Obituaries

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Richard L. Boland Jr., 27, of Perryville died Friday, Sept. 13, 2019, in Kaskaskia Island, Illinois. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville. A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Irvin Brooks officiating...

Daryl W. Leine, 51, of Jackson passed away Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 22, 1968, in Cape Girardeau to Doyle E. and Margie Yamnitz Leine. He and Dawn Booth were married Sept. 18, 1993, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson...

Matthew Ulrich, 46, of Cape Girardeau passed away Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019. He was born Sept. 25, 1972, in Cape Girardeau, the son of Phillip and Cindy Benton Ulrich. He and Shelly Haman were married June 19, 1993, in Egypt Mills. Matt worked locally as an electrician. He served honorably in the U.S. Army for six years, with deployments to Iraq. He was an avid hunter and fisherman...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Dorothy L. Flentge, 90, of Perryville died Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, at Independence Care Center. Visitation will be from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Monday at Immanuel Lutheran Church. Funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the church, with the Rev. Matthew Marks officiating. Burial will be at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Perryville...

David Blake Schaffner, 59, of Millersville died Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, at his home. He was born Aug. 10, 1960, in Lebanon, Missouri, to David Ernst and Barbara Ann Blattner Schaffner. David was a 1978 Cape Girardeau Central High School graduate. He received a degree in industrial technology from Southeast Missouri State University...

Maurine M. Stewart, 98 years and 17 days young, passed away Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Maurine was born Aug. 26, 1921, outside Parma, Missouri, to Murray E. and Ollie M. Orr Nichols, the oldest of eight children. She married James A. Daniels on Nov. 19, 1939. James was killed Oct. 7, 1945, in France during World War II. She married Stancil J. Stewart on Oct. 20, 1948. He passed away Aug. 13, 1976...

THEBES, Ill. -- Jackie Dale Stevens, 74, of Thebes passed away Friday, Sept. 13, 2019, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. He was born Jan. 20, 1945, in Bollinger County, Missouri, to Dale and Ruby Hanners Stevens. He and Roberta Kaufman were united in marriage in 1963...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Irene Stringfellow, daughter of the late James David Taylor and Emma Alice Pugh Taylor was born April 8, 1928, in Loretto, Tennessee, and departed this life Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau at the age of 91 years...

ANNA, Ill. -- Leonard Leon Cooley, 93, of Anna died at 12:24 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, at Illinois Veterans Home. Visitation will be held from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Crain Funeral Home in Anna. Funeral will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with Pastor Steve Guined officiating. Interment will follow in Anna City Cemetery, with military honors accorded by the Carroll P. Foster Post No. 3455 and the Illinois National Guard...

James P. McLain, 88, of Jackson passed away Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 20, 1931, in Fruitland, son of Bern and Edith Estes McLain. He and Della Estell Stovall were married July 30, 1982, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Mary Agnes Otte, 87, of Perryville died Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, at Holiday Residential Care in Perryville. She was born Aug, 28, 1932, in St. Mary, Missouri, to Clarence Lambert and Mary Adelaide Bartels Maloney. She and August Albert "Ab" Otte were married June 5, 1956. He preceded her in death Nov. 8, 2005...

David Blake Schaffner, 59, of Millersville died Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, at his home. Visitation will be 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Memorial service will be at noon Tuesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Jeff Estes officiating. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau...

WATSEKA, Ill. -- Ersell Greenlee Tomal, 99, of Watseka passed away Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, at Heritage Woods in Watseka. She was born April 2, 1920, to Lee Ran and Maggie Guthrie Hathcock in Vanndale, Arkansas. She married Ernest Cannon. She married Murl Greenlee on Oct. 13, 1942. During this union, five children were born. Ersell and Murl were married almost 43 years, until his death Oct. 9, 1985. She married George Robins and later married Joseph Tomal...

Mary Ann Aldrich, 77, of Cape Girardeau passed away Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, at her home, surrounded by her family. She was born March 10, 1942, in Greeley, Colorado, the daughter of Aaron and Josephine Perez Williams Sr. She and Roy Aldrich were married, and he passed away in January 2016...

Philip K. Brandon, 56, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born July 14, 1963, in Hammond, Indiana, to Bobby and Margaret Brandon. Philip honorably served four years in the U.S. Air Force...

Lloyd M. Engelmann, 97, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, at Lutheran Home. He was born Sept. 4, 1922, in Daisy to Alvin A. and M. Alma Linebarger Engelmann. He and Dorothy C. Phillips were married June 6, 1943, at Oak Ridge Baptist Church. She preceded him in death Aug. 12, 2018...

Shirley Gibson, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019, at Southeast Hospital. She was born Sept. 30, 1935, in Cape Girardeau to Bennie and Della Duncan Baker. She was united in holy matrimony to Donald Gibson on Sept. 6, 1958, in Cape Girardeau. This union blessed them with two sons, Michael and Brian...

Goldie Hobeck, 95, of Friedheim passed away Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 1, 1924, in Daisy to Elmer and Nora Hahs Henry. She and Floyd Hobeck were married March 13, 1943, in Jackson. They had been married nearly 63 years, when Floyd passed away Feb. 11, 2006...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Mary Agnes Otte, 87, of Perryville died Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019 at Holiday Residential Care. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Perryville. Funeral Mass will be at noon Saturday at the church, with the Rev. Rickey Valleroy officiating. Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery in Perryville...

ROUND ROCK, Texas -- Joyce J. Young, 91, of Round Rock, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, Sept. 9, 2019, at her home. Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m. Sept. 20 at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sept. 20 at the funeral home. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau...

Shirley Gibson, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019, at Southeast Hospital. Visitation will be 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at First Presbyterian Church. Funeral will follow at noon Saturday at the church, with the Rev. Ellen Gurnon officiating. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park...

ADVANCE, Mo. -- Shirley Jean Ladd, 82, of Advance went home to be with our Lord on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. She was born Dec. 14, 1936, in Bollinger County, Missouri, the daughter of Arthur Owen and Mary Emily Lawson Kennedy. Shirley and Glen Ladd were united in marriage on Feb. 7, 1953, at Marble Hill, Missouri, and he preceded her in death March 30, 2004...

ST. LOUIS -- Rebecca Jane Lang Walls, formerly of Cape Girardeau, passed away Monday, Aug. 26, 2019, at her home. She was the daughter of Hugo A. Lang Jr. and Elizabeth Jane Matthews. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, James Walls; and daughter Holly Montgomery...

ADVANCE, Mo, -- Floyd Bowers, 72, of Advance passed away Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019, at his home. He was born Dec. 5, 1946, in Delta, son of George Washington and Victoria Eakins Bowers. Floyd and Bonnie Bowers were united in marriage April 1, 1991, in Illinois and she survives of the home...

Bonnie Jo Bradford, 62, of Jackson died Friday, Sept. 6, 2019, at her home. Family and friends may gather from 10 to 11 a.m. Sept. 28 at Crain Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Cape Girardeau. Memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Sept. 28 at the funeral home. Inurnment will follow at a later date at Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Philip Brandon, 56, of Marble Hill died Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Cremation rites will be accorded. Crain Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Cape Girardeau is in charge of arrangements...

Jason C. Deckard, 41, of Allenville passed away Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, at Saint Louis University Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Sept. 24, 1977, in Cape Girardeau, the son of Jon and Gala Watkins Deckard. Jason and Amanda Thompson were united in marriage Oct. 5, 2002, at Allenville, and she survives of the home...

Norman J. Fornkohl, 85, of Cape Girardeau passed away Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019, at Chateau Girardeau. He was born Sept. 4, 1934, to Henry C. and Mary D. Comer Fornkohl in Egypt Mills. He was baptized Sept. 22, 1935, at Trinity Lutheran Church of Egypt Mills and confirmed Dec. ...

Christopher Burton Partridge, 58, of Jackson died Monday, Aug. 26, 2019, at the home of a friend near Marble Hill, Missouri. A military honors service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield. Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill is assisting the family...

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Shirley Jane Ryan, 78, of Marble Hill passed away Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, at Monticello House in Jackson. She was born May 4, 1941, in Elden, Iowa, daughter of Delbert H. and Elizabeth Earnest Keller. She and John Thomas Ryan were united in marriage July 6, 1983, and he passed away Feb. 23, 2013...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Lester Lee Terbrak, 77, of Perryville died Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019 at his home. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Christ the Savior Church Hall in Brewer, Missouri. Celebration of Life will be at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at the church hall, with Alan Terbrak officiating. Funeral luncheon will follow at Christ the Savior Church Hall...

BENTON, Mo. -- Janeth Ann Weber, 70, of Benton died Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019, at her home. She was born Nov. 28, 1948, in Glennon, Missouri, to Henry and Irene Vandermierden Beel. She married Leonard George Weber on Nov. 30, 1968. She was a supply technician for Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was a member of St. Denis Catholic Church in Benton...

ADVANCE, Mo. — Leman R. Schrader, 86, of Advance passed away Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, at Advance Assisted Living. He was born Feb. 2, 1933, in Zalma, Missouri, the son of Oscar Lee and Hettie Berrong Schrader. Leman served in the U.S. Army from 1953 to 1955. ...

Edna Mae “Babe” Grant, 84 of Jackson passed away Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, at The Villas of Jackson. She was born March 5, 1935, in Jackson to Alvin and Altha I. Drum Schlegel. It was an uncle who gave her the nickname “Babe.” ...

COMMERCE, Mo. -- Mamie Aline LeDure, 102, of Commerce entered the gates of Heaven at 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019. She was born Oct. 23, 1916, near Commerce to John Gustav and Lucy Spraker Sander. She married Leo Joseph LeDure on Dec. 20, 1933. He preceded her in death Sept. 6, 1998...

On Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, Georgia Mae Robins, loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother, left this earth to be with our Lord and Savior at the age of 92. Georgia was born April, 18, 1927, in Advance, Missouri, to Lawrence and Eula Williams. She met the love of her life, Thomas Lincoln Robins, and was married Feb. 2, 1946...

Doyle E. Leine, 75, of Daisy passed away Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019, at Monticello House in Jackson. Born in Cape Girardeau to Eugene and Henrietta Engelmann Leine on July 4, 1944, Doyle was an only child. He and Margie Yamnitz were married April 1, 1967, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson. They had been married 50 years when Margie passed away July 13, 2017...

** Dorothy Makins Dorothy Makins, 92, of Jackson passed away Friday, Sept. 6, 2019, at her home. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.

DENVER -- Mary Miller, 93, of Denver, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019, at Denver Hospice Inpatient Care Center. She was born June 28, 1926, in Benton, Missouri, to Louis and Margaret McKamie Waldschmidt. She and Lester Miller Jr. were married Oct. 20, 1947, at Benton. He preceded her in death June 12, 2009...

Clarence Martin Schlimpert, 96, of Cape Girardeau formerly of Shawneetown passed away Friday, Sept. 6, 2019, at Lutheran Home. He was born Aug. 31, 1923, in Shawneetown to Charles and Dora Starzinger Schlimpert. He and Wilma Lange were married April 21, 1946, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Tilsit...

ROCKVIEW, Mo. -- Janet Sue Sadler Totty, 76, of Rockview earned her angel wings and went to be with our Lord and Savior in the early morning hours Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, surrounded by her loving family...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- John Theodore Melton, 77, of Perryville died Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, at his home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today and from 6:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with Charlie Mangels officiating. Burial will be at Whitewater Presbyterian Cemetery in Sedgewickville, Missouri...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Dorothy May Luttman, 78, of Perryville died Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born in St. Louis on July 21, 1941, she was the daughter of John Arthur and Oleta Pearl Ham Lemons. She married Eugene Porter, the father of her children. Following his death, she married Edward Luttman, who preceded her in death...

Bobby Gene Windeknecht, 86, of Scott City died Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019, at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 13, 1933, in Cape Girardeau to Wilson Arno and Lorene Elizabeth Sides Windeknecht. He and Mildred Lorene Bogenpohl were married Nov. 19, 1955, at Egypt Mills. She preceded him in death May 21, 2010...

Letitia "Treasa" Kay Blumenberg of Jackson passed away Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019, at the age of 63, with family at her side. She was born Oct. 29, 1955, in East Prairie, Missouri, to Wesley and Eloise Blumenberg, who preceded her in death. She was a licensed beautician and loved to grow flowers, and her greatest desire was to witness to others about Christ...

Shirlene Voerg gained her angel wings Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, after spending her final days surrounded by family and friends in Cape Girardeau. It brings her family great comfort to know she was reunited with the love of her life, Bill, and the sisters and grandson she missed so much...

DEXTER, Mo. -- Paul McAnelly, son of the Fred and Ella Lowery McAnelly, was born Feb. 28, 1923, in Cape Girardeau and departed this life Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 96. On Dec. 2, 1948, he was united in marriage to Betty Jewel Lockhart. She preceded him in death Nov. 19, 2008...

Mary Ann Aldrich, 77, of Cape Girardeau passed away Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, at her home, surrounded by family. She was born March 10, 1942, in Greeley, Colorado, the daughter of Aaron and Josephine Perez Williams Sr. She and Roy Aldrich were married, and he passed away in January 2016...

Irene Amos, 96, of Cape Girardeau passed away Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019, at Ratliff Care Center. Irene was born March 23, 1923, in Gordonville to Martin Fred and Mary Celia Meier Amos. She moved to St. Louis in 1924 to complete nurse's training at City Hospital. She served as a registered nurse at City Hospital for 41 years...

RESTON, Va. -- Roy G. Hudson Jr., 61, of Reston died Monday, Aug. 19, 2019, at his home. Visitation will be from noon to 1 p.m. Sept. 21 at United Methodist Church in Perryville, Missouri. Memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Sept. 21 at the church, with the Rev. Kevin Barron officiating. Immediately following will be the burial at Home Cemetery...