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Obituaries from June 2010

Sarah Clarke (06/30/10)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Sarah Jane Clarke, 78, of Olive Branch, formerly of Cairo, Ill., died Monday, June 28, 2010, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Barkett Funeral Home in Cairo is in charge of arrangements.

Ruth Baltzell (06/30/10)
McCLURE, Ill. -- Ruth Ann Baltzell, 63, of McClure died Monday, June 28, 2010, at Leconte Medical Center in Sevierville, Tenn. She was born July 25, 1946, in St. Louis, to Franklin Marion and Thelma Ruth Beggs Tucker. She and Millard Baltzell were married Oct. 31, 1964, at Murphysboro, Ill...

Lewis Miller (06/30/10)
ANNA, Ill. -- Lewis Miller, 91, of Anna died Monday, June 28, 2010, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Crain Funeral Home in Anna, and from 1 p.m. to service time Friday at First Lutheran Church in Dongola, Ill...

Glenda McCoy (06/30/10)
Glenda M. McCoy, 76, of Randles died Monday, June 28, 2010, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the chapel, with the Rev. Eric Hodge officiating. Burial will be in Baker Cemetery at Marble Hill, Mo...

Nelson Kieninger (06/30/10)
Nelson A. Kieninger, 89, of Jackson passed away Monday, June 28, 2010, at his home. He was born April 18,1921, in Jackson, son of Arthur and Emma Kasten Kieninger. He and Elda Marie Loenneke were married Nov. 24, 1950. She passed away May 23, 2009. Nelson was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Pocahontas, where he was a former member and held various offices. He was currently a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson...

Harold Page (06/30/10)
ANNA, Ill. -- Harold W. Page, 79, of Anna died Monday, June 28, 2010, at Union County Hospital. He served in the U.S. Air Force. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. today at Rendleman and Hileman Funeral Home in Anna. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Christine Erdmann officiating. Burial will be in Anna City Cemetery...

Mary Gorham (06/30/10)
Mary L. Gorham, 75, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Springfield, Ill., passed away Sunday, June 27, 2010, at her home. She was born July 2, 1934, in Springfield, to Edgar G. and Pauline Dyer. She married Jesse L. Gorham in 1952 in Paris, Ill. Gorham was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Stanley E. Gorham; two brothers, Eddie Dyer and Tommy Dyer; and a sister, Grace Dyer...

Clayborn Brasher (06/30/10)
Clayborn Donald Brasher, 78, of Scott City died Monday, June 28, 2010, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 19, 1931, at Portageville, Mo., son of Charles and Hazel Elizabeth Ross Brasher. Brasher loved fishing, reading and family...

Edith Guild (06/30/10)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Edith E. Dakin Guild, 78, of Belleville, Ill., formerly of Tamms, died Saturday, June 26, 2010, at Memorial Hospital in Belleville, surrounded by her family. It broke our hearts to lose you, But you didn't go alone....

Betty Milam (06/30/10)
DIEHLSTADT, Mo. -- Betty Jean "B.J." Greer Milam, 81, died Monday, June 28, 2010, at her home. She was born Dec. 9, 1928, in Granite City, Ill., to the late William Jacob and Mable May Hodshire Greer. She had lived in Diehlstadt a number of years where she and her husband were the owners and operators of BJ's Lounge, and was of the Pentecostal belief. ...

Lewis Miller (06/29/10)
ANNA, Ill. -- C. Lewis Miller, 91, of Anna died Monday, June 28, 2010, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Crain Funeral Home in Anna is in charge of arrangements.

Ruth Baltzell (06/29/10)
McCLURE, Ill. -- Ruth Ann Baltzell, 63, of McClure died Monday, June 28, 2010, at Leconte Medical Center in Sevierville, Tenn. Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau is in charge of arrangements.

Edith Guild (06/29/10)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Edith Dakin Guild, 78, of Belleville, Ill., formerly of Tamms, died Saturday, June 26, 2010, at Memorial Hospital in Belleville. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to service time Thursday at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms. The funeral will be at noon Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Bill McGhee officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery at Villa Ridge, Ill...

Nelson Kieninger (06/29/10)
Nelson A. Kieninger, 89, of Jackson died Monday, June 28, 2010, at his home. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. David Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Russell Heights Cemetery...

Viola Mayfield (06/29/10)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Viola Mayfield, 86, of Advance died Saturday, June 26, 2010, at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Center in Dexter, Mo. She was born Feb. 29, 1924, in Lutesville, Mo., daughter of Avery Rosewell and Sara E. Hahn Crites. She and Charley Mayfield were married Nov. 29, 1943. He passed away Oct. 31, 1988...

Armella Henley (06/29/10)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Armella Rose Henley, 92, of Chaffee died Sunday, June 27, 2010, at her home. She was born June 12, 1918, at New Hamburg, Mo., daughter of Andrew and Josephine Scherer Hahn. She was first married to Lynn Vanus Jones in 1938. She then married William F. "Major Vickory" Henley on Oct. 3, 1942. He died May 10, 1967...

Katherine Moss (06/29/10)
Katherine "Kathy" Moss, 58, of Whitefish Bay, Wis., formerly of Scott City, beloved daughter of Lloyd Moss and Alberta M. Quadracci, was born Feb. 17, 1952. Kathy was a very outgoing, funny and loving person. To know her was to love her and she will be greatly missed by all who knew her. She was a shining star in the life of many people and we are sure that beam will shine brightly in our hearts forever...

Mary Oliver (06/29/10)
VERO BEACH, Fla. -- Mary K. Oliver, 73, of Vero Beach, former longtime resident of Granite City, Ill., died Friday, June 25, 2010, at Palm Garden Nursing Home in Vero Beach. She was born Sept. 26, 1936, in Graham, Ky., to the late Lewis and Nina Littlefield Oliver...

Larry Mungle (06/29/10)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Larry Dean Mungle, 50, of Chaffee died Friday, June 25, 2010, at Woodland Hills Nursing Center in Marble Hill, Mo. He was born April 4, 1960, in Cape Girardeau, to George Elmer and Birdie M. Smith Mungle. Larry owned and operated a lawn care and landscaping business, doing work in the Chicago, Kansas City and St. Louis areas. He also had owned an over-the-road trucking company...

Armella Henley (06/28/10)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Armella R. Henley, 92, of Chaffee died Sunday, June 27, 2010, at her home. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee.

Edith Guild (06/28/10)
Edith Dakin Guild died Saturday, June 26, 2010, at Memorial Hospital in Belleville, Ill. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home of Tamms, Ill.

Sylvia Jordon (06/28/10)
Sylvia "Bea" Jordon, 67, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, June 25, 2010, at her home. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Crain Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Rodger Keipe officiating. A graveside service will be at 2 p.m. at Trace Creek Cemetery in Glenallen, Mo...

Elbert Crawford (06/28/10)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Elbert F. "Al" Crawford, 73, of Perryville died Friday, June 25, 2010, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born in East Prairie, Mo., on Oct. 27, 1936, son of the late Louie W. and Earslene F. Warren Crawford. He and Margie Barks Crawford were married Dec. 13, 1952...

David Snell (06/28/10)
David Lee Snell, 55, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, June 23, 2010, in Cape Girardeau. He was born on May 18, 1955, in Cape Girardeau, to George and Mary Lou Haupt Snell. Survivors include a sister, Donna Futakami of Northglenn, Colo.; three brothers, Bill, Jim and Steven Snell, all of Cape Girardeau; numerous nieces and nephews; other relatives and many friends...

P. June Futrell (06/28/10)
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- P. June Futrell, 71, of Carbondale passed away Friday, June 25, 2010, at her home. She was born June 6, 1939, in Cape Girardeau to to Lawrence and Lona Davis Fingerhut. June worked at Pagliai's Pizza in Carbondale for many years. She had a deep love for animals of any kind and enjoyed feeding the deer, raccoons and other animals that frequented her yard. She also had a passion for working in her yard. June was of the Methodist faith...

Matthew Ervin (06/28/10)
Matthew "Woody" Ervin, 44, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, June 26, 2010, in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 4, 1965, in Cape Girardeau to Ronald C. and Karen "Buckie" Kaufman Ervin. Matt graduated from Cape Girardeau Central High School in 1983. He was a member of IBEW Local 1 of St. Louis. He was of the Methodist faith...

Sherman Hill (06/28/10)
Sherman E. Hill, 83, of East Cape Girardeau, Ill., died Saturday, June 26, 2010, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 26, 1926, in West Branch, Iowa, to Adolph William "Ott" and Ethel Belle Teets Hill. He and Vicky Rudluff were married Dec. 2, 1947, at Davenport, Iowa...

Margaret Wilson (06/28/10)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Margaret Luella Wilson, 81, died Sunday, June 27, 2010, at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter. She was born Jan. 7, 1929, daughter of the late Houston Stonecipher and Gladys Vick Stonecipher in Alexander County, Ill. She was united in marriage to Donald Wilson on June 9, 1947, at Mount Vernon, Ill. He preceded her in death Jan. 15, 2001...

Elbert Crawford (06/27/10)
Elbert "Al" Crawford, 73, of Perryville, Mo., died Friday, June 25, 2010, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville.

Matthew Ervin (06/27/10)
Matthew "Woody" Ervin, 44, of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, June 26, 2010, in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.

David Snell (06/27/10)
David Lee Snell, age 55, of Cape Girardeau died at 6:18 a.m. Wednesday, June 23, 2010, in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 18, 1955, in Cape Girardeau to George and Mary Lou Haupt Snell. David is survived by one sister, Donna Futakami of Northglenn, Colo.; three brothers, Bill, Jim and Steven Snell, all of Cape Girardeau; numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends...

Sylvia Jordon (06/27/10)
Sylvia "Bea" Jordon, age 67, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, June 25, 2010 at home. She was born Nov. 5, 1942, in Glenallen, Mo. Her parents were James R. and Hazel Lois Stize Moore. She and Albert Jordan were married March 28, 1969. Bea worked as a geriatric sitter and she loved flowers and wind chimes...

Larry Mungle (06/27/10)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Larry Mungle, 50, of Chaffee died Friday, June 25, 2010, at Woodlawn Hills Nursing Center in Marble Hill, Mo. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home in Jackson, with the service at 7:30 p.m. A graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Old Salem Methodist Church Cemetery in Millersville...

Leona Huber (06/27/10)
Leona F. Huber, 87, of Perryville, Mo., died Friday, June 25, 2010, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Miller Family Funeral Home in Perryville. The funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Perryville with the Rev. Milton Ryan officiating. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery in Perryville...

P. June Futrell (06/27/10)
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- P. June Futrell, 71, of Carbondale died Friday, June 25, 2010, at home. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Meredith Funeral Home in Carbondale. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with Harry Hunter officiating. Her cremains will be buried at a later date at Zion United Methodist Cemetery, in Gordonville, Mo...

Berneal Carroll (06/27/10)
ORAN, Mo. -- Berneal Elizabeth Carroll, 94, of Oran died Friday, June 25, 2010, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 6, 1916, in Oran, daughter of Leo Anthony and Pauline Lucille Metz Heisserer. She and Ben F. Carroll Jr. were married Oct. 8, 1950. He died June 29, 1990...

Leona Hernandez (06/27/10)
ORAN, Mo. -- Leona Marie Hernandez, 72, of Oran died Thursday, June 24, 2010, at her home. She was born May 6, 1938, at Chaffee, Mo., daughter of Roscoe and Beatrice Nordin Keller. Leona was a retired waitress. Survivors include a brother, Russell Keller of St. Charles, Mo.; a sister, Jewell Hampton of Chaffee; a grandchild; and a great-grandchild...

Charles Martin (06/27/10)
MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. -- Charles "Chuck" Martin, 52, of Maryland Heights died suddenly Wednesday, June 2, 2010, in St. Louis. Loving companion of Mary Jane Holman; loving son of Eda and Fred Engelman; dear brother of Mariann Sambor and the late Christopher; uncle of Timothy, Christen, Kyle and Sarah-Jane...

Lillian Mohart (06/27/10)
ST. LOUIS -- Lillian F. Baker Mohart was fortified with the sacraments of Holy Mother Church on Tuesday, June 8, 2010. Beloved wife of the late John Mohart Jr.; loving mother of John K. (Mary) Mohart, LaDonna J. Childers, and Gayle (Tim) Maassen; dear grandmother of Dr. ...

Marguerite Spence (06/27/10)
Marguerite A. Spence, 94, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, June 22, 2010, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. She was born Jan. 22, 1916, in Evansville, Ind., to John and Mary Rebecca McMillian Davis. Marguerite married Ted Rubel, who preceded her in death in 1974. She then married Earl Spence, who preceded her in death in 1984...

Leona Hernandez (06/26/10)
ORAN, Mo. -- Leona Marie Hernandez, 72, of Oran died Thursday, June 24, 2010, at her home. She was born May 6, 1938, at Chaffee, Mo., daughter of Roscoe and Beatrice Nordin Keller. Leona was a retired waitress. Survivors include a brother, Russell Keller of St. Charles, Mo.; a sister, Jewell Hampton of Chaffee; a grandchild; and a great-grandchild...

Charles Martin (06/26/10)
MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. -- Charles "Chuck" Martin, 52, of Maryland Heights died suddenly Wednesday, June 2, 2010, in St. Louis. Loving companion of Mary Jane Holman; loving son of Eda and Fred Engelman; dear brother of Mariann Sambor and the late Christopher; uncle of Timothy, Christen, Kyle and Sarah-Jane...

Berneal Carroll (06/26/10)
ORAN, Mo. -- Berneal Elizabeth Carroll, 94, of Oran died Friday, June 25, 2010, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 6, 1916, in Oran, daughter of Leo Anthony and Pauline Lucille Metz Heisserer. She and Ben F. Carroll Jr. were married Oct. 8, 1950. He died June 29, 1990...

Marguerite Spence (06/26/10)
Marguerite A. Spence, 94, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, June 22, 2010, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. She was born Jan. 22, 1916, in Evansville, Ind., to John and Mary Rebecca McMillian Davis. Marguerite married Ted Rubel, who preceded her in death in 1974. She then married Earl Spence, who preceded her in death in 1984...

Lillian Mohart (06/26/10)
ST. LOUIS -- Lillian F. Baker Mohart was fortified with the sacraments of Holy Mother Church Tuesday, June 8, 2010. Beloved wife of the late John Mohart Jr.; loving mother of John K. (Mary) Mohart, LaDonna J. Childers, and Gayle (Tim) Maassen; dear grandmother of Dr. ...

Aaron Masters (06/25/10)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Aaron Keith Masters, 26, a believer in Jesus Christ, died suddenly at his home in St. Charles, Mo., Saturday, June 19, 2010. Aaron was the husband of Eva Zych Masters and the father of Zane Aaron Keith Masters, who was born four days after his father's death...

Francis Biri Jr. (06/25/10)
Francis M. Biri Jr., 78, formerly of Jackson died Monday, June 21, 2010, at his home in Groves, Texas. Visitation was Wednesday at Clayton Thompson Funeral Home in Groves. The funeral was Thursday at St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church in Groves. Announcement courtesy of McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson...

James Reed (06/25/10)
CAIRO, Ill. -- James J. Reed, 84, of Cairo died Tuesday, June 22, 2010, at Mount Vernon Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Mount Vernon, Ind. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Coast Guard. There is no visitation. Graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Spencer Heights Cemetery in Mounds, Ill., with the Rev. John Agbasiera officiating...

Joan Reed (06/25/10)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Joan Reed, 80, of Cairo died Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Spencer Heights Cemetery in Mounds, Ill., with the Rev. John Agbasiera officiating...

Rev. Carl Land (06/25/10)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- The Rev. Carl W. Land Jr., 66, of Jonesboro died Wednesday, June 23, 2010, after a long battle with heart and kidney complications. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Rendleman and Hileman Funeral Home in Jonesboro...

Elizabeth Moore (06/25/10)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Elizabeth A. Moore, 28, of St. Louis, formerly of Perryville, died Tuesday, June 22, 2010, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to service time Saturday at the Gathering Space of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church...

David Snell (06/25/10)
David Snell of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, June 23, 2010, at his home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.

Claudia Gadberry (06/25/10)
BLODGETT, Mo. -- Claudia Gadberry, 72, of Blodgett died Wednesday, June 23, 2010, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 10, 1938, in Dover, Ark., daughter of Omer and Ruby Mason Freeman. She and Doye F. Gadberry were married Nov. 15, 1952. He preceded her in death Oct. 9, 2005...

Harold Landgraf Sr. (06/25/10)
Harold Eugene Landgraf Sr., 82, of Jackson died peacefully Wednesday, June 23, 2010, at Monticello House, after a brief battle with cancer. He was born Oct. 5, 1927, at Pocahontas, son of Ruben Christian Edward and Ruby Gertrude Sachse Landgraf. He and Betty Lou Wood were married April 9, 1948, at the Presbyterian Church in Jackson...

Mary Busby (06/24/10)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- Mary Belle Call Busby, 86, of Portageville, formerly of Marble Hill, Mo., died Tuesday, June 22, 2010, at Gideon Care Center. Survivors include her husband, Raymond Busby of Marble Hill; two sons, Kenneth Call of Portageville, Gayle Call of Port Charlotte, Fla.; four sisters, Gracie Mayberry of Illinois, Helen Caudel of Cape Girardeau, Margie Whitright and Alberta Hillis of Melbourne, Fla.; a brother, Lindol Curtis of Charleston, Mo.; two grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.. ...

Marguerite Spence (06/24/10)
Marguerite A. Spence, 93, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, June 22, 2010, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Clifton Davis (06/24/10)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Clifton Robert Davis, 62, of Marble Hill died Tuesday, June 22, 2010, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Mount Zion Cemetery near Scopus, Mo...

Hilda Bock (06/24/10)
UNIONTOWN, Mo. -- Hilda F. Bock, 87, of Uniontown died Tuesday, June 22, 2010, at Perry Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Perryville, Mo. She was born May 15, 1923, in New Wells, daughter of Edward and Emma Penrod Huttegger. She and Gilbert A. Bock were married Jan. 17, 1942. He preceded her in death April 5, 2003...

Evelyn Reddick (06/24/10)
Evelyn Grace Reddick, 90, of Sacramento, Calif., died Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, in Sacramento. She was born Aug. 29, 1919, in Festus, Mo., daughter to William Bertram and Mary Evans Gamel. Evelyn was married to Dr. Harvey Reddick. He preceded her in death...

Jean Davis (06/24/10)
Jean L. Davis, 75, of Oak Ridge died Monday, June 21, 2010, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 23, 1934, at Newark, Mo., daughter to Paul and Anna Margaret Bailiff Lindsey. Jean and Lee M. Davis were married July 9, 1951. He died Sept. 29, 2004...

Beulah James (06/24/10)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Beulah M. James, 89, of Marble Hill passed away Tuesday, June 22, 2010, at Woodland Hills Nursing Home. She was born Feb. 27, 1921, in Grassy, Mo., daughter of Jim and Rosa Moore Hill. She and Otha R. "Jack" James were married Oct. 5, 1946. He died Feb. 12, 1979...

Jean Davis (06/23/10)
Jean L. Davis, 75, of Oak Ridge died Monday, June 21, 2010, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 23, 1934, near Newark, Mo., daughter to Paul and Anna Margaret Bailiff Lindsey. Jean and Lee M. Davis were married July 9, 1951. He died Sept. 29, 2004...

Norma Sander (06/23/10)
Norma M. Sander, 91, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, June 21, 2010. She was born March 27, 1919, in Pocahontas, to Alfred M. Vogel and Ida M. Steiner. She and Norman H. "Johnny" Sander were married Feb. 18, 1944, at Hot Springs, Ark. Sander was preceded in death by her husband in 1975; a grandson, Justin, in 1987; and brothers Melvin in 1994 and Richard in 2004...

Perry Beier (06/23/10)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Perry Allen Beier, 41, of Perryville died Monday, June 21, 2010, at his home. He was born Sept. 18, 1968, in St. Louis, son of Ronald F. and Donna Baumann Beier. He and Kathryn M. Adams were married July 4, 1998, at St. Mary, Mo...

Clara Henderson (06/23/10)
Clara Jean Henderson, 64, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, June 19, 2010, at her home. She was born Oct. 2, 1945, in Cape Girardeau, to Ralph and Bobbie Williams King. She married Bob Anderson, who preceded her in death. Clara was a hairdresser and also worked in the restaurant business most of her life. She was of the Baptist belief and spent her entire life in Cape Girardeau...

Dustyn Hazel (06/23/10)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Dustyn Colle Hazel, 30, of Advance passed away Tuesday, June 22, 2010, at his home after a battle with cancer. He was born Sept. 14, 1979, at Sikeston, Mo., son of Bill and Terri Moore Hazel. To those who knew Dusty, they also recognize his love for hunting and fishing. ...

David Hayes (06/23/10)
CAIRO, Ill. -- David Hayes, 72, of Cairo, formerly of Tamms, Ill., died Monday, June 21, 2010, at Daystar Care Center. The funeral was held Tuesday at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms, with the Rev. Larry Buckles officiating. Burial was in Pleasant Grove Memorial Park between Carbondale, Ill., and Murphysboro, Ill...

Iris Jurden (06/23/10)
ANNA, Ill. -- Iris Neal Ethridge Jurden, 75, of Anna died Monday, June 21, 2010, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Rendleman and Hileman Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Paul Sadler officiating. Burial will be in Casper Cemetery...

David Hayes (06/22/10)
CAIRO, Ill. -- David Hayes, 72, of Cairo died Monday, June 21, 2010, at Daystar Care Center. Crain Funeral Home in Tamms, Ill., is in charge of arrangements.

Patsy Stull (06/22/10)
Patsy Jean Stull, 72, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, June 21, 2010, at her home. She was born April 3, 1938, in Cape Girardeau, to Claude and Myrtle Frazier Huff. She married Therma Ray Stull Dec. 24, 1955, in Cape Girardeau. She was employed by Aluminum Houseware in St. Louis and was a member of Free Will Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau...

Mary Naeger (06/22/10)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Mary Lou Naeger, 83, of Perryville died Sunday, June 20, 2010, at Independence Care Center. She was born Feb. 22, 1927, in Perryville, daughter of Joseph L. and Caroline Amberger Hoffman. She and Charles R. Naeger were married Sept. 25, 1948. He preceded her in death Nov. 9, 2003...

Norma Sander (06/22/10)
Norma M. Sander, 91, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, June 21, 2010, at the Lutheran Home. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Jean Davis (06/22/10)
Jean Davis, 75, of Oak Ridge died Monday, June 21, 2010, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home in Jackson.

Melva Eggimann (06/22/10)
Melva Rosalina Eggimann, 85, formerly of Chaffee, Mo., passed away Sunday, June 20, 2010, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was also known as Rosalina. She was born Sept. 19, 1924, in Oak Ridge, to Walter and Artie L. Maintz Eggimann. She was baptized in 1924 in Oak Ridge and confirmed in 1937 at Zion Lutheran Church in Gordonville, where she was a lifelong member...

Sharon Brooks (06/22/10)
THEBES, Ill. -- Sharon L. Brooks, 64, of Thebes died Sunday, June 20, 2010, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 18, 1946, in Chicago, to Charles and Jeanette Storm Jordan. She married Van Brooks in 1979. She was an avid bingo player...

Virginia Boren (06/22/10)
Virginia Boren, 81, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, June 21, 2010, at her home. She was born Nov. 21, 1928, in Cape Girardeau, to Erhardt and Edna Griffin Kain. She and Leo Boren were married Dec. 31, 1948, in Cape Girardeau. Boren was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, its Ladies Aid, and sang in the church choir. She also sang with The Cape Choraliers and The Mamanettes...

Walter Westrich (06/21/10)
Walter N. Westrich, 76, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, June 18, 2010, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. He was born March 13, 1934, in Cape Girardeau to Nicholas and Anna Menz Westrich. He and Mary Jo Willett were married Oct. 27, 1958, in Cape Girardeau...

Tommy Mize (06/21/10)
Tommy D. Mize, 73, of Watkinsville, Ga., died Saturday, June 19, 2010, at the home of his daughter in Jackson. He was born Sept. 27, 1936, in Morley, Mo., son of the late Ernest and Lena Murphy Mize. He and Cathy Thomas were married April 26, 1986. She survives in Watkinsville...

Clara Henderson (06/21/10)
Clara Jean Henderson, 64, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, June 19, 2010, at her home. She was born Oct. 21, 1945, in Cape Girardeau to Ralph and Bobbie Williams King. She was married to Bob Anderson, who preceded her in death. Clara was a hairdresser who also worked in the restaurant business for most of her life. She was of the Baptist faith and had spent her whole life in Cape Girardeau...

Cecil Pfaff (06/21/10)
VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- Cecil E. Pfaff, 72, of Villa Ridge died Sunday, June 20, 2010, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Cecil was born Aug. 29, 1937, in Dongola, Ill., son of the late Frederick Carl Pfaff and Susie Goins Pfaff. Cecil attended the Mounds Church of Christ, was a member of the Olmsted, Ill., Fire Department, Olmsted Lions Club and a band member of the K & I Drifters known throughout Southern Illinois. ...

Pearl Doll (06/20/10)
SILVER LAKE, Mo. -- Pearl R. Cissell Doll, 94, of Silver Lake died Wednesday, June 16, 2010, at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville, Mo. She was born Sept. 16, 1915, in Silver Lake, daughter of the late Louis and Mary McLain Gibbar. She first married Claude Cissell on Feb. 8, 1934. He preceded her in death Nov. 29, 1956. She then married Joseph H. Doll on Oct. 13, 1963. He preceded her in death March 4, 1980...

JoAnn Jennings (06/20/10)
JoAnn Jennings, 48, of Fremont, Iowa, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, June 12, 2010, at Knoxville Hospital in Knoxville, Iowa. She was born April 26, 1962, in Fort Ord, Calif., to Joseph and Elaine Gunderman Jennings. Jennings attended Advance High School in Advance, Mo. ...

Charles Miller (06/20/10)
ANNA, Ill. -- Charles Elvis Miller, 89 of Anna died Friday, June 18, 2010, at his home. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Rendleman and Hileman Funeral Home in Anna. The funeral will be at 11:30 a.m. Monday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Paul Sadler officiating. Interment will be in Jonesboro Cemetery...

Howard Anderson (06/20/10)
Howard Edward Anderson, 74, of Ocala, Fla., formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, June 14, 2010, at his home. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Florida Cremation Society in Ocala was in charge of arrangements...

Dr. Michael Treece (06/20/10)
ANNA, Ill. -- Dr. Michael Leon Treece, 61, of Anna, formerly of Murphysboro, Ill., died Thursday, June 17, 2010, at Illinois Veterans Home in Anna. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War. The funeral was held Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Tony Foeller officiating. Interment was in Casper Cemetery, with military honors by Carroll P. Foster VFW Post 3455 and Illinois National Guard Honor Team...

Karla Phalin (06/20/10)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Karla Ann Phalin, 45, of rural Jonesboro died Thursday, June 17, 2010, at her home. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to service time Monday at Rendleman and Hileman Funeral Home in Jonesboro. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the funeral home, with the Rev. James McLane officiating. Burial will be in Casper Cemetery...

Russell Schaefer (06/20/10)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Russell R. Schaefer, 84, of Marble Hill died Wednesday, June 16, 2010, at Woodland Hills in Marble Hill. He was born Nov. 16, 1925, in St. Louis, son of George and Lucille Bell Schaefer. Russell was a factory worker at Benjamin Moore in St. Louis...

Bertha Moallankamp (06/20/10)
MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Bertha Moallankamp, 91, of Mound City passed away Thursday, June 17, 2010, at Daystar Care Center in Cairo, Ill. She was born Oct. 19, 1918, in Lovelaceville, Ky., daughter of the late Louis Edward and Frussie McGowan Fiessinger. She and Fred Moallankamp were married Aug. 31, 1946, in Mound City...

Sheryl Welsh (06/20/10)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. Sheryl Jane Welsh, 59, of Marble Hill passed away Thursday, June 17, 2010, at her home. She was born July 24, 1950, at DuQuoin, Ill., daughter of James A. and Wilma Bennett Loucks. Sheryl was a member of First Baptist Church in Oak Ridge. She was a beautician for 30 years and was most recently employed at American Home Healthcare in Cape Girardeau for four years...

Donald Williams (06/20/10)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Donald O. Williams, 79, of Olive Branch died at 3:50 a.m. Saturday, June 19, 2010, at home. He was born July 19, 1930, at Olive Branch, the son of Orean and Martha Waterman Williams. Don served 20 years in the U.S. Army from 1951 to 1971, serving two tours in Vietnam, and upon retirement was a military policeman. ...

Joe King (06/20/10)
Joe D. King, 75, of Cape Girardeau passed away Friday, June 18, 2010, at Saint Francis Medical Center with his family at his bedside. Joe suffered a stroke while camping, his favorite activity. He fought a courageous battle for nine weeks in the critical care unit...

Garry Lincoln (06/20/10)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Garry Eugene Lincoln, 62, of Marble Hill passed away June 17, 2010, at the emergency room of Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born at Cape Girardeau on June 19, 1947, the son of Dwel Wayne and Juanita Limbaugh Lincoln...

Rita Koetting (06/20/10)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Rita B. Koetting, 80, of Perryville died Saturday, June 19, 2010, at Independence Care Center of Perry County. She was born April 20, 1930, in Perryville, daughter of the late Martin F. and Theresia M. Braun Schemel. She and Bernard Koetting were married April 24, 1954, and they celebrated 56 years together. He survives in Perryville...

Howard Anderson (06/19/10)
Howard Edward Anderson, 74, of Ocala, Fla., formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, June 14, 2010, at his home. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Florida Cremation Society in Ocala was in charge of arrangements...

JoAnn Jennings (06/19/10)
JoAnn Jennings, 48, of Fremont, Iowa, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, June 12, 2010, at Knoxville Hospital in Knoxville, Iowa. She was born April 26, 1962, in Fort Ord, Calif., to Joseph and Elaine Gunderman Jennings. Jennings attended Advance High School in Advance, Mo. ...

Russell Schaefer (06/19/10)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Russell R. Schaefer, 84, of Marble Hill died Wednesday, June 16, 2010, at Woodland Hills in Marble Hill. He was born Nov. 16, 1925, in St. Louis, son of George and Lucille Bell Schaefer. Russell was a factory worker at Benjamin Moore in St. Louis...

Bertha Moallankamp (06/19/10)
MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Bertha Moallankamp, 91, of Mound City passed away Thursday, June 17, 2010, at Daystar Care Center in Cairo, Ill. She was born Oct. 19, 1918, in Lovelaceville, Ky., daughter of the late Louis Edward and Frussie McGowan Fiessinger. She and Fred Moallankamp were married Aug. 31, 1946, in Mound City...

Sheryl Welsh (06/19/10)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. — Sheryl Jane Welsh, 59, of Marble Hill died Thursday, June 17, 2010, at her home. There will be no service. McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson was in charge of arrangements.

Pearl Doll (06/19/10)
SILVER LAKE, Mo. -- Pearl R. Cissell Doll, 94, of Silver Lake died Wednesday, June 16, 2010, at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville, Mo. She was born Sept. 16, 1915, in Silver Lake, daughter of the late Louis and Mary McLain Gibbar. She first married Claude Cissell on Feb. 8, 1934. He preceded her in death Nov. 29, 1956. She then married Joseph H. Doll on Oct. 13, 1963. He preceded her in death March 4, 1980...

Dr. Michael Treece (06/19/10)
ANNA, Ill. -- Dr. Michael Leon Treece, 61, of Anna, formerly of Murphysboro, Ill., died Thursday, June 17, 2010, at Illinois Veterans Home in Anna. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to service time today at Rendleman and Hileman Funeral Home in Anna...

Karla Phalin (06/19/10)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Karla Ann Phalin, 45, of rural Jonesboro died Thursday, June 17, 2010, at her home. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to service time Monday at Rendleman and Hileman Funeral Home in Jonesboro. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the funeral home, with the Rev. James McLane officiating. Burial will be in Casper Cemetery...

Wanda Johnson (06/18/10)
ANNA, Ill. -- Wanda Mae Johnson, 79, of Anna died Tuesday, June 15, 2010, at Jonesboro Rehab and Healthcare Center. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. today at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Anna, with the Rev. Federico Higuera officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery at Cobden, Ill...

Steven Haman (06/18/10)
Steven Leslie "Superman" Haman, 54, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, June 16, 2010, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born March 12, 1956, in Cape Girardeau, to Leslie and Lillian Lueder Haman. Steven was engaged to Trish Curtis. Steven graduated from Central High School in 1974. He then worked five years at Cape Auto Salvage, Wiethop Truck Co. 10 years and Southeast Missouri Hospital 15 years...

Steven Haman (06/17/10)
Steven Haman, 54, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, June 16, 2010, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Joan Turner (06/17/10)
ANNA, Ill. -- Joan M. Turner, 71, of Anna died Tuesday, June 15, 2010, at her home. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Crain Funeral Home in Anna. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Randy Carstens officiating. Burial will be in Big Creek Cemetery...

Callie Callahan (06/17/10)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Callie Callahan, 92, of Cairo died Tuesday, June 8, 2010, at Charleston Manor Skilled Nursing Facility in Charleston, Mo. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at First Missionary Baptist Church. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the church, with Donald Topp officiating. Burial will be in Green Lawn Memorial Gardens in Villa Ridge, Ill...

Thomas Holshouser (06/17/10)
Thomas C. Holshouser, 71, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, June 14, 2010, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born May 1, 1939, in Cape Girardeau, to Charlie and Velma Allen Holshouser. He and Judith S. Gleason were married July 15, 1966, in Cape Girardeau...

Joseph Chuck (06/17/10)
Joseph G. Chuck, 83, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Dongola, Ill., and Hammond, Ind., died Tuesday, June 15, 2010, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo. He was born Nov. 20, 1926, in East Chicago, Ind., to Joseph and Barbara Sector Chuck. He married Janice Lee Earnhart on Aug. 7, 1976. She preceded him in death March 18, 2002...

Joan Turner (06/16/10)
ANNA, Ill. -- Joan Turner, 71, of Anna died Tuesday, June 15, 2010, at her home. Crain Funeral Home in Anna is in charge of arrangements.

Thomas Holshouser (06/16/10)
Thomas C. Holshouser, 71, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, June 14, 2010, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. An Elks service will be held at 7:30. The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Paul Short officiating. Entombment will be in Cape County Memorial Park Mausoleum...

Joseph Chuck (06/16/10)
Joseph G. Chuck, 83, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Dongola, Ill., and Hammond, Ind., died Tuesday, June 15, 2010, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Crain Funeral Home in Dongola...

Hester Mier (06/16/10)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- L. Hester Mier, 71, of Advance passed away Monday, June 14, 2010, at her home. She was born Feb. 27, 1939, at Parma, Mo., daughter of John and Lillie James Putney. She and Larry Wayne Mier were married Sept. 19, 1958, at Dexter, Mo. He preceded her in death May 31, 2005...

John Blanken Jr. (06/16/10)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- John F. Blanken Jr., 68, died Monday, June 14, 2010, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, after an extended illness. He was born May 26, 1942, in Cape Girardeau, son of John F. and Audrey Mott Blanken. He lived in Bollinger County, Mo., his entire life. John loved to garden and care for his animals. He was a unique individual who will be missed by those who knew him...

Mary Helen Brunton (06/16/10)
Mary Helen Brunton, 86, of Overland Park, Kan., formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, June 14, 2010, at the home of a daughter. She was born Jan. 21, 1924, in Cape Girardeau, to Ferdinand Martin and Mary Dell Beasley Steimle. She married Dr. Del B. Brunton on June 24, 1944, in Detroit...

Evelin Probst (06/16/10)
Evelin L. Probst, 76, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, June 15, 2010, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 13, 1934, in Jackson, daughter of Clara Hager Probst. Evelin was a 1952 graduate of Jackson High School. She worked for the former Jackson Hosiery Mill 18 years, the former Lenco in Jackson 17 years, and the former LeeRowan in Jackson 10 years, until her retirement in 1996. She enjoyed playing bingo with her friends...

Brett LaRose (06/16/10)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Brett Joseph LaRose, 26, of Perryville died Monday, June 7, 2010, at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle following injuries suffered in a tragic motorcycle accident. LaRose lived with his beloved fiancee, Stacie Collier, in Spanaway, Wash...

Gilbert Nimmo (06/15/10)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Gilbert Ralph Nimmo, 65, of Jonesboro died Friday, June 11, 2010, at John Cochran VA Medical Center in St. Louis. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Crain Funeral Home in Anna, Ill...

Mary Myers (06/15/10)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Mary Myers, 69, of St. Charles, Mo., formerly of Chaffee, died Monday, June 14, 2010, at St. Luke's Hospital in Chesterfield, Mo. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to service time Thursday at Stygar Mid Rivers Funeral Home in St. Charles...

Mary Brunton (06/15/10)
Mary Helen Brunton, 86, of Overland Park, Kan., formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, June 14, 2010, at the home of a daughter. She was born Jan. 21, 1924, in Cape Girardeau, to Ferdinand Martin and Mary Dell Beasley Steimle. She married Dr. Del B. Brunton on June 24, 1944, in Detroit...

Brad Buehler (06/15/10)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Brad Alan Buehler, 41, of Perryville died Saturday, June 12, 2010, in Ste. Genevieve County, Mo. He was born May 12, 1969, in Perryville, son of John and Dorris Redfern Buehler. Survivors include his parents of Perryville; a son, Keith Alan Buehler of Ste. ...

Betty Folsom (06/15/10)
Betty Quinn Folsom, 86, died Friday, June 11, 2010, at Park Place Health Care Center in Great Falls, Mont. She was born July 29, 1923, in Cape Girardeau, oldest daughter of Charles William and Daisy Quinn Simpson Bauerle. After graduating from high school in Cape Girardeau, Betty completed a bachelor's degree in journalism at Missouri University in Columbia in 1944...

Oneida Ziegler (06/15/10)
BENTON, Mo. -- Oneida Christine Ziegler, 87, of Benton died Sunday, June 13, 2010, at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 3, 1922, in Johnsville, Tenn., to Roy and Flora McCaleb Daniel. She married Joseph Ziegler Aug. 31, 1946, at Benton. He preceded her in death July 30, 1973...

Jimmy Weissenborn (06/15/10)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Jimmy F. Weissenborn, 74, of Advance passed away Monday, June 14, 2010, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 18, 1936, son of Flavius and Anna Lou Murphy Weissenborn. He and Linda Link were married June 29, 1968, in Advance...

Nancy Krauss (06/15/10)
Nancy Kuntze Krauss of Williamsburg, Va., formerly of Tilsit, crossed over to eternal peace Saturday, June 12, 2010, with family and loved ones at her side. Nancy was born in 1947, daughter of the late Alvin and Thekla Kuntze. She moved to the East Coast in 1966, where she raised her family and pursued her career...

Darline Dow (06/15/10)
Darline Ann Dow, 70, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, June 10, 2010, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born Jan. 5, 1940, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Christian George and Bertha W. Meier Kaufmann. Darline was married to Harvey Dow on May 26, 1984...

Walter Irwin (06/15/10)
Walter Giles Irwin, 88, of O'Fallon, Ill., born April 6, 1922, in Perkins, Mo., died Saturday, June 12, 2010, at Rosewood Care Center in Swansea, Ill. Mr. Irwin was a member of Faith Lutheran Church and retired from the Department of Defense, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center as a mapper. He also served in the U.S. Army Air Corps...

Irene Lingle (06/14/10)
ANNA, Ill. -- Irene A. Parker Lingle, 90, of Anna died Saturday, June 12, 2010, in Jackson County Rehab & Care Center in Murphysboro, Ill. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. Tuesday until the time of the funeral at Rendleman and Hileman Funeral Home in Anna...

James McDowell (06/14/10)
James E. McDowell, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, June 12, 2010, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born Jan. 20, 1928, in Brownwood, Mo., to Earnest and Ada Osborne McDowell. He and Sandra Schearf were married July 17, 1981, in the San Fernando Valley, Calif...

Lillian Seabaugh (06/14/10)
Lillian Verna Grace Seabaugh, 96, of Jackson passed away Saturday, June 12, 2010, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 21, 1914, in Sedgewickville, Mo., daughter of Jesse and Shabbie Niswonger Hartle. She and James Alfred Koehler were married April 27, 1935. ...

Lela Robins (06/13/10)
GRASSY, Mo. -- Lela Jewel Allen Robins, 90, of St. Clair, Mo., formerly of Grassy, died Thursday, June 10, 2010. Visitation will be at Russell-Colonial Funeral Home in St. Clair from 3 to 6:30 p.m. today. Another visitation will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Ruegg Funeral Home in Greenville, Mo...

Lela Boone (06/13/10)
COBDEN, Ill. -- Lela M. Boone, 72, of Cobden died Thursday, June 10, 2010, at Helia Healthcare in Carbondale, Ill. Friends may call after 10 a.m. Monday until service time at Rendleman and Hileman Funeral Home in Cobden. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Bill Vandergraph officiating. Interment will be in Cobden Cemetery...

Delorias Womack (06/13/10)
ANNA, Ill. -- Delorias Mary Womack, 78, of Anna died Friday June 11, 2010, at City Care Center of Anna. Friends may call from 11:30 a.m. Monday to service time at Rendleman and Hileman Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Rand Morgan officiating...

James McDowell (06/13/10)
James McDowell, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, June 12, 2010, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Arrangements are pending at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel.

Helen Lipe (06/13/10)
Helen Louise Lipe, 84, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, June 11, 2010, at Fountainbleau Lodge. She was born June 24, 1925, at Cape Girardeau, to Ben and Flora McDowell Snider. She and Raymond F. Lipe were married Nov. 1, 1941, in Cape Girardeau. He died Jan. 21, 2002...

Guy Biler (06/13/10)
Guy S. Biler, 52, of Conway, Ark., passed away Thursday, June 10, 2010, at his home. He was born Dec. 28, 1957, in Cape Girardeau. Guy was a HVACR service technician. He was an avid turkey and deer hunter and loved to cook, especially making pastries...

Roy Clark (06/13/10)
BENTON, Mo. -- Roy Allen Clark, 69, of Benton died Friday, June 11, 2010, at his home. He was born Nov. 6, 1940, in Randles, the son of Harry Russell and Emma Josephine Reams Clark Sr. He and Connie McKay were married July 13, 1968, in Las Vegas. Roy had worked as the maintenance supervisor at Saint Francis Medical Center. After his retirement he worked for the city of Benton as Melon's Assistant. He was a member of St. Denis Catholic Church and had served in the U.S. Air Force...

Darline Dow (06/13/10)
Darline Ann Dow, 70, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, June 10, 2010, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born Jan. 5, 1940, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Christian George and Bertha W. Meier Kaufmann. Darline was married to Harvey Dow on May 26, 1984...

Leola Zook (06/13/10)
Leola Zook, age 66, of Mount Vernon, Mo., formerly of Cape Girardeau, passed away at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, June 10, 2010, at her home. She was born April 16, 1944, in Purdy, Mo. Leola worked for various restaurants as a cook. On Oct. 16, 1966, she married Forest Zook in Cape Girardeau...

Lela Robins (06/12/10)
GRASSY, Mo. -- Lela Jewel Allen Robins, 90, of St. Clair, Mo., formerly of Grassy, died Thursday, June 10, 2010. Visitation will be at Russell-Colonial Funeral Home in St. Clair from 3 to 6:30 p.m. today. Another visitation will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Ruegg Funeral Home in Greenville, Mo...

Darline Dow (06/12/10)
Darline Ann Dow, 70, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, June 10, 2010, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born Jan. 5, 1940, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Christian George and Bertha W. Meier Kaufmann. Darline was married to Harvey Dow on May 26, 1984...

Walter Wildman (06/11/10)
Walter B. Wildman, Jr., 89, of Piedmont, Mo., passed away June 10, 2010, at his residence. He was born Nov. 15, 1920, in Piedmont, son of the late Walter B. and Florence Miller Wildman. Mr. Wildman served as a sergeant during World War II in the U.S. Army Air Forces. He retired from Missouri Pacific Railroad as a signal maintainer, and he served as Wayne County municipal judge from 1987 to 1991...

Larry Brant (06/11/10)
CUMBERLAND CITY, Tenn. -- Larry Woodson Brant, 54, of Cumberland City, formerly of Scott City, died Tuesday, June 8, 2010. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City. He was born Aug. 10, 1955, in Scott City, son of Woodson Brant and Idalene Head Brant...

Hazel Kynion (06/11/10)
Hazel V. Kynion, 90, of Granite City, Ill., passed away Wednesday, June 9, 2010, in Granite City. She was born Feb. 9, 1920, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Cirgus and Josephine Proffer Hosea. She and Lester Kynion were married Jan. 20, 1938. He passed away Aug. 14, 2005...

Charles McClure (06/11/10)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Charles W. McClure, 90, of Perryville died Wednesday, June 9, 2010, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was born March 24, 1920, in Perry County, son of Walter and Albertine Kiefer McClure. He and Viola M. Porter were married June 11, 1943, in Fredericktown, Mo. She preceded him in death Nov. 20, 1995...

Don Gosche (06/11/10)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Don Gosche, 68, of Chaffee died Wednesday, June 9, 2010, in a farm accident. He was born Feb. 6, 1942, in Cape Girardeau, son of Raymond Alphonse and Hermina Chatman Gosche. He and Alice Horrell were married May 30, 1963. Don was a truck driver with Super Valu in Scott City, retiring in May 1999, and was an avid farmer. He was a member of St. Lawrence Catholic Church and St. Joseph Sodality...

Bob Prost (06/10/10)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Merlin H. "Bob" Prost, 90, of Perryville died Tuesday, June 8, 2010, at Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Crystal City, Mo. He was born Jan. 1, 1920, in Perryville, son of Emmett and Rose Huber Prost. He and Mary M. Schafer were married Feb. 16, 1952, in Cape Girardeau. She preceded him in death Dec. 7, 2006...

Arthur Bruce (06/10/10)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Arthur O. Bruce, 91, of Sikeston died Tuesday, June 1, 2010, at his home. He was born Aug. 5, 1918, in Morehouse, Mo., to the late Orville and Nellie Payne Bruce. He attended First Baptist Church in Bertrand, Mo. Bruce served in the U.S. Army from 1934 to 1937 during peacetime and re-enlisted from 1942 to 1946 to battle in the South Pacific during World War II. He was honorably discharged in 1946 as a staff sergeant...

Frances Henderson (06/09/10)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Frances E. Henderson, 87, of Perryville died Monday, June 7, 2010, at Perry Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Friends may call from 9:30 a.m. to service time Thursday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Bruce Owens officiating...

Albert Halter (06/09/10)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Albert Halter, 83, of Chaffee completed his work here on Earth and accepted his invitation to his heavenly home Monday, June 7, 2010. He died at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 8, 1927, in Chaffee, son of John Anthony and Bertha Lauck Halter. He and Lucille Modglin were married July 14, 1948...

Barry Dickmann (06/09/10)
Barry W. Dickmann, 70, of Jackson passed away Monday, June 7, 2010, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 3, 1939, in Friedheim, son of Herman D. and Letha G. Harris Dickmann. He and Joann Bowen were married April 6, 1959, in Millersville...

Margaret Brendel (06/09/10)
Margaret Ann Brendel, 73, of St. Martins, Mo., died Tuesday, June 8, 2010, at her residence. She was born March 21, 1937, in Folk, Mo., daughter of the late Hubert Henry and Frances Mary Schulte Rustemeyer. She was married Oct. 20, 1956, in St. Martins, Mo., to Ernest Anton Brendel, who died April 19, 1996...

Albert Halter (06/08/10)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Albert L. Halter, 83, of Chaffee died Monday, June 7, 2010, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee.

Coriante Coleman (06/08/10)
Coriante Lamont Coleman, infant son of Corey Coleman and Lawanda Combs of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, April 22, 2010, at Saint Francis Medical Center. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Crain Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Private burial will be in Pleasant Grove Memorial Park in Murphysboro, Ill...

Kirby Lintner (06/08/10)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Kirby A. Lintner, 52, of St. Louis, formerly of Perryville, died Friday, June 4, 2010. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today and from 6:30 a.m. to service time Wednesday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Thomas Handrick officiating. Burial will be in Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery...

Alta Heisserer (06/08/10)
KELSO, Mo. -- Alta Irene Heisserer, 79, of Kelso passed away Sunday, June 6, 2010, at her home of more than 50 years. She was born March 28, 1931, in Cape Girardeau, to John H. and Ada Jones James. She and Bernard Heisserer were married Dec. 29, 1951...

Diane Lovett (06/08/10)
Diane G. Lovett, 68, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, June 5, 2010, at St. Louis University Hospital. She was born May 1, 1942, in Philadelphia. She and Ronald Lovett were married April 30, 1976. Survivors include her husband, Ronald Lovett of Bridgeton, Mo., a son, Ronald Lovett Jr. of St. Louis; a daughter, Stephanie (Kurt) Glastetter of Maryland Heights, Mo.; and a granddaughter, Kate Lovett...

Ervin Peetz (06/08/10)
Ervin Albert Peetz, 82, of Gordonville died Sunday, June 6, 2010, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 20, 1928, near Tilsit, son of Alvin Albert and Carlena "Lena" Sperling Peetz. He and Della Mae Maag were married June 11, 1950, at Emanuel United Church of Christ in Jackson. She passed away April 22, 1991...

Joyce Proctor (06/08/10)
Joyce Ann Proctor, 48, of Friedheim passed away Saturday, June 5, 2010, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 24, 1962, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Wilson C. and Rosalie Kelley Fornkohl. She and Keith Proctor were married April 4, 1987...

Calvin Poinsett (06/08/10)
Calvin E. Poinsett, 83, of Gordonville died Sunday, June 6, 2010, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 9, 1927, in Whitewater, son of Roby August and Alice Orene Birkman Poinsett. He and Vernell Propst were married July 14, 1973...

Shelby Mills (06/08/10)
Shelby J. Mills, 69, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, June 6, 2010, at her home. She was born Jan. 13, 1941, in Bloomfield, Mo., to Raymond C. and Elizabeth Lewis Hood. She and John L. Mills were married Dec. 23, 1961, in Cape Girardeau. Mills had been an administrative assistant. She was a member of First General Baptist Church. She had a passion for music and bowling...

Mary Long (06/08/10)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Mary Elizabeth Long, 75, of Marble Hill passed away Saturday, June 5, 2010, at her home. She was born March 16, 1935, in Murray, Ky., daughter of John Alvin and Lou Erie Bailey Davis. Mary was an owner/operator of residential care facilities. She owned and operated Mary's Ranch many years, along with The Peaceful Acres and J&J Assisted Living. She had been a member of Eastern Star Lodge...

Helen Breeland (06/07/10)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Helen Frances Thresea Breeland, 47, of Advance died Saturday, June 5, 2010, at her home. No services will be held. Morgan Funeral Home in Advance is in charge of arrangements.

Alta Heisserer (06/07/10)
KELSO, Mo. -- Alta I. Heisserer, 79, of Kelso died Sunday, June 6, 2010, at her home. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.

Calvin Poinsett (06/07/10)
Calvin E. Poinsett, 83, of Gordonville died Sunday, June 6, 2010, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee, Mo.

Mary Long (06/07/10)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Mary Davis Long, 75, of Marble Hill died Saturday, June 5, 2010, at her residence. Visitation will be from 4:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill. Graveside services will be at the Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery at 11 a.m. Thursday, with the Rev. Winfred Wren officiating...

Joyce Proctor (06/07/10)
Joyce Ann Proctor, 48, of Friedheim died Saturday, June 5, 2010, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m., Tuesday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Roger Steinbrueck officiating...

Ervin Peetz (06/07/10)
Ervin A. Peetz, 82, of Gordonville died Sunday, June 6, 2010, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the chapel of McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson and after 9 a.m. Thursday at Emanuel Church of Christ in Jackson...

Jayne Hill (06/07/10)
Jayne L. Hill, 48, of Festus, Mo., died Friday, June 4, 2010, at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Crystal City, Mo. A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, June 12 at the home of Ethan Bohnert, 7081 Autumn Ridge, Bloomsdale, Mo. Young and Sons Funeral Home Inc. in Perryville, Mo., provided the arrangements...

Sherry Green (06/07/10)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Sherry Lea Green, 56, of Marble Hill passed away Saturday, June 5, 2010, at Woodland Hills Nursing Center in Marble Hill. She was born June 17, 1953, in Bonne Terre, Mo., the daughter of Leon Junior and Ruby LaVerne Duncan Campbell...

Shelia Grose (06/06/10)
Shelia Marie Grose, 63, Scott City died Friday, June 4, 2010, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center in Cape Girardeau. Private funeral services will be held. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Elsie Belcher (06/06/10)
Elsie O. Belcher, 94, of Wolf Lake, Ill., died Friday, June 4, 2010, at her home. Friends may call at the funeral home from 9 a.m. until time of service at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Rendleman and Hileman Funeral Home in Jonesboro, Ill. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Randy Wheaton officiating. Interment will be in Jonesboro Cemetery...

Darrell Showmaker (06/06/10)
ANNA, Ill. -- Darrell J. Showmaker, 55, formerly of Mound City and Cairo, Ill., died Thursday, June 3, 2010, at Union County Hospital in Anna. Visitation will be from 8 a.m. until service time at Jones Funeral Home in Villa Ridge, Ill. The funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. today at the funeral home, with the Rev. Brian Lingle officiating. Interment will be in Green Lawn Memorial Gardens in Villa Ridge...

Cleda Glueck (06/06/10)
Cleda Helen Glueck, 93, passed away Friday, June 4, 2010, at her home in Jackson. She was born Dec. 14, 1916, in Illmo, Mo., daughter of Dan and Pauline Will Eifert. She married Charles Glueck on Dec. 24, 1936. He preceded her in death March 7, 2002...

Donald Masterson (06/06/10)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Donald E. Masterson, 72, of Olive Branch passed away at 8:27 p.m. Friday, June 4, 2010, at his home. Donald was born in Thebes, Ill., May 20, 1938, son of the late Ernest and Estella Bishop Masterson. Donald was a retired ironworker with Local Union No. 392 of East St. Louis, Ill. He was a lifetime member of Ducks Unlimited and a member of the Horseshoe Lake Waterfowl Society...

Lawrence Schott (06/05/10)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Lawrence "Lonnie" Schott, 91, of Perryville died Thursday, June 3, 2010, at Perry Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Perryville. He was born Nov. 19, 1918, at Biehle, Mo., son of Lawrence and Cecilia Schemel Schott. He and Ruby Boxdorfer were married Dec. 12, 1965. She preceded him in death Dec. 28, 1998...

Susan Babcock (06/05/10)
Susan A. Babcock, 50, of Lake Villa, Ill., passed away Friday, June 4, 2010, at her home, after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was born Sept. 9, 1959, in Sikeston, Mo., daughter of Jimmy "Chunk" and the late Mary Lou Johnson. She and Frank Babcock were married April 17, 1999...

Joseph Martens (06/05/10)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Joseph J. Martens, 92, of Perryville died Friday, June 4, 2010, at Ste. Genevieve Care Center in Ste. Genevieve, Mo. He was born March 26, 1918, in Perry County, son of August and Caroline Hoog Martens. He and Dolores T. Brown were married Nov. 23, 1940, in Perryville. She preceded him in death March 17, 2000...

Donald Wiseman (06/05/10)
Donald Wiseman, 74, of Cape Girardeau passed away Friday, June 4, 2010, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Jan. 2, 1936, at Matthews, Mo., son of Bardis and Evelyn Medling Wiseman. Donald taught Spanish and English at Malden and Brentwood, Mo., high schools. He was a member and past president of River City Workers Club of the Blind and a member of the Church of Christ...

Mildred Monier (06/05/10)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Mildred M. Monier, 92, of Perryville died Friday, June 4, 2010, at Independence Care Center of Perry County in Perryville. She was born May 26, 1918, in Perry County, daughter of John A. and Elsie Zahner Richardet. She and Norman C. Monier were married June 24, 1939. He preceded her in death March 17, 2005...

Merle Wilson (06/05/10)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Merle G. Wilson, 86, of Mounds died Tuesday, June 1, 2010, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to service time today at Massie Funeral Home. The funeral will be held at 1 p.m. today at the funeral home, with Quincy Keeble Jr. officiating. Burial will be in Spencer Heights Memorial Park...

Martha Mitchell (06/04/10)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Martha Lou Wiggins Mitchell, 81, of Advance passed away Wednesday, June 2, 2010, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 11, 1929, at Advance, daughter of John Corbin and Carrie Goodman Wiggins. Martha was a teacher in many schools...

Norma Oliver (06/04/10)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Norma Lea Oliver, 71, of Perryville died Wednesday, June 2, 2010, at her home. Graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery Pavilion, with the Rev. Frank Shanks officiating. Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill, Mo., is in charge of arrangements...

Jeanet Newman (06/04/10)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Jeanet Newman, 88, of Pekin, Ill., formerly of Jonesboro, died Tuesday, June 1, 2010, at Pekin Hospital. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Rendleman and Hileman Funeral Home in Jonesboro. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Gene Hart officiating. Burial will be in Berea Cemetery in Vienna, Ill...

Mac McDonnell (06/04/10)
Mac D. McDonnell passed away early Thursday, June 3, 2010, after suffering complications following congestive heart failure. Mac was a copper miner, an archaeologist and a much-loved local character in Cape Girardeau. Quick with a joke, a story or flirtatious banter, he enjoyed spending time with his friends, both young and old. He was admired for his wisdom, and he was known for his generous heart and the love he had for his family and friends...

Marjorie Farris (06/03/10)
ANNA, Ill. -- Marjorie Louise Farris, 85, of Anna died Monday, May 31, 2010. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to service time today at Anna Heights Baptist Church. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. today at the church, with the Revs. Scott Harner and Mark Roath officiating. Burial will be in Alto Pass Cemetery...

Evelyn Kimbel (06/03/10)
Evelyn E. Kimbel, 95, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, at Hal Le Aloha Nursing Home in Ceres, Calif. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Hobbs Chapel United Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau. The pastor, Dean Jaggers, will officiate. Burial will be in Hobbs Chapel Cemetery...

Janet Lohr (06/03/10)
Janet Sue Lohr, 77, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, June 1, 2010, at Heartland Care and Rehab. She was born May 28, 1933, in Sikeston, Mo., to Hugh David and Gladys Beatrice Swinney Stewart. Mrs. Lohr taught music and art at Chaffee and Poplar Bluff, Mo., schools and at Central Junior High School and Schultz School in Cape Girardeau...

Drusilla Felter (06/03/10)
BENTON, Mo. -- Drusilla Louise Scherer Felter, 92, of Benton died Monday, May 31, 2010, at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 3, 1917, in Ardeola, Mo., to John A. and Bertha Enderle Scherer. She and Zeno "Sam" Felter were married Sept. 27, 1950, in Benton. He passed away Jan. 23, 1977...

Dr. Paul Kirk Jr. (06/03/10)
Dr. Paul Jud Kirk Jr., 86, of St. Louis died Sunday, May 30, 2010, at Alexian Brothers Lansdowne Village in St. Louis. He was born Jan. 23, 1924, in Shawnee, Okla., son of Paul Jud and Moddie Gibson Kirk. He and Ernestine Carr were married July 24, 1947, in Oklahoma...

Rev. Henry Gieschen (06/03/10)
The Rev. Henry Daniel Walter Gieschen, 60, pastor of Scriptural Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELS), 3587 County Road 635 in Cape Girardeau, died Friday, May 28, 2010, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Nov. 21, 1949, in Litchfield, Minn., son of the Rev. Henry C. and Lily Gieschen...

Richard Coke (06/03/10)
Richard Lee Coke, 52, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, June 2, 2010, at his home. He was born in East St. Louis, Ill., son of James and Mary Abbott Coke. He married Tammy K. Leker. Richard served in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Marine Corps. He worked eight years at SEMO Box. Richard was a member of St. Mary's Cathedral...

W.C. Onnybecker (06/03/10)
BENTON, Ky. -- W.C. "Bill" Onnybecker, 99, passed away Wednesday, June 2, 2010. Mr. Onnybecker was the founder of Bee Spring Lodge on Kentucky Lake. Survivors include his wife of 67 years, Dorothy; a daughter, Marcia Onnybecker of Evansville, Ind.; a son and daughter-in-law, George and Christina Onnybecker; and granddaughter, Courtney Tanksley, all of Benton...

Joyce Carson (06/03/10)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Joyce Ann Carson, 73, of Maryville, Ill., passed away Friday, May 28, 2010, in Edwardsville, Ill. She was born July 17, 1936, in Tamms, to the late Robert and Lucy Dailey Smith Jr. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gordon "Bunk" Carson...

John Adney (06/03/10)
John G. Adney, 72, of Marion, Iowa, died Wednesday, May 19, 2010, at St. Luke's Hospital after a long illness. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Grace Episcopal Church in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Inurnment will be in Grace Episcopal columbarium...

Ronald Wells (06/02/10)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Ronald W. "Ron" Wells, 65, of Perryville died Tuesday, June 1, 2010, at his home. Visitation will be from noon to service time Friday at Baue Funeral Home in Cave Springs, Mo. A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home...

Florence Welker (06/02/10)
Florence J. Welker, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, May 31, 2010, at her home. She was born June 27, 1926, in Biehle, Mo., to Ben and Josephine Blechle Lappe. She and Glen Welker were married Sept. 24, 1946, at Biehle. Welker was a member of St. Mary Cathedral...

Maxine Barber (06/02/10)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Maxine Barber, 88, of Dexter departed this life Saturday, May 29, 2010, at her home. Daughter of the late Dan and Willa Segraves Courter, she was born Jan. 1, 1922, in Reno, Ark. She and William Newt Barber were married Feb. 19, 1944, in Piggott, Ark. He preceded her in death March 15, 2009...

Norma Blattel (06/02/10)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Norma Gosche Blattel, 88, passed peacefully to heaven Monday, May 31, 2010, at Chaffee Nursing Center, where she had lived several years. She was born Oct. 9, 1921, in Kelso, Mo., daughter of the late John and Christine Diebold Ressel. ...

Norman Simpkins (06/02/10)
PADUCAH, Ky. -- Norman E. Simpkins, 73, of Paducah passed away Saturday, May 29, 2010, at Western Baptist Hospital. He was the son of Eddie E. and Crissie Parrish Simpkins. Simpkins was a machinist for Walker Boat Yard. He attended Gospel Mission Worship Center...

Charles Wiggins (06/02/10)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Charles Duane Wiggins, 49, of Advance passed away Tuesday, June 1, 2010, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 26, 1961, in Cape Girardeau, son of Duane and Gonnie Schrader Wiggins. Charles was a regional director for Benefit Specialist of America. He had been saved and baptized at First Baptist Church in Advance. Charles was an organ donor...

Delmar Boyd (06/02/10)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Delmar S. Boyd, 92, of Perryville died Tuesday, June 1, 2010, at Independence Court in Perryville. He was born Nov. 6, 1917, in Coffman, Mo., son of the late John Henry and Irene Anna Schaaf Boyd. He and Doris M. Moore were married Oct. 4, 1941. She preceded him in death Aug. 15, 1973. He and Betty J. Lix were married May 14, 1975...

Drusilla Felter (06/02/10)
BENTON, Mo. -- Drusilla Louise Scherer Felter, 92, of Benton died Monday, May 31, 2010, at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 3, 1917, in Ardeola, Mo., to John A. and Bertha Enderle Scherer. She and Zeno "Sam" Felter were married Sept. 27, 1950, at Benton. He passed away Jan. 23, 1977...

Virginia Lewis (06/02/10)
BARNHART, Mo. -- Virginia M. Lewis, 82, of Barnhart died Sunday, May 30, 2010, at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Festus, Mo. She was born Dec. 10, 1927, at Desloge, Mo., daughter of Fred and Alice Morris Duncan. She and Melvin E. Lewis were married April 10, 1948...

Norma Blattel (06/01/10)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Norma Gosche Blattel, 88, of Chaffee died Monday, May 31, 2010, at the Chaffee Nursing Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee.

Earl Martin (06/01/10)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Earl Martin of Perryville died Sunday, May 30, 2010, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was 74. He was born in Menfro, Mo., on Aug. 31, 1935, son of the late Frank and Ada Dunn Martin. He and Anna Buerck Martin were married April 25, 1959. She survives in Perryville...

Peggy Lawrence (06/01/10)
Peggy Louise Lawrence, 69, of Jackson passed away Saturday, May 29, 2010, at her home. She was born April 17, 1941, in Hunter, Mo., daughter of Finis and Rose Manlove Webb. She and Louie Lawrence were married Dec. 26, 1959, in Ellsinore, Mo. She graduated from Grandin High School in 1959. ...

Wilbert Neislein (06/01/10)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Wilbert M. "Wib" Neislein of Perryville died Sunday, May 30, 2010, at his residence. He was 85. He was born Jan. 26, 1925, in Sedgewickville, Mo., son of the late Frank B. and Matilda H. Tuschhoff Neislein. He and Barbara Joy were married July 28, 1951. She survives in Perryville...

Lonnie Seabaugh (06/01/10)
Lonnie Perry Seabaugh, 70, of Oak Ridge died Saturday, May 29, 2010, at his home near Oak Ridge. He was born Aug. 14, 1939, in Sedgewickville, Mo., a son to Marvin Lewis and Lettie Erma Green Seabaugh. He and Roberta M. Cook were married Sept. 14, 1962, at Third Street United Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau...

Evla Johnson (06/01/10)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Evla Mae Johnson of Perryville died Sunday, May 30, 2010, at Independence Care Center of Perry County. She was 88. She was born July 4, 1921, in Millersville, daughter of the late Otis Ora and Minnie Mae Mantz Brown. Survivors include a daughter, Dianne (Bob) Stone of Tilsit; two sons, Bill (Joyce) Johnson of Florissant, Mo., and Ron (Lana) Johnson of Cape Girardeau; a granddaughter, Amy (Mark) Powell of Jackson; three grandsons, Chris (Stephanie) Johnson of Winfield, Mo., Shannon (Tracey) Johnson of Florissant, Mo., and Andrew (Patty) Johnson of Millersville; nine great-grandsons; a sister, Viola Clifton of Wood River, Ill.; and many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.. ...

Florence Drum (06/01/10)
ST. MARY, Mo. -- Florence Mathilda Drum, 90, of St. Mary died Saturday, May 29, 2010, at the home of her daughter in St. Mary. She was born March 27, 1920, at Old Appleton, Mo., a daughter to Oscar and Helen Meyer Dambach. She was married Dec. 19, 1959, to Elbert L. Drum. He died March 29, 2003...

Donald Cairns (06/01/10)
Donald L. Cairns of Friedheim died May 30, 2010, at his residence. He was 63. He was born Jan. 11, 1947, in St. Mary, Mo., son of the late Hosea Cairns and Bertha A. (Davis) (Cairns) Buehler. He and Sharon Mangels were married Sept. 11, 1971. She survives in Friedheim...