Mable Shrum

Mable Shrum, 85, of Cape Girardeau passed away Sunday, June 6, 2021, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau.

Mable was born Aug. 8, 1935, in Perry County, Missouri, daughter to the late Henry and Esther Weibricht Ehlers. She and J.E. "Bill" Shrum were married Oct. 23, 1954 in Cape Girardeau. He passed away June 24, 2013.

Mable attended Immanuel Lutheran Grade School in Perryville, Missouri, before graduating from Perryville Public High School.

She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother as well as a devoted care giver. She had been a member of Trinity Lutheran Church since 1954, where she was a member of the Ladies Aid. She and Bill volunteered each year to man the booth at the SEMO District Fair. Mable was also a life time member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3838 Ladies Auxiliary.

Loving survivors include, two grandsons, John E. Hill of Jacksonville, Florida, and Scott Hill of Manhattan, Kansas; four brothers, Paul (Toni) Ehlers of Maryland Heights, Missouri; H. Melvin Ehlers of Hazelwood, Missouri; Robert (Carol) Ehlers of Springtown, Texas; and Richard (Pam) Ehlers of Lebanon, Ohio; a sister, Carol (Mike) Jackson of Abingdon, Virginia; and a son-in-law, John W. Hill of Manhattan, Kansas.

In addition to her husband, Bill, Mable was preceded in death by a daughter, Deborah Hill; two brothers, Edward and Henry Ehlers; and a sister, Dorothy Turner.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau.

Funeral service will be at 11:30 a.m. Friday at the church with the Rev Douglas Breite officiating. Burial will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield. Memorials may be given to your charity of choice.

McCombs Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

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