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Doris Long (02/22/12)
BENTON, Mo. — Doris Ann Long, 67, of Benton died Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Benton.

Michael Campbell (02/22/12)
ZALMA, Mo. -- Michael Lynn Campbell, 43, of South Roxana, Ill., passed away Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, at St. John's Mercy Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Oct. 19, 1968, in Alton, Ill., son of Willard and Willa Kennis Campbell. Michael had worked as a truck driver...

Garry Greenhill (02/22/12)
Garry James Greenhill, 50, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012, at his home. He was born April 12, 1961, in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, to Robert and Margaret Robertson Guthrie Greenhill. He and Amanda Swafford were married Aug. 25, 2004, in Cape Girardeau...

Jean Trueblood (02/22/12)
Jean McLeod Trueblood, 94, of Kirkwood, Mo., died Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, at St. Mary's Medical Center in Clayton, Mo. She was born Oct. 10, 1917, in Lebanon, Ind., to Leroy and Irene McLeod. Following graduation from Occidental College in 1939, she moved to Honolulu and was there at the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. After returning to the mainland, she married Dr. Alva Cooper Trueblood Jr. on Sept. 1, 1942...

Evelyn Brunkhorst (02/21/12)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Evelyn J. "Ace" Brunkhorst, 49, of Perryville died Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, at her home. She was born Aug. 1, 1962, in Perryville, daughter of Raymond and Mary Taylor Keith. She and Albert Brunkhorst were married Jan. 11, 1980...

Yvonne Dopp (02/21/12)
ELDON, Mo. -- Yvonne Dopp, 76, of Eldon passed away Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, at her home. She was born Nov. 5, 1935, in Fornfelt, daughter of George Weaver and Bessie Noland Weaver Arnold. She and J.F. Dopp were married Sept. 13, 1953, in Fornfelt...

Caleb Kinder (02/21/12)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Caleb Trevor Kinder, 29, of Dexter died Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, in St. James, Mo. He was born May 6, 1982, in Warrensburg, Mo., to Kenneth Wayne and Karen Kay Reinbott Kinder. He and Kelly LeAnn Stitz were married Feb. 6, 2012, in Bloomfield, Mo...

Melinda McLeod (02/21/12)
Melinda Caroline McLeod, 68, of Burfordville passed away Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, at her home. She was born Oct. 11, 1943, in Memphis, Tenn., to Harold L. and Helen O'Neil Pierce Hinchey. She was united in marriage to James McLeod on Feb. 27, 1971, in Caruthersville, Mo...

Mary Torbet (02/21/12)
Mary J. Torbet, 87, of Jackson, formerly of Marble Hill, Mo., passed away Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012, at her home. She was born May 5, 1924, in Peru, Iowa, daughter of Vera Hoover. She and Kenneth Torbet were married Oct. 13, 1942, in Grant City, Mo. Mary graduated from Peru High School a few weeks after her 15th birthday. ...

Ruth Coffelt (02/21/12)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Ruth Ann Coffelt, 87, of Perryville died Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, at Perry Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Perryville, with Royce Yount leading the service...

Teddy Hornback (02/21/12)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Teddy Joe Hornback, 79, of Mesa, Ariz., formerly of Mounds, died Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, at Hospice Family Care Foundation in Gilbert, Ariz. A memorial service will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday at Longmore Road Baptist Church in Mesa. Burial will be Monday in National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona in Phoenix...

Louis Lix (02/20/12)
YOUNT, Mo. -- Louis Lix Jr., 82, of Yount passed away Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. He was born Oct. 11, 1929, to Louis W. and Marie (Statler) Lix in St. Louis. Junior was a member of Mount Zion Immanuel Lutheran Church at Yount until it closed, where he served various committees and was an usher. He later became a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Perryville, Mo...

Lillian Sander (02/20/12)
Lillian E. Sander, 82, of Millersville passed away Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, at her home. She was born Dec. 2, 1929, at Stroder Branch, north of Burfordville, daughter of Lewis and Laura Meyer Abbott. She married Joe Dayton Sander on Feb. 19, 1945, in Corning, Ark. He passed away Aug. 30, 2000...

Dorothy Wagner (02/20/12)
Dorothy H. Wagner, 83, of Jackson passed away Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 26, 1928, in Lixville, Mo., daughter of Charles and Hilda Pickle Pohlmann. She married Nelson "Butch" Meyer on July 21, 1950. He passed away April 3, 1980. She and Kenneth Wagner were married Sept. 29, 1990. He passed away Nov. 10, 2008...

Dorothy Gibbs (02/19/12)
Dorothy Louise Gibbs, 90, of Scott City passed away Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, at her home.

Georgia Foster (02/19/12)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Georgia A. Foster, 69, of Perryville died Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, at Independence Care Center. She was born Dec. 7, 1942, at Belgique, Mo., to Charles B. and Irma M. Dippold DePauw. She and Stephen D. Foster were married June 22, 1962, in Jackson...

Donald Kelpe (02/19/12)
Donald Fredrick Henry "Don" Kelpe, 76, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, at his home.

Raymond Sticht (02/19/12)
Raymond Sticht, 78, of Whitewater died Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, at Monticello House in Jackson.

Caleb Kinder (02/19/12)
Caleb T. Kinder, 29, of Dexter, Mo., formerly of Scott City, died Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, in St. James, Mo. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City is in charge of arrangements.

John Belcher (02/19/12)
ANNA, Ill. -- John Belcher, 69, of Anna died Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, at his home.

Charles King (02/19/12)
Charles James King, 57, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Christ Church of the Heartland in Cape Girardeau. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Lillian Sander (02/19/12)
Lillian Sander, 82, of Millersville died Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, at her home. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.

Eugene Schmid (02/19/12)
Eugene Frederick Schmid of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, at Saint Francis Medical Center at the age of 96. He was born June 16, 1915, in Edwardsville, Ill., to John Frederick and Lena Margaret Steehlinger Schmid. Eugene and Selma Isabelle Fagg were married July 25, 1937, in Edwardsville. She died Sept. 8, 1994, in Cape Girardeau...

Dr. Mike Brown (02/19/12)
Dr. Mike J. Brown, 72, of Englewood, Fla., formerly of Cape Girardeau, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, at his home. He was born Jan. 13, 1940, in Memphis, Tenn., son of Mike Jones and Lucy Byrd Brown. In 1975, he and Dianne Caldwell were married; she survives him, along with their daughter, Samantha (Scott) Rhodes of Cape Girardeau. ...

Dr. Mike Brown (02/17/12)
Dr. Mike J. Brown, 72, of Englewood, Fla., formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, at his home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at St. Andrew Lutheran Church. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the church, with Paul Short officiating. Burial will be in Cape County Memorial Park with full military honors to be conducted...

Dorothy Gibbs (02/17/12)
Dorothy Gibbs, 90 of Scott City died Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, at her son's home in Scott City. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel.

Donald Kelpe (02/17/12)
Donald Fredrick Henry "Don" Kelpe, 76, of Cape Girardeau went home to be with his heavenly father Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, at his home. He was born Jan. 28, 1936, on the family farm in Cape Girardeau County, to Arthur L. and Helen Louise Bertling Kelpe. He was baptized and confirmed at Old Hanover Lutheran Church. He attended Old Hanover School and graduated from College High School...

Paulette Jackson (02/17/12)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Paulette Jackson, 64, of Marble Hill died Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, at her home, following a lengthy illness. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Hurricane Fork General Baptist Church, with the Revs. Jerry Sanders and Jimmie Fulbright officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery...

Ella Pry (02/17/12)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Ella Jane Abernathy Pry, 99, of Bloomfield died Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, at her home. She was born Nov. 30, 1912, in the Ardeola community in Stoddard County, daughter of Jerome and Lizzie Summers Abernathy. She and Prentice Pry were married May 16, 1931, at Dexter, Mo. He preceded her in death March 18, 1995...

Edward Flowers (02/17/12)
Edward E. Flowers, 82, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Portageville, Mo., died Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, at Landmark Hospital. He was born March 29, 1929, in Center Ridge, Ark., son of Arlie and Lona Bartlett Flowers. He and Nora Ann Robinson were married July 15, 1950, in Sikeston, Mo...

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New book highlights Southeast Alumni Merit Award recipients (02/19/12)
The history of Cape Girardeau cannot be told without including Southeast Missouri State University. Last year part of that history was captured in a book published by the university about its 200 Alumni Merit Award recipients. Though largely a collection of individual stories, the project was organized and edited by Jane Stacy, the former director of alumni services at Southeast...