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Judy FishZALMA, Mo. — Judy Ruth Owens Fish, a longtime Zalma resident, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. She was born Jan. 24, 1947, to Thomas Earl Owens and Ruth Lorraine Miller Owens in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Judy had a love for people and a joy that exhibited itself in music and laughter. ...
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Nelta HauptNelta Marie Haupt, 74, of Millersville passed away, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. The youngest of five children, Nelta was born March 3, 1948, near Millersville to Lloyd L. and Sarah J. Smith Smith. She and Loy Denzil Haupt were married June 25, 1976, at Caney Fork Baptist Church near Oak Ridge. They had one son, Brian. They had been married nearly 38 years when Loy passed away April 3, 2014...
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Sherri JacksonSherri Kay Jackson, daughter of the late David and Jackie Walton Myers, was born March 11, 1949, in Gordonville, and departed her life Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau at the age of 73 years. On June 23, 1989, she married Jackie Jackson at Arrowhead Camp Grounds in Grassy, Missouri. He survives...
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Shirley Buchheit (2/4/23)Shirley May Buchheit, 87, of Friedheim died Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023, in Cape Girardeau. Shirley was born Sept. 8, 1935, in Friedheim, daughter of Edwin P. and Ethel B. Meyers Kurre. She and Leo Elmer Buchheit were married May 1, 1954, at St. Maurus Catholic Church in Biehle, Missouri. He preceded her in death July 27, 2020...
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Kaye Camp (2/4/23)CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Kaye Camp, 67, died Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023, at her home in Chaffee. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel is assisting with arrangements.
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Michael Hellman (2/4/23)Michael Steven Hellman Sr., 67, of Cape Girardeau, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born May 2, 1955, in St. Louis to Herman Hellman Jr. and Pansy Crites. He and Terrie Masters Hellman were married Nov. 21, 1973, in Cape Girardeau...
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Ida Mae Seyer (2/4/23)ORAN, Mo. -- Ida Mae Glasscock Seyer of Oran passed away in her home Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. Born Nov. 8, 1928, to Theodore Douglas and Irmina Catherine Glaus Glasscock, she was 94 years old. Growing up in Oran, Ida attended Guardian Angel Catholic School until eighth grade. ...
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Jonathan Gurley (2/3/23)Jonathan Wade Gurley, 58, of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. Arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home and Cremation Services in Cape Girardeau.
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Paul Wichern (2/3/23)Paul Eugene Wichern, 87, of Jackson died Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5, at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday, Feb. 6, at Zion Lutheran Church in Pocahontas, with the Rev. Virgil Kelm Officiating. Burial, with military honors, will follow in the Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery...
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Kari Williams (2/3/23)Kari Ann Goodwin Williams, 61, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Jan. 16, 2023, at her home. She was born July 5, 1961, in Glendale, California, to Allen G. Lloyd and Lynda Vliet. She was a graduate of Western High School Class of 1979 in Las Vegas, and attended the University of Utah and University of Nevada-Las Vegas...
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Karen Baker (2/2/23)Karen Jean Baker, 77, of Cape Girardeau passed away Monday, Jan. 30, 2023, at Chateau Girardeau. Karen was born June 20, 1945, in Peoria, Illinois, daughter of Charles W. Jr. and Hazel Fulk Washburn. She and Medford "Med" Lee Baker were married Jan. 6, 1967, in Peoria. He preceded her in death Jan. 23, 2022...
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Michael Hellman (2/2/23)Michael Steven Hellman, 67, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Jack Hoffmeister (2/2/23)LITTLETON, Colo. — Jack L. Hoffmeister, 82, of Littleton and formerly of Jackson, passed away Monday, Jan. 30, 2023, in Littleton. He was born Feb. 20, 1939, the son of Dorothy Lacy DeLaney and Oscar and Betty Hoffmeister of Jackson. Jack graduated from Rolla School of Mines with a degree in civil engineering...
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Mary Hotop (2/2/23)"Our family circle was even more broken as one was rejoined, with two lovers reunited." W. Louis and Frona Switzer welcomed home their daughter, Mary Allyene Hotop, on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. She was greeted by her husband of 68 years of marriage, Robert W. Hotop. Her brothers, Robert Newbern and William "Bill/Buddy" Switzer, along with her daughter, Cheryl Acup; son, Richard, and son-in-law, Roy Woodling, all rejoiced in the heavenly reunion...
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Thomas Marshall (2/1/23)SIKESTON, Mo. -- Thomas Austin Marshall, 92, of Sikeston died peacefully Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023, at La Bonne Maison. Tom was born June 10, 1930, in St. Louis to the late Ben F. Jr. and Catherine Marshall of Blodgett, Missouri. He was a graduate of St. Henry Catholic School in Charleston, Missouri, and then attended the University of Missouri. He then served in the U.S. Army at Fort Riley, Kansas, as a corporal in the military police...
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Alice Ahrens (1/31/23)Alice Ahrens, 85, of Jackson passed away Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 3, 1937, in Cape Girardeau to Martin and Martha Best Birk. She was baptized Oct. 24, 1937, and confirmed March 18, 1951, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Tilsit, also the church of her marriage to Charles Ahrens on April 28, 1957. ...
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Judy Bruhl (1/31/23)Judy Ann Bruhl, 73, died Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau after a brief illness. Services will be private for family only. Ford and Liley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Ted Carbaugh (1/31/23)SIKESTON, Mo. — Ted Carbaugh, son of the late Harry Curtis Sr. and Tila Louise Letempt Carbaugh, was born Sept. 8, 1953, in East St. Louis, Illinois, and departed his life Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023, at Sikeston Convalescent Center at the age of 69 years...
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Albert Carter (1/31/23)Albert Lee Carter departed this life Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, at his home in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 6, 1950, in Diehlstadt, Missouri, to Herman McElmurry and Robelian "Sis" Carter. Albert was a 1969 graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School, where he was a member of the basketball team. ...
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Gerald Davis (1/31/23)Gerald "Jerry" Davis, 76, passed away Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, at his home in Jackson, with his family by his side. He was born Aug. 2, 1946, in Cape Girardeau. He was the son to the late Paul and Maxine Davis. Jerry was a graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School in 1964, where he met his wife, Roxie Houseman Davis. Roxie and Jerry were married in 1967. Jerry worked and ran the family farm with his father several years, and worked with Ramsey Plumbing and Heating doing sheet-metal work...
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Dorothy Gill (1/31/23)Dorothy J. Gill, 95, of Cape Girardeau passed away peacefully Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023. Born in Cape Girardeau on May 1, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Cecil and Martha Emma Davis. Dorothy was married to Richard C. Gill Sr. on Feb. 12, 1947. They resided in Cape Girardeau, where they had two children...
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David Holter (1/31/23)David Holter, 51, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, at Southeast Hospital. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral will be at 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, at the funeral home, with Dr. Shawn Wasson officiating...
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Paul Miller (1/31/23)Paul Edward Miller, 65, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at his home. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Friday, Feb. 3, at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. Funeral service will be at noon Friday, Feb. 3, at the funeral home, with the Rev. Donny Ford officiating. Burial will follow at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...
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Richard Ryan (1/31/23)Richard Ryan, 91, of Jackson passed away peacefully Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 25, 1931, in Reidland, Kentucky, to Roy and Nancy Pugh Ryan. He and Donna Spears were married April 28, 1989, in Jackson, Missouri...
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Latisha Smith (1/31/23)The family of Latisha Smith, 38, of Cape Girardeau is heartbroken to announce her death. She passed away Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. She was preceded in death by her mother, Sandra Smith. She left behind her son, Micah Turks, 8; sisters Tammy (Bowles) Hartis, Samantha Bowles and Jessica Brown; and brother, Philip Smith...
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Mary Stone (1/31/23)Mary L. Stone, 75, of Jackson passed away Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 27, 1947, in Bollinger County, Missouri, to Earl and Ruth Eaker Tipton. She and Larry Stone were married Sept. 11, 1965, in Lutesville, Missouri...
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Kent Verhines (1/31/23)C. Kent Verhines, 76, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at his home. He was born Jan. 9, 1947, in Cape Girardeau to Kenneth A. and LaWanda L. Kimmich Verhines. He and Wanda Faye Verhines were married Sept. 4, 1980, at Cape Girardeau. He served in the National Guard...
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Jeffery Young (1/31/23)Jeffery Adam Young passed away unexpectedly Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, at his Cape Girardeau home. Jeffery was born Sept. 19, 2000, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau to Robert Young Jr. and Angela Clover. He was an early graduate from Cape Girardeau Central High School, Class of 2019. He entered the workforce as a laborer and food industry worker...
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Merlin Kasten (1/30/23)PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Merlin Orville Kasten, 89, of Perryville passed away Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. He was born Oct. 9, 1933, in Uniontown, Missouri, to Oscar and Martha Rasche Kasten. He was baptized Oct. 15, 1933, at Grace Lutheran Church in Uniontown by the Rev. J.M. Mueller. He was then confirmed April 4, 1948, by the Rev. Hafner at Grace Lutheran Church...
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Alice Ahrens (1/30/23)Alice M. Ahrens, 85, of Jackson died Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson, and from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Tilsit...
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Joyce Rodgers (1/30/23)OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. — Joyce Sissom Rodgers, 75, of Olive Branch died Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, at her home. Visitation will be from 11 to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms, Illinois. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, at the funeral home, with the Rev. Curt Alderson officiating, and eulogy by Amy Parker. Interment will follow at Olive Branch Cemetery...
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Larry Sides (1/30/23)PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Larry Ray Sides, 80, of Perryville died Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, at his home. He was born Jan. 16, 1943, in Perryville to James Lonnie and Viola Louise Kiefer Sides. Larry and Sue Sarff were married Feb. 7, 1970, at St. Mary's Cathedral in Cape Girardeau...
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Jeffery Young (1/30/23)Jeffery Adam Young, 20, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.
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Vera Beck (1/28/23)Vera Kathleen "Kay" Beck, 94, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. She was born in Steele, Missouri, Jan. 5, 1929, to John Issac and Ola Couch Cunningham. She married Fredrick Beck and lived in Richmond, Indiana, for 43 years. She was employed by Earlham College for 27 years...
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Thelma Brown (1/28/23)Thelma Mae Brown, 86, of Jackson entered her rest Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023. She was born March 3, 1936. She was a lifelong believer in Jesus, an advocate for the rights and needs of the disabled, a person who loved and was loved by her family, a maker and a traveler...
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Nancy Moore (1/28/23)Nancy Jane Kennedy was given life by her creator and was born March 2, 1935, in East Prairie, Missouri, to Earl Kennedy and Bertha Zook. On Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023, Nancy went to be with the Lord, and her husband, Charles Moore; sister, Jean Russell, and family, who were waiting with open arms to welcome her into heaven...
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Jim Pate (1/28/23)Jim "Jimmy Paul" Pate, 80, died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 10:30 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Jan. 31, at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City. Funeral service will be at noon Tuesday, Jan. 31, at the funeral home, with the Rev. Jack Hargraves as officiant. Burial, with full military honors, will follow at Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...
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Kabrea Tarr (1/28/23)Kabrea LaShay Tarr, 45, graduated into the loving arms of Jesus Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, after a 26-year battle with multiple sclerosis. Her ability to have a positive spirit and joyful presence in spite of a very difficult life and situation was an inspiration to all who knew her...
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Donald Williams (1/28/23)CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Donald Rex Williams, son of the late Ralph and Maybelle Anderson Williams Lane, was born March 19, 1934, in Chaffee and departed his life Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau at the age of 88 years. He was raised by his late grandparents, Alfred and Mary Ann Anderson. On July 31, 1953, he was united in marriage to Marie Covington in Chaffee. She survives of the home in Chaffee...
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Charles Draper (1/27/23)Charles Thomas "Tom" Draper, 87, died Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. A life celebration service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, at Mount Moriah Baptist Church, 200 Broadway in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are by McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson...
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David Nickels (1/27/23)David Axel Nickels, 58, of Cape Girardeau died in early January 2023 in his home. He was a man who loved being in nature, fishing, dancing, playing drums and having a project to work on. He liked to work with his hands fixing and building things, and he was a skilled tuck pointer who enjoyed masonry...
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Shirley Beel (1/26/23)Shirley Ann Beel, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023, at Chateau Girardeau. She was born June 20, 1940, in Kelso, Missouri, to John Schwartz and Johanna Backfish. She and Edward Paul Beel were married Aug. 29, 1959, in Kelso. Shirley worked at Southeast Hospital for 36 years and retired in January 2003...
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Robert Hodo (1/26/23)Robert Lee Hodo, 66, of Jackson passed away Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 31, 1956, in Clinton, Kentucky, to Raymond and Patricia Srader Hodo. He and Kimberly Borgfield were married Nov. 2, 1987, at Fort Worth Water Gardens in Fort Worth, Texas...
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Michael Rodgers (1/26/23)Michael "Mike" Lee Rodgers, 67, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023, at Life Care Center. He was born Oct. 20, 1955, in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, to William Bruce and Mary Lou Freeman Rodgers. He and Lanette Parker were married June 13, 1983, at Ames, Iowa...
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Richard Ryan (1/26/23)Richard Ryan, 91, of Jackson died peacefully Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau. Memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 3, at Centenary United Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau, with the Rev. Jennifer Long officiating...
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Shirley Beel (1/24/23)Shirley Ann Beel, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023, at Chateau Girardeau. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Friday, Jan. 27, at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral will follow at noon Friday, Jan. 27, at the funeral home, with the Rev. Allan Saunders officiating. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Betty Chasteen (1/24/23)Betty Lou Chasteen, 84, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Jan, 21, 2023, at Chateau Girardeau. She was born Oct. 6, 1938, in St. Louis to Elmo Wilson and Easter Evelyn France Frease. She and Fletcher Otis Chasteen were married June 3, 1972, in St. Louis...
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Lisa Coppedge (1/24/23)SULLIVAN, Mo. — Lisa Kay Coppedge, 55, of Sullivan died Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023, at Missouri Baptist Hospital. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27, at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville, Missouri. Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27, at the funeral home, with the Rev. Steven Vester officiating...
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Robert Hodo (1/24/23)Robert Lee Hodo, 66, of Jackson, formerly of Doniphan, Missouri, died Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27, at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. The Rev. Sam Roethemeyer will conduct the funeral at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, at the funeral home. Interment will be private at Shirley Cemetery near Doniphan...
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Norma Holder (1/24/23)Norma J. Holder, 87, of Scott City died Friday, Jan. 20, 2023, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 13, 1935, in Kelso, Missouri, to Ben and Olivia Scherer LeDure. She married Herb Holder on Nov. 19, 1955, in Kelso. He preceded her in death Dec. 20, 2018...
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