Obituaries

Sue Ann Austin, 68, of Cape Girardeau passed away Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, at her home surrounded by her family. She was born June 10, 1953, in Topeka, Kansas, to the late Malcolm and Dorothy Nuss Brown. Sue Ann and Michael Austin were married Dec. 28, 1974...

Robert "Bob" Edwin Dolle, 91, of Cape Girardeau passed away peacefully Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center, with his family by his side. He was born Aug. 31, 1930, in Cape Girardeau to Luther and Flora Johnson Dolle and was a lifelong resident here...

Glenn Haas, 85, died Friday, Nov. 26, 2021 at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Funeral services are pending at this time. Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Kenneth Ray Hindman, son of the late Leo and Flora Hinkle Hindman, was born Oct. 10, 1928, in Greenbriar, Missouri, and departed this life Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau at the age of 93 years. On Nov. 28, 1968, he married Mary Camille Burnett. She preceded him in death on Feb. 1, 2008...

Drusilla L. "Dru" Laurentius, 60, of Jackson, passed away Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 3, 1961, in Cape Girardeau, to William and Wilma Petzoldt Stone. She and Gary Laurentius were married May 9, 1987, at New McKendree United Methodist Church in Jackson...

Wanda Nell Minner, 90, of Benton, Missouri, died Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021, at The Arbors of Westrich Place in Sikeston, Missouri. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Benton.

Patricia Pennington, 71, of Thebes, Illinois, died Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021. Funeral arrangements are pending at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.

Michelle Dawn Enke Perkins, 52, of Cary, North Carolina, formerly of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, at Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Funeral Home, with the Rev. Rod Benkendorf officiating...

Sigifredo "Sigi" Ramos III, 37, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are pending at this time. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau. Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Audrey Sandlin, 98, of Perryville died Nov. 13, 2021 at Integrity of Columbia in Columbia, Illinois. The visitation and funeral will be held Dec. 3 at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m., followed immediately by the funeral. Burial will follow in Home Cemetery in Perryville. The Rev. Gerold McBride and Pastor Benjamin Chapman will officiate...

Cecil Starkey, 87, of Whitewater died Friday, Nov. 26, 2021, at his home. Services are pending at this time Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau is in charge of arrangements.

PHOENIX -- Alice Roselee Wachter, beloved wife, mother, and friend passed away at age 84 on Nov. 4, 2021, in Phoenix. She had responded with dignity and courage to the personal sufferings caused by lymphoma and complications from a recent fall. Roselee was born in East Chicago, Indiana, to parents George and Palma Lee Newman. ...

Truman Lee Baker, son to the late Truman Jesse and Veva Lee Lancaster Baker, was born July 27, 1935, in Cape Girardeau and departed this life Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, at Saint Louis University Hospital in St. Louis at the age of 86 years. He married Cynthia C. Wise on May 22, 1955, and she survives of the home...

Roy L. Griffith, 86, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born June 1, 1935, in Chester, Illinois, to Louis Albert and Flora Lohman Griffith. He and Nell Nall were married Nov. 12, 1955, at Advance, Missouri. She preceded him in death Feb. 23, 2008...

KIRKWOOD, Mo. -- Robert Thomas Krone Jr., 77, known as "Bob" to friends and family and "Ragtime Bob" in his music circle, of Kirkwood and formerly of Cape Girardeau, passed from this life into life eternal at Mercy South Hospital on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, following a recent illness and valiant, 10-year battle with multiple myeloma...

Joan Roach, 89, of Jackson died Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, at Anna House in Bridgeton, Missouri. Visitation will be from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Dec. 3 at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. Funeral will be at 11:30 a.m. Dec. 3 at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson...

Sue Ann Austin, 68, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, surrounded by her family at her home. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Dec. 1 at Ford and Sons Funeral Home. Celebration of Life service will follow at 7 p.m. at the funeral home...

Robert Edwin Dolle, 91, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will continue from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Monday at the funeral home...

Linda Kern passed away Monday, Nov. 22, 2021. She was a resident of Life Care Center. Linda was born to George and Dorothy Yallaly in 1947. She worked at Sam's Club for quite a while and then ran a Santa Surplus store. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary and was president a number of years...

FESTUS, Mo. -- Donna Faye Niswonger McClain, 78, of Festus died Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021 at Mercy Hospital Jefferson. She was born Oct. 27, 1943, in Cape Girardeau to James "Woody" Woodrow and Mary Belle Ford Niswonger. She married Roger McClain. He preceded her in death...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Shirleen M. Mueller, 82, of Perryville died Monday, Nov. 22, 2021, at Independence Care Center in Perryville. Visitation will be from 8:30 to 11 a.m. Friday at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Perryville. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the church with the Rev. Matthew Marks officiating. Burial will be at the church cemetery...

Howard Lee Pierce, 70, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in Saint Louis with his loved ones at his bedside. He was born Nov. 4, 1951, to the late Rev. Frank and Irene Edwards Pierce. Howard and Denise Myers were united in marriage May 14, 1971. They celebrated their 50th anniversary this year...

Lynn Shoemake, 69, son of the late Virgil and Virginia Montgomery Shoemake, was born Oct. 15, 1952,in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and departed this life Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021, at the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell, Missouri. He is survived by three sons, Scott Shoemake of Jackson, Jim (Jenny) Shoemake of Tacoma, Washington, and Matt (Rachel) Shoemake of Eugene, Oregon; two daughters, Cherin (David) Archer of Jackson and Madelynn Shoemake of Cape Girardeau; two brothers, Larry (Mary) Shoemake of Nixa, Missouri, and Bill (Nancy) Shoemake of Richland, Washington; and eight grandchildren.. ...

Paul Wayne Wissmann, 79, of Fruitland area, passed away peacefully Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021, surrounded by his family at his home. Paul was born Oct. 1, 1942, in Cape Girardeau to Jesse and Mary McLain Wissmann. He and the former Margaret Huckstep were married Dec. 8, 1962, in Cape Girardeau and would have celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary next month...

Rodney L. Dunn, 70, of Jackson passed away Friday, Nov. 19, 2021, at his home. He was born July 12, 1951, in Cape Girardeau to the late Clyde and Ida Mae Peters Dunn. Rodney and Joanna G. Williams were married April 14, 1973, in Olive Branch, Illinois...

FESTUS, Mo. -- Donna Faye Niswonger McClain, 78, of Festus died Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021, at Mercy Hospital Jefferson in Festus. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral service will be at noon Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Maxine M. Abernathy, 94, of Perryville died Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021, at Delmar Gardens South in St. Louis. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Perryville. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the church, with the Rev. Matthew Marks officiating. Burial will be at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Perryville...

Our beloved the Rev. Bill L. Burke entered into God's Kingdom on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021. The Rev. Burke was born on March 6, 1952, to Daniel and Geraldine Burke in Beloit, Wisconsin. Bill graduated from Olivet Nazarene University with a B.S. in religion in 1974 and proceeded to minister for 47 years. ...

Johnnie Marie Withrow, 69, of Cape Girardeau passed away Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, at the Heartland Care and Rehab Center. She was born Jan. 23, 1952, in Advance, Missouri, the daughter of Richard and Betty Alton McCain. Johnnie worked for 20 years with the disabled for the State of Missouri at Bellefontaine Habilitation Center in Bellefontaine Neighbors, Missouri. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star in Berkley, Missouri...

The Rev. Billy L. Burke, 69, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday at First Church of Nazarene in Cape Girardeau. Funeral will be at noon Tuesday at the church...

Mary Jane DeBrock, 77, of Cape Girardeau passed away Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021, at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 23, 1944, in Glennon, Missouri, the daughter of Frank and Elizabeth Broshuis DeBrock. Mary worked for VIP Industries for more than 48 1/2 years and started working for Marble Hill VIP in 1972, transferring to the Cape Girardeau VIP in 1980. She was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Cape Girardeau...

OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Johnathon Lutker, 22, of Olive Branch passed away Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, at his home. He was born Oct. 10, 1999, to Tracy and Robin Sams Lutker in Carbondale, Illinois. Johnathon enjoyed shopping and target shooting. Survivors include his parents, Tracy and Robin Lutker; brother, Toby Warren; grandfather, Jerry Sams; and many other relatives and friends...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Larry McCann, 70, of Poplar Bluff passed away Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021, at his home. Larry was born Jan. 11, 1951, to William and Billie Sue Thomas McCann in Sikeston, Missouri. He married Vickie Brown on April 14, 1979, in Millersville. She preceded him in death...

GREENVILLE, Mo. -- Rulen Spies, 82, son of the late, Rulen "Sam" and Reva Pruitt Spies, was born June 11, 1939, in Zalma, Missouri, and departed his life Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021 at his home in Greenville. On May 20, 1967, he was united in marriage to Norma Darlene Lufcy in Benton, Missouri. She survives of the home in Greenville...

GREENVILLE, Mo. -- Rulen Spies, 82, son of the late, Rulen "Sam" and Reva Pruitt Spies, was born June 11, 1939, in Zalma, Missouri, and departed his life on Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021 at his home in Greenville. On May 20, 1967, he was united in marriage to Norma Darlene Lufcy in Benton, Missouri. She survivors of the home in Greenville...

MORLEY, Mo. -- Roy Dollins, son of Louise Hagar Dollins of Morley and the late Burley Joe Dollins, was born July 22, 1968, in Chaffee, Missouri, and departed his life Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021, at his home in Morley at the age of 53 years. Roy was a former truck driver for many years and was also employed by Double D Metalworks...

KOUNTZE, Texas -- Callie Jon Eldridge, 55, of Kountze, formerly of Scott City, died Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, at Baptist Beaumont in Beaumont, Texas. He was born March 19, 1966, in Cape Girardeau to Herbert and Barbara Boucher Eldridge. He was a graduate of Scott City High School in 1984 and served in the U.S. Marine Corps...

Bobby Joe Vines, 87, of Cape Girardeau passed away Monday, Nov. 15, 2021, surrounded by his family at his home. He was born July 5, 1934 in Piggott, Arkansas, to Austin and Dolly Kutchin Vines. He and Joyce Heise were married Sept. 1, 1957, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Egypt Mills...

Bernard "BW" Williams, 58, died Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021, at York Hospital, in York, Pennsylvania. He was born April 4, 1963, in Holland, Missouri, to the late Early and Louvenia Williams. He was a loving father, son, brother and trucker. He is survived by two daughters, Tiffany Williams of San Antonio, Texas, Latoya Mills of Las Vegas, Nevada; and four sons, Malcolm Williams of San Antonio, Texas, Chris Culp, Branson Potter, and Emmanuel Potter, all of Cheyenne, Wyoming...

Mabel Pauline Clendenin, 103, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Nov. 15, 2021, at her home. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time Dec. 4 at McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Dec. 4 at the funeral home, with the Rev. Eric Schmidt officiating. Interment will follow in Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Charles D. Smith, 69, died Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021, at his home near Sikeston. He was born Oct, 18, 1952, at Advance, Missouri, to James Charles and Dora Dixon Smith. On Oct. 28, 1988, he married Debra Jean Jones, who survives of the home...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Donald W. Verseman, 88, of Perryville died Monday, Nov. 15, 2021, at Independence Care Center of Perry County. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville and from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Perryville...

Bobby Joe Vines, 87, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Nov. 15, 2021, at his home. Visitation will be from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral service will follow at 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home with the Rev. Barry Pfanstiel officiating. Burial will be at Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery in Egypt Mills...

BROWNWOOD, Mo. -- Joy Lee Shirrell White, 87, peacefully passed away Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021, surrounded by her loving family at her home in Brownwood. She was born July 11, 1934, in Arab, Missouri, to Delbert and Pauline Bain Shirrell. Her siblings were Ruby Deckard, Kenneth Shirrell and the Rev. James Shirrell, and she is survived by Patsy Slocum of Puxico, Missouri...

HIXSON, Tenn. -- John Edward Stehr of Hixson, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021. A celebration of life church service will be held Saturday at Cross of Christ Lutheran Church in Chattanooga. The family will receive visitors at 9 a.m. in the narthex of the church, and the service will begin at 10 a.m...

Ward Nathan Ireland Jr. of Fruitland, son of Ward and Sarah Cato Ireland, born March 2, 1943, in St. Louis, departed this life Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021, at the age of 78. Ward and Nelda Roe were married March 20, 1971. She survives. Four children were born from their union, Michael Ireland of Jackson, Debra Ireland of St. ...

Harold E. Robinson, 83, of Jackson died Friday, Nov. 12, 2021, at his home. Visitation will be from 9 to 10 a.m. today at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. today at the funeral home, with Harold's pastors from Connection Point Church, the Revs. Kevin Mann and Chris Vaught, and family friend Charlie Mangels conducting the service. Interment will follow at Old Goshen Cemetery near Oak Ridge...

ST. PETERS, Mo. -- Peggy Jo Brotherton, 81, of St. Peters, formerly of Florissant and Bonne Terre, Missouri, went home to be with her Lord Jesus on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021. She was born Oct. 29, 1940, in Patton, Missouri, the daughter of Otis and Tava Seabaugh Sitze. She was a loving wife to Billie Gene Brotherton for 42 years before he passed away March 14, 2015...

COCOA, Fla. -- Timothy Baird Dougan, 58, originally of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, in Cocoa. Tim was born to David and Carol Dougan on Dec. 26, 1962. He attended Cape Girardeau Central High School and completed his vocational training in Laplace, Louisiana...

Wayne Mercer, 82, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021, at Monticello House. He was born Jan. 7, 1939, in Potosi, Missouri, son of Charles O. and Mildred E. Sparks Mercer. Wayne was raised in the Potosi area. After school, he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. He worked as a general contractor for several years, including working for McLane Development Co. in Cape Girardeau...