Homer Dickmann

Homer R. Dickmann, 90, of Cape Girardeau passed away Friday, Sept. 14, 2018, at Lutheran Home.

He was born July 17, 1928, in Menfro, Missouri, the son of the late Walter and Wilma Bergmann Dickmann. He and Wanda Tucker were married Aug. 31, 1957, in Hernando, Mississippi.

Homer and Wanda moved to Cape Girardeau, and Homer went to work for then-Missouri Utilities, now Ameren Missouri, where he worked as an operator/driver until his retirement in 1990.

He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau and American Legion Post 63.

Homer was very involved in youth baseball from city league up to American Legion. He served as state commissioner of American Legion Baseball for many years. He was inducted into Southeast Missouri Amateur Baseball Hall Of Fame in 1996 and was named Distinguished Legionnaire in Missouri in 2004. Homer would remark, "If a 16-year-old boy with a driver's license and girlfriend is out here in the heat of the summer playing baseball, then he is a kid that loves the game."

Homer is survived by his wife of 61 years, Wanda Dickmann; two sons, Kevin Dickmann and Brian (Lisa) Dickmann, both of St. Louis; two grandchildren, Alex and Taylor Dickmann of Austin, Texas; and a brother, Dale Dickmann of St. Louis; as well as many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by two sisters, Iva LaRose and Fern Cossey.

Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.

Inurnment will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Missouri Veterans Cemetery Columbarium in Bloomfield, with full military honors.

Memorials may take the form of contributions to Trinity Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau

Online condolence messages may be sent to the family by visiting www.mccombsfuneralhome.com.