Elmer Macke

JACKSON, Mo. -- Elmer Eugene Macke, 70, passed away Saturday, March 30, 2002, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.

Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Robert Henrichs officiating. Interment will be in Russell Heights Cemetery with a Missouri Military Honors service.

Mr. Macke was born Feb. 24, 1932, at Tilsit, Mo., son of William and Frieda Biester Macke. He and Lawanda Fisher were united in marriage May 25, 1956.

Loving survivors include five daughters and three sons-in-law, Patricia Hedricks of McClure, Ill., Pamela Macke of Jackson, Phyllis and Darryl Ruesler of Friedheim, Mo., Paula and Brad Thompson of Jackson, Caroline and Eric Hoxworth of Millersville, Mo.; three sons and daughters-in-law, Jon and Tina Macke of Millersville, Michael and Robin Macke of Jackson, Joe and Jane Macke of Oak Ridge, Mo.; and a brother, Earnest Macke of St. Louis.

Also surviving are 12 grandchildren, Trey and Mark Hedricks, Jennifer and Dianna Sachse, Walter and Lacey Ruesler, James Thompson, Brandy and Bethany Macke, Clay Macke, and Jesse Pickens and Hunter Hoxworth.

He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers, and two sisters.

Mr. Macke was a U.S. Army veteran, having served in the Korean War. He was a lifetime member of the VFW in Cape Girardeau. He was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson, but was baptized and confirmed as a youth at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Tilsit.

He worked on a riverboat for the former John I. Hay Co., and became disabled in 1971.

Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to St. Paul Radio broadcast or Cape VFW.