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ObituariesAugust 1, 1997

Flora Riley, 92, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, July 31, 1997, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Feb. 16, 1905, in Keysport, Ill., daughter of Ira and Rosie Harp Tune. She and the Rev. John Edward Stephens were married in October 1923, at Kennett. He died in 1943. She also married Albert Brooks, Merl Inman and George Riley, all of whom preceded her in death...

Flora Riley, 92, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, July 31, 1997, at the Lutheran Home.

She was born Feb. 16, 1905, in Keysport, Ill., daughter of Ira and Rosie Harp Tune. She and the Rev. John Edward Stephens were married in October 1923, at Kennett. He died in 1943. She also married Albert Brooks, Merl Inman and George Riley, all of whom preceded her in death.

Riley was a member of Cape Girardeau Church of God.

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Survivors include two sons, John Stephens of Scott City and Billie Stephens of Clarkton; a daughter, Clara Lange of Cape Girardeau; five brothers, Frank Tune of Doniphan, John Tune of Leachville, Ill., Cecil Tune of Aurora, Ill., Calvin Tune of Arkansas and Eddie Tune of Florida; two sisters, May Busby of Oregon, Dorothy Lewis of Clarkton; 25 grandchildren; and 60 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a son, a daughter, and two sisters.

Friends may call at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel from 4-8 p.m. today.

Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the chapel, with the Rev. John Goff officiating. Burial will be in Lorimier Cemetery.

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