Stories from Monday, November 29, 1993

JACKSON -- Nearly $246,000 in funding requests made by organizations that serve the county's senior citizens have been sent to the Cape Girardeau County Commission. The proposals were considered last week by the Senior Citizens Services Fund Board, which passed the recommendations along to the county commission in letter form...

Volunteers with the Cape Girardeau Jaycees are ready to go to work on this year's Toybox campaign. They just need toys. More than 100 families have asked Toybox for help this year, and applications are still coming in. Organizers anticipate over 400 families will be served through this year's campaign...

Mrs. A has a new friend for this Christmas season -- an adorable fuzzy puppy that looks a lot like Gizmo from the movie "Gremlins." That puppy has brought a lot of happiness to Mrs. A who has had her share of hardships. She is a widow and spends a lot of time alone. Her health is failing. In fact the list of ailments continues to grow. She has diabetes, heart disease and glaucoma...

A Santa and sleigh shooting into the sky, firefighters and a ladder truck garlanded with more than 60 strands of lights, and an array of mechanical elves were the stars of the first annual Christmas Parade of Lights Sunday. Fifty-seven entries started down Broadway just after dusk, just after Santa Claus flew in a helicopter from downtown to the starting point at Capaha Park. ...

The Southeast Missourian asked people, if they could give a gift to the world this holiday season, what would it be? Leslie Stevens of Benton: "To share with them the good news of Jesus Christ, as corny as that may sound. If I could say a prayer for everyone everywhere, that's enough."...

Word last week that the U.S. House of Representatives had approved a measure that would make $50 million available for the repair of flood-damaged river levees that don't qualify for federal aid comes as good news to communities and farmers who have suffered through one of the worst and prolonged floods in recent history...

ANNA, Ill. -- Myrtle E. King, 88, of Anna, died Saturday, Nov. 27, 1993, at the City Care Center here. She was born Oct. 27, 1905, the daughter of Richard and Martha Stone Pender. She married Nathaniel King in Murphysboro in 1923. He died Fed. 10, 1988...

BERTRAND -- B.B. Wagner, 77, of Bertrand died Nov. 27, 1993, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born July 31, 1916, in Obion, Tenn., to the late Daniel H. and Bertha Taylor Wagner. On Feb. 25, 1931, he married Bettye L. Speight in Dresden, Tenn. She survives...

ZALMA -- Paul Noel Henderson, 72, of Zalma died Nov. 28, 1993, at his home. He was born May 5, 1921, and is survived by his wife Celeta. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Morgan Fuenral Home in Advance.

MARBLE HILL -- Ruby E. Shanks, 87, of Marble Hill, died Saturday, Nov. 27, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 12, 1906, at Brownwood, Mo., the daughter of William Leadbetter and Mary Alice Teeters Leadbetter. She lived in Bollinger County her whole life. She married Marvin Shanks on Jan. 21, 1921. He died Feb. 11, 1977...

Aimee O. Smith, 79, who has lived in Cape Girardeau since April, died Friday, Nov. 26, 1993, at Chateau Girardeau. She was born Dec. 10, 1913, at Emmitsburg, Md., the daughter of Edwin and Mary Lambie Ohler. She was married June 28, 1941, to Harry Smith. He survives...

SIKESTON -- Margaret C. Heeb, 93, of Sikeston and formerly of Chaffee, died Nov. 27, 1993, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born in Cape Girardeau Feb. 26, 1900, to the late James and Margaret Norrington Hutton. She married Arthur Heeb on April 19, 1919. He preceded her in death on Feb. 5, 1966...

Lovie I. Stoll, 84, of 910 West Cape Rock Drive died Nov. 28, 1993, at Southeast Hospital. She was born Feb. 16, 1909, in Leora, Mo., to Charles Cleveland and Rhoda Harper Wright. She married Elmo Stoll in 1950. He died Sept. 24, 1983. She was an English teacher for the Dexter Public Schools for more than 40 years. She was a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University, earning a B.S. degree in education...

Melvin A. Fiedler of New Wells died Nov. 28, 1993 at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Jan. 4, 1907, at New Wells, the son of Martin and Mathilda Schmidt Fiedler. He married the former Frieda Rubel May 18, 1952, at Egypt Mills. She survives. Also surviving are one daughter, Sharon Lipe of Olive Branch, Ill.; two brothers, Edwin Fiedler of St. ...

PERRYVILLE -- Keith John Wibbenmeyer, 25, of Perryville died Nov. 28, 1993, at his home. He worked in maintenance for Perry Plaza in Perryville. He was married Aug. 4, 1989, in Perryville, to Susan Marie Hall. She survives. He was the son of Glennon Wibbenmeyer and Dorothy A. Gibbar Wibbenmeyer. They survive...

"Tote a Poke Home." That statement is part of the Dixie Cream Donut Drive-In in Cape Girardeau, and many of the city's residents do just that. "Our drive-up business makes up the major portion -- more than 95 percent -- of our business here," said Gene Wren, who has been cooking up doughnuts, rolls and longjohns for the past seven years. "A lot of people come by and buy a bag full. We do some wholesale, but not that much."...

That's Lowe's, not Lowell's. Lowe's Companies Inc., which is looking to a late February opening in Cape Girardeau, will soon be talking to prospective employees. "We've already had inquiries," said Jim Lunn, who will be manager of the local store. "Among questions being posed is one asking if we're going to remain open this time."...

Nancy Greenley has joined IV Care in Cape Girardeau. Greenley, a registered nurse, is a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University, with an associate of arts degree in nursing. She most recently served with Homedco Infusion in Cape Girardeau as clinical coordinator...

Holiday seasons are often among the most difficult times for people who have experienced the death of a loved one. A brochure, "You and Your Grief During The Holiday Season," is now available from Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel, 433 S. Sprigg in Cape Girardeau...