Floyd Fellows

Floyd Oscar Fellows, 88, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, June 7, 2018, at Southeast Hospital.

He was born Oct. 19, 1929, in Lixville, Missouri, to Oscar E. and Esther E. Lix Fellows. He and Loretta Agnes Marshall were married March 6, 1954, at Sedgewickville, Missouri. She preceded him in death Aug. 24, 2012.

He served in the Army in the Korean War.

He worked at Marquette Cement Co. for 12 years and was a clerk at the Cape Girardeau post office from 1969 until his retirement in 1990.

He was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3838. He enjoyed farming and building projects. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church.

Survivors include two sons, Thomas F. (fiancee, Janet Penrose) Fellows of Cape Girardeau and James L. (Martha) Fellows of Cape Girardeau; a daughter, Anna (Glenn) Litchfield of Tampa, Florida; a sister, Mildred Renner of Perryville, Missouri; and four grandchildren, Kurt Fellows, Melissa Fellows, Travis Fellows and Mason Anne Reeder.

He was preceded in death by his parents, wife and a sister, Gladys Buchheit.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.

Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Ellen Gurnon and Pastor Jim Hampton officiating. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau with full military honors.

Memorial contributions may be given to First Presbyterian Church or Missouri Veterans Home.

Online condolences may be made at www.fordandsonsfuneralhome.com.