David Eakens

David J. Eakens, 75, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Jan. 16, 2004, at Southeast Missouri Hospital.

He was born June 3, 1928, at Tallapoosa, Mo., son of Velva Wogover. He first married Vina W. Davis April 17, 1954, in Colfax County, N.M. She died March 13, 1972. He later married Vivian A. Klein Phillips May 12, 1973, in Colorado Springs, Colo. She died Aug. 26, 2001.

Eakens had been a publications clerk with the Civil Service in Fort Carson, Colo. He was a member of American Legion and VFW Posts in Colorado Springs. He moved to Cape Girardeau more than 20 years ago from Lebanon, Ill.

He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War.

Survivors include three stepsons, John Phillips of Clarks-ville, Tenn., Burel Phillips Jr. of Tacoma, Wash., Danny Phillips of Dickson, Tenn.; 10 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Friends may call at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home from 4 to 8 p.m. today, and Sunday from 9 a.m. until service time.

The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Sunday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Lee Roy Quinn officiating. Burial will be at a later date in Memorial Gardens in Colorado Springs.