Stories from Sunday, December 30, 1990

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Funeral service for Edgar E. Breeding, 722 Caruthers, will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel. The Rev. Neil Stein will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-7 p.m. today...

PERRYVILLE -- Funeral service for Gladys L. Runyon of Perryville was held Saturday at Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville with the Rev. Donald Loesch officiating. Burial was in the Immanuel Lutheran Church cemetery. Runyon died Thursday, Dec. 27, 1990, at Perry County Memorial Hospital...

CHARLESTON -- Claude Ernest "C.E." Thompson Jr., 81, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Charleston, died Thursday, Dec. 27, 1990, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 5, 1909, in Charleston to the late Claude E. and Nannie Finley Thompson...

CHARLESTON -- Ida Francis Alvey, 99, of St. Louis, formerly of Charleston, died Thursday, Dec. 27, 1990, at Alexian Brothers Hospital in St. Louis. She was born Sept. 25, 1891, in Patesville, Ky., to the late William and Melinda Boling Stowe. She had lived in St. Louis for the past eight years...

SIKESTON -- Rosell Graham, 71 years old, of Sikeston, died at 7:15 a.m. Friday, Dec. 28, 1990, at Hunter Acres Caring Center in Sikeston. She was born March 25, 1919, in Matthews, daughter of Jim and Ora Horning Cook. On May 3, 1936, she married Lee Graham at New Madrid. He survives...

PERRYVILLE -- Joseph L. Geringer, 75, of Perryville died Thursday, Dec. 27, 1990 at Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was born Aug. 29, 1915 in Biehle, son of Joseph and Josephine Ernst Geringer. He was a bulk fuel deliverer. On Aug. 17, 1940, he married the former Marie Beatrice Gibbar. She survives...

DONGOLA, Ill. -- Leo R. Eddleman, 88, of Union City, Tenn., formerly of Dongola, died Thursday, Dec. 27, 1990, at his home. He was born Oct. 1, 1902, at Dongola to the late James Calvin and Anna Belle Barringer Eddleman. He married Catherine Walker in 1924. She proceeded him death on Aug. 18, 1975. He married Mary Jewell Burley in 1977...

CHAFFEE -- Emeline Bates, 70, of Chaffee, Died Dec. 29, 1990 at Chaffee General Hospital. She was born Feb. 21, 1920 at Fayetteville, Ark., the daughter of William H. and Belle Milem Keys. On June 3, 1950, she married Loren Bates in Piggott, Ark. they operated the Trade Winds used furniture store in Cape Girardeau for several years...

Honorable John C. Danforth United States Senator Washington, D.C. Dear Jack: We always enjoy seeing you and hearing about your work, and consequently were disappointed to have missed you when you dropped by our office back in October. What follows are a few thoughts I'd like to have shared with you on that occasion. Please excuse the uncommon length...

The generosity of area residents during the waning days of 1990 will aid our community throughout the new year. The success of the Salvation Army Tree of Lights and Area Wide United Way campaign demonstrates community good will. When it comes to caring about our fellow man, area residents have delivered on their good intentions. Their outpouring symbolizes the notion that it is more blessed to give than receive...

Dear Editor: The Meals on Wheels of Committee of Southeast Missouri Hospital would like to take the opportunity to use this forum to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to members of the National Guard for delivering approximately 50 to 60 meals each day for three days this week, Monday, Thursday and Friday...

Dear Southeast Missourian Readers: I would like to thank each and every one of you who have written and sent care packages to me while on duty in Saudi Arabia. I wish I could write all of you back individually, but I probably wouldn't accomplish much work...

Dear Editor and Santa Claus: I just had to let you know about my great Spanish students at Central High School this year. They have truly captured the spirit of Christmas and I am so proud of each of them! We adopted a family of six and my students have given generously of themselves - $134 to buy this family a Christmas tree, lights, ornaments, clothing and toys for five children and a mom, plus many generous donations by families. ...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Elsie M. Clark of East Prairie died Friday, Dec. 28, 1990 at Missouri Delta Community Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Jan. 24, 1922 in East Prairie, to the late Lawrence and Lizzie Roberson Myers. In 1941, she married Loyd Clark, who preceded her in death March 10, 1988...

KELSO -- Funeral mass for Sister Rose Dumey, formerly of Kelso, was held Thursday, Dec. 27, 1990 at Ruma Chapel in Ruma, Ill., with graveside rites held at Ruma Cemetery. She was 84 years old. She was born Feb. 17, 1906, daughter of Leo and Louisa Enderle Dumey. She was originally from the St. Augustine Parish in Kelso...

OLMSTED, Ill. -- Brad Rushing, 19, of Olmsted died Thursday, Dec. 27, 1990 in a car-truck collision on Highway 37, three miles south of Olmsted. He was returning home from work at CG&B Grain Company in Mound City when the accident occurred. Rushing was a 1989 graduate of Meridian High School and a member of Caladonia Baptist Church in Olmsted...

CHAFFEE -- Funeral service for Mrs. Cora Elizabeth Tucker of Chaffee will be held at 2 p.m. today at St. Paul Lutheran Church here. The Rev. Karl Leeman will officiate, with burial in Union Park Cemetery. Friends may call at Amick-Burnett Funeral Home here after 8 a.m. today...

SIKESTON Funeral service for Claude Wilbur Dirickson of Hunter Acres Caring Center here will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Don Russell will officite, with burial in Old Morley Cemetery at Morley. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today...

BROWNWOOD -- Funeral service for Mrs. Bertie Z. Edwards of Brownwood will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Morgan Funeral Chapel in Advance. The Rev. Tony Badami will officiate, with burial in Morgan Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5:30-9 p.m. today...

PERRYVILLE -- Funeral mass for Mrs. Adele M. Finnegan of Perryville will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Vincent's Church. The Rev. Henry Grodecki will officiate, with burial in Resurrection Cemetery in St. Louis. Friends may call at Young and Sons Funeral Home after 5 p.m. Wednesday, and until 9:45 a.m. Thursday. A parish wake will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday...

JACKSON -- Funeral service for Orval A. Gregg of Jackson Route 2 will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. The Rev. Stephen Schneider will officiate, with burial in St. Mary's Cemetery in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call at McCombs Funeral Home after 4 p.m. today. Parish prayers will be at 7:30, and KC service at 8...

Dear Mr. Rust: On behalf of the Cape Girardeau Jaycees, we want to express our gratitude to the Southeast Missourian and the thousands of generous people from the Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois area who opened up their hearts to make Operation Toybox a tremendous success...

MATTHEWS -- Funeral service for Miss Della Josephine Zimmerman of Matthews will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston. The Rev. Charles E. Buck will officiate, with burial in Morgan Memorial Park at Advance. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-6 p.m. today, with a service at 5:30 by Sikeston Order of Eastern Star Chapter 137...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Graveside service for Marion E. Brandt of Cape Girardeau will be held at 11:30 a.m. Monday at Fairmount Cemetery. There is no visitation. Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Brandt, 74 years old, died Tuesday, Dec. 25, 1990, at St. Francis Medical Center...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Graveside service for Mrs. Ruthy C. Crosby of Cape Girardeau will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at Fairmount Cemetery. The Rev. Johnny Thomas will officiate, with Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel in charge of arrangements. There is no visitation...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Mary Frances Patricia Beatty, 76 years old, of 2106 Sherwood, died Thursday night, Dec. 27, 1990, at St. Luke's Emergency Medical Center in Solon, Ohio from injuries received in an automobile accident at Solon. She was born March 17, 1914, in St. Louis, daughter of Joseph and Mary Daly...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Brooks Russell Long, 79 years old, of Cairo, died Friday, Dec. 28, 1990, at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. He was the owner of the former Fahrs Printing and Office Supply in Cairo before his retirement. He was a veteran of World War II, serving as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army at Luzon, where he received three Bronze stars...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for John Thomas Williams of Sikeston will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Sikeston. Ed Thomason will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery here. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Rose Joe Hutchison, 81 years old, of Cairo, died Friday, Dec. 28, 1990, at her home. She was born in Terre Haute, Ind., Dec. 20, 1909, the daughter of James and Margaret Ellis Joe. Surviving are three sisters, Sara Jane Joe, Cairo, Esther Mulder, Las Vegas, Nev., and Eva Thomas, Herrin, Ill...

I WOULD LIKE to thank the person who a few weeks ago found my big set of keys. God's blessings and thank you. THE PERSON QUOTED in the reaction article about forced death had the situation reversed. If a person is in a vegetative state, and would die a natural death if artificial means were not used to maintain vegetative life, it is a situation of forced life. Withdrawal of the artificial means of life could allow a natural death. Thank you...

THERE'S A WOMAN who is a senior citizen and she's not able to get out into the yard in the snow. She does well to walk up and down steps. She lives in the 500 block of North Fountain. She has called the Missourian many times and asked that they put the paper up in the yard where she can get it but they drop it down there on the sidewalk next to the street. ...

IN THE DEC. 24 edition of Speak Out there are two blatantly incorrect usages of the word there in the comment about Bush sending military personnel to Saudi Arabia. I hope Santa brought your proofreader a pair of glasses and a book on the English language because she or he really needs both. Thank you...

Inventory time! What do we have on hand to enter the first year of the last decade of the century? Nine more steps before the year two thousand! Put that way, it reminds me of a childhood game we used to play. Very simple, it went like this. Someone threatened another for some real or imagined misdemeanor by saying, "Johnny, I'm gonna getcha." A brief pause while you wondered what the penalty would be, then, "Johnny, I'm on the first step." Another pause, then, "Johnny, I'm on the second step," and so on up to the tenth step.. ...