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Michael WillinghamMichael Lee Willingham, 34, of Cape Girardeau passed away peacefully surrounded by family Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 24, 1986, in Cape Girardeau to J. Robert and Pat Willingham. A 2005 graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School, he attended Southeast Missouri State University, majoring in communication studies...
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Terry DewrockST. LOUIS -- Terry Van Dewrock, 65, of St. Louis, formerly of Cape Girardeau, passed away peacefully Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020. He was born April 2, 1955, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, to Melba Dewrock and the late Emil Dewrock. He and Catherine Long were married Aug. 17, 1991...
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Glenda FarrisGlenda L. Farris, 80, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. Visitation will be from 2 to 3 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 16 at McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Entombment will be private at Cape County Memorial Park Mausoleum in Cape Girardeau...
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William GieselmannWilliam "Jan" Gieselmann, 79, of Jackson died Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson was entrusted with his care. There were no services.
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Terry PingelPERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Terry Alan Pingel, age 73, of Perryville died Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville. Visitation will be from 8 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church in Sereno, Missouri. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. ...
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Ronald Popp** Ronald Popp Ronald Popp, 79, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, at his residence in Saxony Village. McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau is in charge of arrangements.
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Howard ReeceHoward Junior Reece, 78, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, at Southeast Hospital. He was born May 26, 1942 in Jackson to Howard Densel and Velma M. Jauch Reece. Howard and Saundra Meier were married July 2, 1966, at Tilsit. He worked for Floyds Equipment Co. for several years and Erlbacher Materials for over 30 years...
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Karen SchaeferKaren Sue Schaefer, 60, of Jackson, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 8, 1960, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Walter B. and Jean B. Friedrich Schaefer. Karen was loved by everyone and will be missed by many...
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Gelena StoffregenGelena W. Stoffregen, 89, of Jackson, passed away Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, at Chateau Girardeau in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 30, 1931, in East St. Louis, Illinois, to Claude and Dorothy Kellett Culp. She was a 1950 graduate of Delta High School...
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Thomas Wiginton Jr.MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Thomas E. Wiginton Jr., age 85, of Marble Hill died Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, at his son's home in Marble Hill. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at Mount Auburn Christian Church in Cape Girardeau. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesdayat the church with the Rev. Casey Elmore officiating. Burial will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Memorial Park Cemetery in White Hall, Arkansas...
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Rudolph Dreyer (1/14/21)FROHNA, Mo. -- Rudolph Edgar Dreyer, age 93, of Frohna died Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Concordia Lutheran Church in Frohna, Missouri. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the church, with the Rev. Rod Benkendorf officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery...
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Ronald Hartlein (1/14/21)Ronald Wayne Hartlein, 77, of Jackson passed away Monday, Jan. 11, 2021, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 26, 1943, in St. Louis. Ronald served in the U.S. Navy from 1960 until 1964. He and Darlene Ferrell Hartlein were united in marriage on July 24, 1982...
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Monsignor Richard Rolwing (1/14/21)The Very Rev. Monsignor Richard Cyril Rolwing, 93, of Cape Girardeau entered into his eternal rest Monday, Jan. 11, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 8, 1927, in the Texas Bend community of Mississippi County, Missouri, to the late Paul and Elizabeth Wessels Rolwing. ...
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James Vogelsang (1/14/21)BOZEMAN, Mont. -- James "Jim" Vogelsang, 76, passed away Monday, Jan. 11, 2021, with his wife and daughter by his side, at his home in Bozeman, following a two-year battle with cancer. Jim was born Dec 6, 1944, in Cape Girardeau to Erwin and Golda Vogelsang. Jim married Patricia Wright on April 27, 1973, in Cape Girardeau...
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Patricia Wachter (1/14/21)Patricia June Wachter, 81, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Jan. 11, 2021, at her home. She was born Oct. 1, 1939, in Cape Girardeau to Woodrow Wilson and Frieda Ida Hente Smith. She and H.A. Wachter were married March 8, 1958, in Cape Girardeau. He preceded her in death May 24, 2013...
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Michael Willingham (1/14/21)Michael Lee Willingham, 34, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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Elizabeth Brewer (1/13/21)BENTON, Mo. -- Elizabeth Ann Higdon Brewer, 80, of Benton died Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021, at the home of her daughter in Sikeston, Missouri, following an extended illness. Elizabeth was born Oct. 25, 1940, in Matthews, Missouri, the daughter of the late Horace Elwin and Daisy Mae Hickman Higdon Jr...
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Patty Dodson (1/13/21)Patty Ann Dodson, 61, of Scott City died Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, at her home. Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m. Friday at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City. Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the chapel with the Revs. Jack Owens and Larry Taylor officiating. Burial will be in Lightner Cemetery in Scott City...
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Janie Evans (1/13/21)Janie Ann Evans, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021, at home. She was born Jan. 5, 1939, in Bloomfield, Missouri, to Wade Gross and Janie Wilson (Barbara Narcissis Janie McDowell).
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Kenneth McCollum (1/13/21)SIKESTON, Mo. -- Kenneth Scott McCollum, age 52, a resident of Sikeston and formerly of Charleston, Missouri, died Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 4, 1968, to Patricia Jean Rademaker McCollum, who survives of Sikeston, and the late Robert Scott McCollum...
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John Vila III (1/13/21)MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- John E. Vila III, 76, passed away Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021, at his home in Marble Hill, holding his wife's hand, and with his devoted basset hound, Stinky, laying at his side. He was born May 13, 1944, in St. Louis, son of John E. and Louise Cartwright Vila Jr. He was united in marriage to Teri Trostel on June 3, 1995...
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Vicky Bailey (1/12/21)Vicky Jo Bailey, 65 of Scott City died Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 10, 1955, in Bonne Terre, Missouri, to Billy Joe and Aimee Vivian Brooks Bailey. She was a cook at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport...
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Timothy Myers (1/12/21)MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Timothy Eugene Myers of Marble Hill, died Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born June 25, 1967, in Cape Girardeau, he was the son of the Curtis Lonnie and Connie Elizabeth Hennecke Myers. A 1985 graduate of Woodland High School, he worked as a land surveying assistant for various surveying and engineering companies in Missouri and Texas...
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William Riston Jr. (1/12/21)TAMMS, Ill. -- William W. Riston Jr., age 65, of Tamms, formerly of Cairo, Illinois, died Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at 5:06 a.m. The family is being served by Crain Funeral Home of Tamms.
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Robert Welker (1/12/21)Robert Wayne Welker, 84, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, at the Lutheran Home. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Cape County Memorial Park Mausoleum in Cape Girardeau with the Rev. Jeff Estes officiating...
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Lester Wingerter (1/12/21)PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Lester E. Wingerter, age 82, of Perryville died Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021, peacefully at his home surrounded by his loving and heartbroken family. Services will be private for immediate family only because of COVID. A celebration of his life will be planned at a later date...
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Bernhard Oswald (1/11/21)WOODSON TERRACE, Mo. -- Bernhard "Ben" W. Oswald, 81, of Woodson Terrace, died Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, at Christian Northeast Hospital in St. Louis. Service will be private for the family, with the Rev. Timothy Ostermeyer officiating. Burial will be at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Perryville, Missouri...
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Joan Burckhardt (1/11/21)Joan Burckhardt, 60, died Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 at Saint Louis University Hospital in St. Louis. There will be a memorial service at a later date. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapels is in charge of arrangements.
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Melford James (1/11/21)ROLLA, Mo. -- Melford Lee James, 88, of Rolla passed due to COVID complications in the early morning hours of Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, at Cedar Pointe Care Center. He was the son of Lawrence and Lydia James, who are deceased, of Cape Girardeau. He is survived by his wife, Helen of Rolla; a sister, Melba of Columbus, Ohio; and his children, Brenda Singleton of Jackson, Beverly Pulliam of Jackson, Tammy Smith of Cordova, Tennessee, and Bobby James of Pevely, Missouri; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.. ...
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Linda Stroder (1/11/21)Linda Stroder, 75, of Cape Girardeau passed away Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, at her home, surrounded by her family. Linda was born Oct. 4, 1945, in Marble Hill, Missouri, to Lindell and Fern James. On Sept. 8, 1963, she was married to Larry Alexander Stroder. Together they raised a son, Steven, and a daughter, Sheryl...
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Betty Colyer (1/9/21)Betty Jane Colyer, 86, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of McClure, Illinois, died Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at Monticello House in Jackson. She was born to Barnett and Willie Edwards Adams July 19, 1934, in Bardwell, Kentucky. She and William "Witz" M. Colyer were married at Cairo, Illinois, on May 3, 1953...
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Raymond Davidson (1/9/21)Raymond E. Davidson, 90, of Cape Girardeau went to his heavenly home Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, from his home on the farm where he was born and raised with his loving family. Raymond was born Sept. 17, 1930, to William Calvin and Edna Maevers Davidson at Egypt Mills. He was baptized Oct. 12, 1930, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Egypt Mills and was also confirmed there...
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Marjorie Johnson (1/9/21)Marjorie Mae Johnson, 73, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau due to complications from COVID, surrounded by her family. Margie, as she was called by her friends and family, was born July 5, 1947. in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to John G. and Allie Wilsie Olivent Carr. She resided in St. Petersburg, Florida; Eufala, Alabama; Germany; Bainbridge, Georgia; Nashville, Tennessee; Jackson and Cape Girardeau...
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Lynn Maloney (1/9/21)Lynn Lavern Maloney, age 72, of Jackson died Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021 at his home. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday at Ford and Sons Jackson Funeral Home. Funeral service will follow at 1 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson...
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Cynthia Marsh (1/9/21)Cynthia Cole Marsh, 67, of Cape Girardeau peacefully passed away Thursday, Jan. 7,2021, at the Lutheran Home; she ended her long struggle with cancer, a burden now lifted by Our Lord. She was born May 24, 1953, in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Howard and Phyllis Weckerling Cole, a Cajun-German family. After high school, she graduated with a registered nursing degree from Charity Hospital in 1974...
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Geraldine Thomason (1/9/21)CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Geraldine Rapert Thomason, age 92, a resident of Charleston, died Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2020, at the Bertrand Nursing and Rehab Center. She was born Feb. 7, 1928, to the late Orvin Raymon Rapert and Lelia Jewell Johnston Rapert. She lived in Charleston most of her life where she was employed for more than 31 years at Warren E. ...
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Robert Ahrens (1/8/21)Robert Clarence "R.C." Ahrens Sr., 71, of Friedheim died Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Jan. 14 at Ford and Sons Jackson Funeral Home. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Jan. 15 at the funeral home with the Rev. Jim Matthews officiating. Burial will be at Old Goshen Cemetery in Oak Ridge...
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Bill Bailey (1/8/21)PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Bill G. Bailey, age 89, of Perryville died Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at his residence. Private services will be held for the family. Burial with military honors provided by American Legion and Delta Team will be at Yount Community Cemetery...
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Rosa Lee Balsmann (1/8/21)Rosa Lee Balsmann, 88, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Rosa Lee was born Aug. 3, 1932, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Margareitte and Orville Teaford. She and Herbert Hugo Balsmann were united in marriage on July 2, 1955, in Cape Girardeau. They spent almost 56 wonderful years together until his death Jan. 10, 2011...
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Betty DePriest (1/8/21)MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Betty J. DePriest, 88, died Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 24, 1931, in Patton, Missouri, daughter of the late George and Mildred Messier Holley. In 1947 at Charleston, Missouri, she married Lester L. DePriest, who preceded her in death July 29, 2002...
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Verna Gloth (1/8/21)Verna Mae Gloth, 80, of Whitewater passed away Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 3, 1940, in Patton, Missouri, the daughter of George and Esther Yamnitz Welker. Verna spent her life as a homemaker. She enjoyed quilting, sewing, cooking and being outside gardening. She was a member of the Delta First Baptist Church...
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Dr. Louis Hildebrand (1/8/21)Dr. Louis Edward Hildebrand, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died suddenly on New Year's Day 2021 at age 80. He had just enjoyed a fun-filled New Year's Eve with his family the day before. Lou was a brilliant scholar, often described by his family as a true Renaissance man. ...
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Harley Clark (1/7/21)Harley Delmar Clark, 92, of Cape Girardeau passed away Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born Oct. 20, 1928, in Fredericktown, Missouri, to the late Walter Moses and Zina Anderson Holder Clark. Harley and Veda Wilma Berry were married April 7, 1945, in Newburn, Tennessee. She preceded him in death Nov. 23, 2013...
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Betty Colyer (1/7/21)Betty Jane Colyer, 86, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, formerly of McClure, Illinois, died Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at Monticello House in Jackson. There will be no visitation. Funeral service will at 2 p.m. Sunday at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel in Cape Girardeau with the Rev. Danny Miller officiating. Burial will be at Lindsey Cemetery in McClure...
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Betty Haynie (1/7/21)ADVANCE, Mo. -- Betty Ellen deCelis Haynie, 92, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Advance, passed away Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, at Chateau Girardeau in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 24, 1928, in McGee, Missouri, the daughter of Byron and Nancy Jane Haddock deCelis...
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Rev. William Joyce (1/7/21)The Rev. William "Bill" Joyce, 87, of Cape Girardeau was born to Coy Edward and Gertie Huel Hendon Joyce in Golden Pond, Kentucky, Oct. 12, 1933. He died Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother and uncle, and a wonderful friend to many. Due to COVID-19, he died alone in his hospital room rather than surrounded by those who loved him.
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William Mason (1/7/21)William Bradley Mason, 67, was found dead Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020, in his home. Friends may call at 1 p.m. Friday at the Williams Funeral Chapel in Charleston, Missouri. Interment will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Arnold Quick (1/7/21)Arnold Allen Quick, 65 of Jackson passed away at 2:46 p.m., Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, at his home. He was born Dec. 8, 1955, to M.J. and Elizabeth Clara Nichols Quick. He married Nita Cashon on March 9, 1979, and she survives. Allen worked at O'Reilly's Auto Parts as parts manager...
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Madelyn Schmucker (1/7/21)Madelyn Schmucker, daughter of the Rev. Peggy Adams of Texas and the late Rev. Frederick Schmucker, was born Feb. 29, 1960, in Texas and departed this life Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau at the age of 60 years...
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Thomas Brewer (1/6/21)PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Thomas S. Brewer, 76, of Perryville died Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, at Missouri Baptist Hospital. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 6:30 to 10 a.m. Friday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home, with Brother Charlie Mangels officiating. Burial, with military graveside service provided by the American Legion and U.S. Army, will be at Mount Hope Cemetery in Perryville...
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