountainbleu Lodge. Funeral services will be private for the family only. Burial will be at Lorimier Cemetery in Cape Girardeau. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...