Stories from Thursday, December 17, 1992

Mary Alice Kinder, 2710 Jewel St., died Dec. 16, 1992, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau at age 52. She was born March 21, 1940, in Bell City, the daughter of Billy Chapman and Gladys LaRue Scism Chapman. They survive of Chaffee. She married Gerald C. Kinder June 13, 1959. He survives...

To the Editor: I want to take this opportunity to commend the group of local Lutheran ministers for their excellent article which was published in "The Public Mind." They said exactly what I wanted to say but had not gotten around to. The debate on the subject of homosexuality will not go away as long as God's Holy Word exists. ...

Following are a few short takes on recent news items that deserve some mention: It is true that peer pressure is a reason some young people become involved in alcohol or drug use. Peer pressure can also steer children in the other direction. That is the impetus behind a program at Cape Girardeau Central High School in which specially trained teen-age volunteers are dispatched to teach first-, third- and fifth-grade students about the dangers of drugs and alcohol. ...

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Michael Morris of Marble Hill, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 9:07 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 9, 1992. Name, Haley Erin. Weight, 7 pounds 4 ounces. Third daughter. Mrs. Morris is the former Cindi Welker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Welker of Marble Hill and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Roark of Glen Allen. Morris is owner/manager of Morris Lawn and Garden, and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Morris of Marble Hill...

Frances Trickey, 69, 2216 Melrose, died Tuesday, Dec. 15, 1992, at her home. She was born Feb. 5, 1923, at Herculaneum, daughter of James William and Madge Davidson Queen. She and Cecil Trickey were married Oct. 5, 1945, in St. Louis. Trickey was a communications specialist with the U.S. ...

SIKESTON -- Doris Virginia Blackburn, 61, of Sikeston, died Tuesday, Dec. 15, 1992, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Jan. 17, 1931, in Oakton, Ky., daughter of Kenneth and Ida Belle Anderson Redden. She married William R. "Bill" Blackburn May 9, 1952, at Charleston...

GRASSY -- Paul C. Dickerson, 65, of Grassy, died Tuesday, Dec. 15, 1992, from injuries received in an automobile accident in Bollinger County. He was born June 7, 1927, in Granite City, Ill., son of Jess C. and Lora Smith Dickerson. He and Dorothy Collins were married April 24, 1950...

EGYPT MILLS -- Funeral service for Lawrence T. Niedling of St. Charles was held Monday at Paul Funeral Home in St. Charles. Burial was in Lake Charles Cemetery in St. Louis. Niedling, 86, died Thursday, Dec. 10, 1992, at Garden View Care Center in O'Fallon...

Herbert Walter Wunderlich, 84, 153 S. Park, died Tuesday, Dec. 15, 1992, at his home. He was born Aug. 6, 1908, at Altenburg, son of Paul and Magdalena Heins Wunderlich. He and the former Esther Mangels were married March 6, 1930, at Farrar. Wunderlich moved to Cape Girardeau in 1944 from Altenburg. He worked 12 years at Younghouse Distributing Co., and also had worked at Pipkin-Boyd-Neal Packing Co., and Central Packing Co. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church...

MOUNDS, Ill. -- Former Mound City Police Chief Virgil Marion Stout, 77, Mounds Route 1, died Tuesday, Dec. 15, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. He was born Feb. 23, 1915, at Mound City, son of James Claude and Emma Ardelle Dean Stout. He married the former Elaine Caswell...

NEW HAMBURG -- Funeral service for George C. Blattel of Ft. Collins, Colo., was held Dec. 9 at John 23rd University Center there. The Rev. Bob Amundson of- ficiated, with burial in Roselawn Cemetery. Warren-Bohlender Funeral Chapel in Ft. Collins was in charge of arrangements...

Violet A. Kranawetter of Rt. 6, Jackson, died at St. Francis Medical Center Tuesday. She was 75. She was born Aug. 30, 1917, at Egypt Mills, the daughter of Leo and Rosena Baker Rubel. She married Otto Kranawetter on Dec. 31, 1939, at St. Louis. He survives...

To the Editor: This is in response to a letter written by Craig L. Nessan to The Public Mind, which appeared in the Dec. 8 edition. Here is a good rule of thumb for a theologian - read the Bible! You said the story of Sodom and Gomorrah was the remembrance of an ancient act of violent gang rape and had no immediate relevance for a contemporary discussion on homosexuality...