Perry County obituaries

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Lela Sue Wright, 60, of Perryville died Friday, June 2, 2023, after a four-and-a-half year battle with stage 4 cancer, at Independence Care Center, surrounded by loved ones. A celebration of life will be planned at a later date. Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville is in charge of arrangements...

ST. CHARLES, Mo. — Sherry Mullins, age 60, of St. Charles died Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, at her residence. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today and 6:30 to 10 a.m. Tuesday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville, Missouri. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, with Brother Jim Matthews officiating...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Dorothy J. Bey, 78, of Perryville died Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017, at her home. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville. The funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Officiating will be the Rev. Rich Wehrmeyer...

FARMINGTON, Mo. -- The Rev. David Verdell Jackson, 60, of Farmington entered into rest on Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, at his residence. He was born June 28, 1957, in Cape Girardeau, son of the Rev. Verdell and Freda Mae Stevens Jackson. He and Marcia Collins were married Dec. 18, 1976...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Audrey Renee Burger, 62, of Perryville died Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville. She was born March 18, 1955, in Perryville to the late Jules "Bomber" and Elnora (Denninger) Brown. She married Philip Burger Oct. 10, 2005...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Patrick Leo Brandel, 81, of Perryville died Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War. Visitation will be from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday at Young and Sons Funeral Home...

Vanna Lou Beard, 73, of Jackson passed away Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014, at the family home. She was born March 27, 1941, in Scopus, Missouri, daughter of Marion Pinkney and Eula Maxine Baugher Stevens. She and Harold Eugene "Bud" Beard were married Oct. 6, 1958. He passed away June 29, 1993...

ST. MARY, Mo. -- Harlee A. Moll, 20, of St. Mary died Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014, at Perry County Memorial Hospital Emergency Room in Perryville, Missouri. She was born May 27, 1994, in Perryville, daughter of Ronald and Teresa Nations Moll. Harlee was a student at Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center. She worked at Bank of Missouri in Perryville and Cape Girardeau. She was a member of Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church in Sereno, Missouri. She loved to fish and hunt...

ST. MARY, Mo. -- Deborah K. Burgins, 53, of St. Mary died Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until time of service Saturday at Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville, Missouri...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Wilbert F. "Wib" Preston, 82, of Perryville died Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Private graveside service will be held at Home Cemetery. Young & Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Michael L. Stewart Sr., 63, of Oak Ridge died Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014, at his home. He was born July 7, 1951, in Tiptonville, Tennessee, son of James E. and Haultress Walker Stewart. He and Joyce Ann Dunn were married Nov. 12, 1971. Michael retired as a materials handler from Caterpillar in Aurora, Illinois. ...

ALTENBURG, Mo. -- Edna Eleanor Meyr Hartmeister, 96, of Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, was born to life eternal with her savior Jesus on Monday, Sept. 29, 2014, at Shorehaven Lutheran Home in Oconomowoc. She was born July 23, 1918, to Arnold and Alida Fischer Meyr in Altenburg. She married her beloved husband, Elmer, on Oct. 25, 1947. He preceded her in death March 1, 1983...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Rev. James Dennis Martin, 78, of Perryville died Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 5:30 to 7 p.m. today and from 8:30 a.m. until service time Saturday at Mary Mother of God Chapel at St. Mary's of the Barrens. The wake service will be at 7 p.m. today...

A memorial service for Perryville native Marian Preusse Tenkhoff, 87, of Tupelo, Mississippi, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Preusse Family Plot at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery near Perryville. Visitation will be at the grave site. She was a retired art teacher and widow of Alton Tenkhoff, a local pharmacist...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Gary C. Dobbelare, 72, of Perryville died Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014, at his home. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. today and 6:30 to 11:30 a.m. Friday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. The parish wake will be at 7 p.m. today. The rosary will be recited at 10:30 a.m. Friday...

ALTENBURG, Mo. -- Edna Eleanor Meyr Hartmeister, 96, of Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, was born to life eternal with her savior, Jesus, on Monday, Sept. 29, 2014, at Shorehaven Lutheran Home in Oconomowoc. She was born July 23, 1918, to Arnold and Alida Fischer Meyr in Altenburg. She married her beloved husband, Elmer, on Oct. 25, 1947. He preceded her in death March 1, 1983...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Kimberly K. Graham, 51, of Perryville died Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014, at her home. She was born July 28, 1963, in Chester, Illinois, to George and Maxine Siegfried Martin. She and Peter J. Graham were married March 20, 2006, in Wickliffe, Kentucky...

Carol Ann Scholl, 76, of Jackson died Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014, at her home. She was born March 29, 1938, in Cape Girardeau, to Willis L. and Jeanette Gibbons Ervin. She and James "Jim" Scholl were married July 12, 1958, in Cape Girardeau. Carol was a 1956 graduate of Central High School in Cape Girardeau. ...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Anna M. Moll, 83, of Perryville died Monday, Sept. 29, 2014, at Mercy Hospital Jefferson in Crystal City, Missouri. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Thursday and from 6:30 to 9:15 a.m. Friday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. The parish wake will be at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. The rosary will be recited at 8:30 a.m. Friday...

PATTON, Mo. -- Lance Michael Evans, 37, of Patton died Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 13, 1977, in Cape Girardeau, to Perry and Pamala Voelker Evans. He graduated from Jackson High School in 1995...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Leola T. Hotop, 92, of Perryville died Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, at Perry Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Perryville. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today and 6:30 to 9:15 a.m. Saturday at Young and Sons Funeral Home...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Vincent H. Moore, 85, of Perryville died Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday and 8 to 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Miller Family Funeral Home in Perryville. Parish prayers will be at 6 p.m. Friday. Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Christ the Savior Catholic Church at Brewer, Missouri. Burial will be in the church cemetery...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Jeanette V. Finger, 75, of Perryville died Monday, Sept. 22, 2014, at her home. She was born Aug. 7, 1939, at Longtown, Missouri, to Bernard W. and Clara L. Lappe Hennemann. She married Walter Finger on May 25, 1957, at Perryville. He preceded her in death Aug. 10, 2013...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Sandra K. Leverenz, 72, of Perryville died Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. There is no service. Burial will be in Zion Lutheran Cemetery in Wonewoc, Wisconsin. Young and Sons Funeral Home was in charge of local arrangements...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Zita Marie Schmidt, 86, of Perryville died Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014, at Independence Care Center in Perryville. She was born Oct. 7, 1927, in Perry County, daughter of John and Theresa Hoffman Schrenk. She and Franklin "Dutch" Schmidt were married Sept. 5, 1949, in Perryville. He preceded her in death in 2002...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- H. Harold Davis, 80, of Perryville died Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was born April 8, 1934, in Gastonia, North Carolina, son of Ben and Ollie Harrell Davis. He and Margaret R. Lakenan were married April 5, 1958. She preceded him in death Sept. 7, 1994. He and Elaine H. Steffens Hadler were married May 18, 1996. She preceded him in death July 28, 2014...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Marvin E. Blevins, 67, of Perryville died Monday, Sept. 15, 2014, at his home. He was an Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War. Visitation will be from 5:30 p.m. until service time today at Young and Sons Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 6:30 p.m. today at the funeral home, with the Rev. Gerold McBride officiating...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Kenneth H. Moore, 93, of Perryville died Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Miller Family Funeral Home and Saturday from 9 a.m. until time of service at First Baptist Church in Perryville. A Masonic service will be at 7 p.m. Friday...

FROHNA, Mo. -- Delmer Edwin Stelling, 79, of Frohna died Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014, at Altenburg, Missouri. He was born April 1, 1935, in Brazeau, Missouri, son of Edwin and Ellanore Dohl Stelling. He and Evelyn Kutscher were married Oct. 30, 1954...

ALTENBURG, Mo. -- Herbert R. Steffens, 91, of Altenburg passed away Monday, Sept. 15, 2014, at his home, with his family by his side. He was born Oct. 26, 1922, in Perry County, son of Rudolph and Lydia Pilz Steffens. He and Thelma Schuessler were married June 6, 1948. They enjoyed 66 years of marriage...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Anna May Hudson, 86, of Perryville died Monday, Sept. 15, 2014, at her home. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 6:30 a.m. until service time Friday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Matthew Marks officiating. Burial will be in Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Michael R. West, 67, of Perryville died Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until service time Thursday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. David Duncan officiating...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Mark D. Abell, 52, of Perryville died Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014, at his home. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. today and 6:30 a.m. until service time Saturday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Milton Ryan officiating. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- The Rev. Peter J. Diliberto, 96, of Perryville died Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014, at St. Mary's of the Barrens Care Center in Perryville. Visitation will be after 5 p.m. Monday at Mary, Mother of God Chapel at the Vincentian residence in Perryville. A wake will be at 7 p.m...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Peggy A. Hudson, 81, of Perryville died Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014, at her home. A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, with the Rev. Rich Wehrmeyer officiating. Burial will be at a later date in Rose Lawn Cemetery in Crystal City, Missouri...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Mary Marguerite "Marge" Reiss, 91, of Perryville died Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014, at Independence Care Center of Perry County. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday and from 6:30 to 9:30 a.m. Friday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. The wake will be at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. The rosary will be at 8:30 a.m. Friday...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Juanita L. Phillips, 88, of Perryville died Monday, Sept. 8, 2014, at St. Joe Manor in Bonne Terre, Missouri. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 6:30 a.m. until time of service Friday at Young and Sons Funeral Home...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Chloe Olivia Ross, 85, of Perryville died Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014, at Independence Care Center of Perry County in Perryville. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until time of service Friday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Matthew Marks officiating. Burial will be in Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Mary Margaret "Marge" Carron, 80, of Perryville died Monday, Sept. 1, 2014, at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville. She was born Sept. 29, 1933, in Perryville, daughter of Edward and Helen Cissell Hayden. She and Chauncey C. Carron were married June 4, 1955...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Keitha Kohm, 59, of Perryville passed away Monday, Sept. 1, 2014, at her home surrounded by family. She was born June 9, 1955, daughter of the late Roy Keith Christensen and Iona Maxine Tallent Stidham. She married Jeffrey "Jeff" Kohm...

UNIONTOWN, Mo. -- Anita A. Morrison, 90, of Uniontown died Friday, Aug. 29, 2014, at Perry Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation in Perryville, Missouri. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today and from 6:30 to 8:30 a.m. Monday at Young & Sons Funeral Home in Perryville...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Wayne F. Leible, 64, of Perryville died Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014, at Perry Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. The service will be private. Young and Sons Funeral Home provided the arrangements.

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Bernice I. Keller, 90, of Pevely, Missouri, formerly of Perryville, died Friday, Aug. 22, 2014, at Mercy Hospital in Crystal City, Missouri. A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at the home of Ethan and Deborah Bohnert, 7081 Autumn Ridge, Bloomsdale, Missouri. Burial will be at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 2 in Mount Hope Cemetery...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Tillie R. Sommer, 91, of Perryville died Friday, Aug. 22, 2014, at Perry Oaks Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Perryville. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday and from 6:30 to 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. A VFW Auxiliary wake will be at 7 p.m. Monday, followed by an American Legion Auxiliary wake at 7:15...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Floyd R. Klobe, 92, of St. Louis, formerly of Perryville, died Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014, at the Missouri Veterans Home in St. James. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday and 6:30 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. The parish wake will be at 7 p.m. Monday, and rosary at 10 a.m. Tuesday...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Bobby G. Vernon, 80, of Perryville died Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014, at his home. Service will be private. Young and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Barbara Jane Schulte, 66, of Perryville died Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014, at Perry Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation in Perryville. Graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Home Cemetery. Young and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Viola Blanche Coffelt, 95, of Perryville died Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014, at Independence Care Center of Perry County. She was born Dec. 5, 1918, at Silver Lake, Missouri, daughter of Prince C. and Ida Mae Reddick Hudson Sr. She and Henry Joseph Coffelt were married April 18, 1935. He preceded her in death June 19, 1993...

Gail William King, 86, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home. He was born April 17, 1928, in Piggott, Arkansas, to William G. and Hazel L. Phelps King. He and Gale Allen were married Dec. 29, 1948, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Virginia Mary Smith, 85, of High Ridge, Missouri, formerly of Perryville, died Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014, in High Ridge. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until service time today at Miller Family Funeral Home in Perryville. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. today at the funeral home. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Jack E. Hamper, 64, of Perryville died Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014, in the Saint Francis Medical Center emergency room in Cape Girardeau. He was a Navy veteran of the Vietnam era. Visitation will be from 2 p.m. until service time Sunday at Young and Sons Funeral Home...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Marvin T. Lukefahr, 87, of Perryville died Wednesday, July 30, 2014, at Independence Care Center of Perry County in Perryville. He was a Merchant Marine veteran of World War II and Army veteran of the Korean War. A memorial Mass will be held Aug. 14 at noon at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Highland, Missouri, with the Rev. Milton Ryan officiating...

Regina Ann Mize, 39, of Oriole died Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born Oct. 23, 1974, in Portsmouth, Virginia, to Micheal and Marie Richardson Mize. Regina was a clerk at Fruitland Dressed Meats. She loved her family and everyone loved her...

Justin Taylor Murphy, 8, of Oriole died Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014, at St. Louis Children's Hospital. He was born Nov. 17, 2005, in Cape Girardeau, to Regina Ann Mize and James Murphy. Justin attended Nell Holcomb Elementary School. He is survived by his father, James Murphy of Perryville, Missouri; two brothers, Austin Murphy of Perryville, Drew Murphy of Anna, Illinois; maternal grandmother, Marie Mize of Oriole; maternal grandfather, Micheal Mize of Old Appleton; paternal grandmother, Mary Murphy-Kerr of Olive Branch, Illinois; maternal great-grandmother, Ethel Mize of Jackson; his mother's fiance, Gary Kelley, and his children, Nathan and Victoria Kelley, all of Oriole; numerous aunts, uncles, other relatives and many friends.. ...

MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. -- Dolores Iona Todd, 88, of Mountain Home passed away Thursday, July 31, 2014, in Mountain Home. She was born Dec. 31, 1925, in Plainville, Indiana, daughter of Delbert and Mary Frances Harbaugh Slatton. She married Charles Calvin Todd June 15, 1943, in Columbus, Georgia...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Dorothy Mae Baxter, 82, of Perryville died Thursday, July 31, 2014, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. She was born April 30, 1932, at Robertsville, Missouri, to Everett and Mae Warren Boyd. She and Leo W. Baxter were married April 7, 1951, at Owensville, Missouri. He preceded her in death July 4, 2014...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Wade Edward Nelson, 23, of Perryville died Monday, July 28, 2014, in Perryville. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. today and from 6:30 a.m. until time of service Saturday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Kevin Coffee officiating. Burial will be in Home Cemetery...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Bonnie L. Welty, 69, of Perryville died Tuesday, July 29, 2014, at Independence Care Center of Perry County in Perryville. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until service time Saturday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Milton Ryan officiating. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Leola S. Laws, 97, of Perryville died Tuesday, July 29, 2014, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. She was born Sept. 18, 1916, in Perryville, daughter of Leo C. and Alice Alberta Hager Miget. She and Stanley J. Laws were married Oct. 10, 1942. He preceded her in death July 13, 1993...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Elaine H. Hadler-Davis, 79, of Perryville died Monday, July 28, 2014, at Holiday Residential Care in Perryville. She was born Sept. 21, 1934, in Perry County, daughter of Theodore and Hilda Verseman Steffens. She and Harold L. Hadler were married June 18, 1955. He preceded her in death Jan. 6, 1987. She then married Harold Davis on May 18, 1996...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Lily V. Meyer, 92, of Perryville died Monday, July 28, 2014, at Independence Care Center in Perryville. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and from 6:30 to 11 a.m. Thursday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. Funeral Mass will be at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, with the Rev. Milton Ryan officiating. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery...

John Michael Kuehn Jr., 83, of Cape Girardeau passed away Tuesday, July 22, 2014, at his home. He was born July 3, 1931, in Cape Girardeau, to John Michael and Jennetta Henrietta Goza Kuehn. He and Wanda Reynolds were married Oct. 26, 1951, in Cape Girardeau...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Ann Loretta Kielhafner, 72, of Chaffee passed away Friday, July 18, 2014, at the family home. She was born April 7, 1942, in Biehle, Missouri, to Elmer M. Schott and Helen Buchheit Schott Welker. She married John Joseph Kielhafner Sept. 3, 1966. He preceded her in death Nov. 12, 2009...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Norma J. Giesler, 69, of Perryville died Monday, July 14, 2014, at her home. She was born April 22, 1945, in St. Louis, daughter of Woodrow and Ida Mae Burns Buck. She and Donald L. Giesler were married Feb. 18, 1984. Norma was a building inspector and real estate agent...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Mary Ann Clifton, 80, of Perryville died Sunday, July 13, 2014, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. today and from 6:30 to 10 a.m. Wednesday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Milton Ryan officiating. Burial will be in St. James Catholic Cemetery at Crosstown, Missouri...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Clinton H. Rabold, 90, of Perryville died Tuesday, July 1, 2014, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 24, 1923, in New Wells, son of Fred F. and Hilda Koenig Rabold. He and Rose M. Perr were married July 22, 1950...

Glen Junior Seabaugh, 68, of Golden, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, June 17, 2014, at Cox Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. He was born Dec. 29, 1945, in Perryville, Missouri, son of Glen and Elsie Smith Seabaugh. He graduated from high school in Cape Girardeau. He and Leslie Wood of Felton, California, were married April 22, 1967...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Laura Ann Miget Elder, 45, of East Alton, Illinois, formerly of Perryville, died Wednesday, June 25, 2014, in East Alton. She was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday and from 6:30 to 9:30 a.m. Monday at Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Travis J. Elder, 43, of Perryville died Wednesday, June 25, 2014, at his home. He was born Aug. 21, 1970, at Perryville, son of Roger and Judy Vessells Elder Sr. Travis was owner/operator of Elder's Tree Service. He was of the Catholic belief and a VFW booster...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Elsie L. Valleroy, 96, of Perryville died Thursday, June 19, 2014, at Independence Care Center in Perryville. Service is private. Miller Family Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Susan M. Dickmann, 55, of Perryville died Monday, June 23, 2014, at her home. She was born Feb. 4, 1959, in Perryville, daughter of Rayford and Velma A. Dobbelare Dickmann. Susan worked 32 years at Perry County Sheltered Workshop in Perryville. She was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church and former "Special Disciples"...

Betty June Cowan, 85, passed away Tuesday, June 17, 2014, at her home in Oak Ridge. The eldest of three children, Betty was born Jan. 13, 1929, in Madisonville, Kentucky, to Carl and Katie Robison Curry. Upon graduating from Oak Ridge High School, Betty worked six years at the former International Shoe Co. in Jackson...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Dennis L. Stelling, 64, of Florissant, Missouri, formerly of Perry County, died Tuesday, June 17, 2014, at his home. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time Sunday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Dennis Cebulak officiating...

Marian Marie Preusse Tenkhoff, 87, of Tupelo, Mississippi, died Monday, June 16, 2014, at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. She was born Aug. 18, 1926, in Perryville, Missouri, to Oscar Frederick and Rose Romann Preusse. Marian graduated from Perryville High School in 1944, and graduated in 1948 from Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau with a degree in home economics. While at Southeast she was elected homecoming queen...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Robert "Bob" Gegg, 73, of Perryville died Sunday, June 15, 2014, at his home. He was a U.S. Army veteran. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and from 6:30 to 9:30 a.m. Thursday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. A Catholic wake will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Naomi Marie Welker, 7 days, of Perryville died June 9, 2014, at Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center in St. Louis. She was born June 2, 2014, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Dustin M. and Hannah R. Winningham Welker. Other survivors include a sister, Evelyn "Eve" Welker of the home; paternal grandparents, Mike and Bonnie Welker of Perryville; maternal grandparents, the Rev. ...

ALTENBURG, Mo. -- Emil E. Lohmann, 82, of Altenburg died Thursday, June 5, 2014, at Independence Care Center in Perryville, Missouri. He was born June 17, 1931, at Farrar, Missouri, son of Edwin and Lydia Hadler Lohmann. He and Caroline A. Lichtenegger were married July 26, 1953. She preceded him in death Dec. 28, 2002...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Derrell Robert Womack, 87, of Perryville died Monday, June 2, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday and from 6:30 a.m. until service time Saturday at Young and Sons Funeral Home...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Audrey L. Esselman, 78, of Clarksburg, Missouri, formerly of Perryville, died Saturday, May 31, 2014, at her home. Visitation will be from 11:30 a.m. until service time Thursday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Thomas Handrick officiating. Burial will be in Home Cemetery...

Bruce Wayne Proffer, 64, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, May 28, 2014, at his home. He was born Sept. 3, 1949, in Cape Girardeau, son of J.W. and Mary Lena Taylor Proffer. He married Patricia Ann Reynolds Feb. 24, 1967. Bruce attended Delta School. He was a welder at Custom Cut Fabrication in Jackson before retiring...

ALTENBURG, Mo. -- Robert "Bob" Haertling Sr., 80, of Altenburg died Monday, May 26, 2014, at his home. He was born Aug. 6, 1933, in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, son of Oscar and Myrtle Bodenschatz Haertling. Robert was retired. He was a member of American Legion Post 133, VFW Post 4282, and had been an avid Cardinals baseball fan since 1946...

ANNA, Ill. -- Patricia Ann "Pat" Clark, 81, of Anna died Monday, May 19, 2014, at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale, Illinois. She was born April 16, 1933, in Marion, Illinois, daughter of Willis Pearl and Flora Rendleman Heltsley. She married Ray H. Clark Jr. on Nov. 11, 1947, in Piggott, Arkansas. He preceded her in death April 4, 1996...

CROSSTOWN, Mo. -- Nancy M. Thompson, 57, of Crosstown died Friday, May 16, 2014, at her home. The service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Whitewater Christian Church in Perry County. Burial will be private. Miller Family Funeral Home in Perryville, Missouri, is in charge of arrangements...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Paul Walter Kasten, 96, of Perryville died Tuesday, May 13, 2014, at Independence Care Center of Perry County. He was born March 25, 1918, in Uniontown, Missouri, son of Charles Karl and Elsa Bultmann Kasten. He and Betty Lou Hoehn were married June 24, 1951. She preceded him in death June 21, 2002...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- William J. "Bill" Adams, 86, of Perryville died Sunday, May 11, 2014, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. today and 6:30 to 10:50 a.m. Wednesday at Miller Family Funeral Home in Perryville. Parish prayers will be at 5:30 p.m. today, followed by a VFW service at 6 p.m. The rosary will be recited at 10 a.m. Wednesday...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Rose Irma "Tootie" Richardet, 84, of Perryville died Monday, May 12, 2014, at her home. She was born Jan. 10, 1930, in Belgique, Missouri, daughter of Louis and Louisa Ernst Schloss. She and Ralph Richardet were married May 16, 1953. He preceded her in death Oct. 11, 1982...

Leona T. Propst, 78, of Cape Girardeau formerly of Perryville, Missouri, died Saturday, May 10, 2014, at the Lutheran Home. She was born June 1, 1935, in Cape Girardeau County, daughter of Stephen and Theresa Lee Laurentius. She and Hansel E. Propst were married July 30, 1960. He survives in San Antonio...

Alma L. Unterreiner, 94, of Jackson, formerly of Perryville, Missouri, died Thursday, May 8, 2014, at Jackson Manor. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday and from 6:30 to 9:30 a.m. Monday at Miller Family Funeral Home in Perryville. Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Apple Creek, Missouri. Burial will be in St. Michael's Cemetery at Apple Creek...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Janice L. Niederstadt, 73, of Perryville died Thursday, May 8, 2014, at her home. She was born Dec. 30, 1940, in Wittenberg, Missouri, daughter of Willard R. and Dora M. Boehme Kieninger. Janice had been an office administrator for Drs. ...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Mildred M. Hoernig, 94, of Perryville died Wednesday, May 7, 2014, at Independence Care Center. She was born May 7, 1920, in Perryville, to Bernard and Caroline Dondlinger Unterreiner. She and Francis Hoernig were married Jan. 19, 1952, in Biehle, Missouri...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Ceola M. Firebaugh, 104, of Perryville died Friday, May 2, 2014, at Holiday Residential Care Center in Perryville. Graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at East Lawn Cemetery in Bloomington, Illinois. Miller Family Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Luella M. Degenhardt, 87, of Perryville died Monday, May 5, 2014, at Independence Care Center of Perry County. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and from 6:30 to 8:30 a.m. Thursday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Immanuel Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Thomas Handrick officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Lillian Marie Brune, 90, of Perryville died Wednesday, April 30, 2014, at her home. She was born July 12, 1923, in Old Appleton, daughter of Oscar W. and Helen M. Meyer Dambach. She and John H. Brune were married Sept. 6, 1942. He preceded her in death March 13, 2007...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Vivian M. Huber, 89, of Perryville died Tuesday, April 29, 2014, at her home near Sereno, Missouri. She was born March 20, 1925, in Perry County, daughter of Leo and Maggie Weber DuBois. She and LeRoy A. Huber were married Nov. 6, 1947...

Alfred Kirn, 77, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, April 29, 2014, at Monticello House in Jackson, where he resided the last three years. He was born March 17, 1937, in Cape Girardeau, to John and Bertha Scherer Kirn. He and Joyce Faye Newell were married Feb. 7, 1959. They had been married 50 years when she passed away Sept. 19, 2009...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Dr. Howard W. Dickmann, 94, of Perryville departed this life Tuesday, April 29, 2014, at Laclede Groves Care Center in Webster Groves, Mo. He was born Aug. 6, 1919, in Perry County, to K.R. and Martha Knoll Dickmann. He and Susan M. Bredall were married Oct. 8, 1944, in Perryville...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Janice J. Taylor, 72, of Perryville died Monday, April 28, 2014, at St. Louis University Medical Center. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday and 6:30 a.m. until service time Saturday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Milton Ryan officiating. Burial will be in the Taylor family cemetery...

NEW HAMBURG, Mo. -- Norbert Peter Kluesner, 93, of New Hamburg died Thursday, April 24, 2014, at his home. He was born Nov. 20, 1920, in St. Joseph, Tenn., to John Henry and Elizabeth Reischman Kluesner. He and Arabella Stella Menz were married Nov. 27, 1945, at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in New Hamburg...

FROHNA, Mo. -- Geraldine Steffens, 84, of Frohna died April 13, 2014, at Independence Care Center of Perry County in Perryville, Mo. She was born April 24, 1929, in St. Louis, daughter of Pink and Daisy York Johnson. She and Henry Fulton were married Sept. 24, 1949. He preceded her in death May 17, 1988. She and Leo Steffens were married July 23, 1993...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Esmond Joseph "Essie" Steele, 80, of Perryville died Thursday, April 10, 2014, at his home.