Obituaries

Thomas Campbell of Cape Girardeau departed this world Friday, June 15, 2018. He leaves behind his wife of 40 years, Robin Campbell, along with his children, Aimee (Clint) Ticer, Wesley (Becci) Campbell and Sara (Kris) St. Clair. He also leaves behind six grandchildren, Alyssa, Emilie, Alex, Kristopher, Forester and Willow, along with numerous family and friends...

John R. Gilmore, 81, of Jackson, passed away Tuesday, June 19, 2018, at his home. He was born April 16, 1937, in Fruitland, to John W. "Woody" and Evelyn A. Ackman Gilmore. He and Shelby Jean King were married March 23, 1958, in Fruitland. John was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, serving honorably from Dec. 8, 1955 to Aug. 14, 1957...

WELLINGTON, Ohio -- Robert L. Hecht passed away Tuesday, June 19, 2018, at the age of 88. Bob was born Dec. 27, 1929, in Chester, Illinois, where he resided until moving with his family to Jackson. He graduated from Jackson High School in 1947. Following graduation, he enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1951. Upon discharge, he was employed by U.S. Fidelity and Guaranty until he retired in 1991 as assistant controller...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Marie J. Lukefahr, 82, of Perryville died Wednesday, June 20, 2018, at her home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday and from 6:30 to 10 a.m. Saturday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, with the Rev. Stan Hargis officiating. Burial will be in Crossroads Methodist Cemetery in Bollinger County, Missouri...

On Saturday, June 16, 2018, one precious man, Eric L. Sterling, died at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Eric "Spoon" "The Dipper" Sterling was born Sept. 12, 1951, in Benton Harbor, Michigan, to L.C. and Sheletha Sterling. He was blessed with a big, loving family of nine brothers and four sisters...

John Robert Gilmore, 81, of Jackson died Tuesday, June 19, 2018, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.

Iva Rosalee Kuntze, beloved mother and grandmother, is in Heaven with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. She was born March 25, 1918, and God blessed her with 100 years on Earth, until He called her home Friday, June 15, 2018. She was the fifth of six children born to Ada and Mary Blaylock Masters of Sedgewickville, Missouri. Her young years were spent there, where she was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran church...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- John William "Billy" Laurentius, 67, of Perryville died Monday, June 18, 2018, at his home in Cape Girardeau County. He was born Dec. 15, 1950, in Perryville, son of John A. and Bertha J. Schemel Laurentius. John was a farmer. He enjoyed gardening and loved growing trees. He was a fabulous source of local history and a graduate of Oak Ridge High School, class of 1969...

Timothy James Quigley, 70, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, June 18, 2018, at his home. Visitation will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. An Elks service will begin at 4 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home, followed by a memorial service...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Ida Mae Behrle Edmond, 82, of Fredericktown, Missouri, formerly of Perryville, died Saturday, June 16, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 6:30 to 10 a.m. Friday at Young and Sons Funeral Home...

Larry R. Hanning, 78, of Burfordville died Sunday, June 17, 2018, at Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 13, 1939, in Cape Girardeau to Ruel L. and Martha E. Hitt Hanning. He and Sharon Cobb were married Sept. 10, 1967, at Vandalia, Missouri...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Melissa Konopka, 31, of Chaffee passed from this life Sunday, June 17, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 3, 1986, at Charleston, South Carolina, the daughter of John Jr. and Margaret Kauffelt Konopka. Melissa leaves behind the loves of her life, her sons, Caden Wade and Dax Copeland, both of the home. ...

Retired judge of the Los Angeles County Northern District Superior Court (California) Steven Ogden, 74, of Cape Girardeau passed away Thursday, June 14, 2018, at his home. Steven was born Nov. 4, 1943, in Los Angeles to Dale and Wilma Ogden. He was a 1965 graduate of Occidental College and of the University of California-Los Angeles School of Law in 1969, being admitted to the state bar that same year...

Leta Lynette Smith, 57, of Scott City died Friday, June 15, 2018, at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau. A memorial service will be held at 6 p.m. today at Scott City Community Center, 404 N. Lincoln St., in Scott City. Memorial donations may be made to Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel to assist with funeral expenses...

Eric L. Sterling, 66, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, June 16, 2018, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 3075 Cape LaCroix Road, in Cape Girardeau. Burial will follow at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery...

Larry R. Hanning, 78, of Burfordville died Sunday, June 17, 2018, at Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau and from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at Christ Lutheran Church in Gordonville...

Iva Rosalie Kuntze, 100, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, June 15, 2018, at Monticello House in Jackson. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Friday at Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Jackson. The funeral will be at noon Friday at the funeral home...

ORAN, Mo. — Agnes Regina Landewee, 79, of Oran died Friday, June 15, 2018. She was born May 25, 1939, at her birth home, daughter of the late Adam and Frances Asmus. She and Harold J. Landewee were married Aug. 13, 1960. He preceded her in death Feb. 10, 2017...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Tommy Joe "T.J." Sousley, 53, of Chaffee, formerly of Jackson, passed away Friday, June 15, 2018, at his home. He was born May 16, 1965, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Charles Oliver and Irma Edmonds Sousley. T.J. was a machinist by trade, working in Kansas City, Texas and at Erlbacher Gear and Machine Works in Cape Girardeau. His health declined and he was forced to take disability due to his back and shoulder issues...

James Burnell Englehart, 84, of Oak Ridge died Thursday, June 14, 2018, at Southeast Hospital. He was born Dec. 17, 1933, in Jackson to William Herbert and Agnes Estelle Bandy Englehart. He and Madonna Eggers were married Dec. 27, 1956, at Jackson. James served in the Air Force in the Korean War from 1952 to 1956. He served in Japan for two and a half of those years...

Charles Albert Graham, 92, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, June 12, 2018, at Lutheran Home. He was born Feb. 15, 1926, in Holland, Missouri, to Regie Burlon and Mamye Lorene Sackers Graham. He and Dorothy Francis were married Jan. 26, 1951, at Piggott, Arkansas...

Paul R. Kesterson Sr., 85, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, June 13, 2018, at Southeast Hospital. He was born Dec. 5, 1932, in Cape Girardeau to Jessie Edward and Alice Lee Parker Kesterson. He and JoAnn Followell were married May 19, 1951, at Cape Girardeau...

ORAN, Mo. -- Agnes Landewee, 79, of Oran died Friday, June 15, 2018, at her family home. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Sunday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran. Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Guardian Angel Catholic Church in Oran. Burial will be in the church cemetary...

Christine M. "Chris" Leonard, 69, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Salem, Missouri, died Wednesday, June 13, 2018, at her home. A memorial service may be announced at a later date. Cremation accorded by McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau...

Virginia Lee Morse, 78, of Jackson passed away Friday, June 15, 2018, at her home. She was born Jan. 31, 1940, in Cape Girardeau to Luther and Imogene Edmonds Wise. Virginia taught school for 36 years in Sikeston, Missouri, retiring in 1998. She was a member of Connection Point Church in Jackson. She formerly taught Sunday school at First Baptist Church in Blodgett, Missouri...

ADVANCE, Mo. -- David Wiseman, 58, of Advance passed away Friday, June 15, 2018, at his home. He was born July 1, 1959, at Sikeston, Missouri, the son of Odis and Evelyn Cooper Wiseman. David and Judy Myers were united in marriage Feb. 19, 1978. He and Billie Limbaugh Bowman later married April 22, 2005, at Eureka Springs, Arkansas, and she survives of the home...

Dr. Salvatore Charles "Charlie" Balsamo died Friday, Dec. 29, 2017. Survivors include his wife, Sue Keim Balsamo; three children, Charles Anthony (Ann) Balsamo of St. Louis, Dr. Luke Hodgson (Thao Nguyen) Balsamo of Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Charlotte Kathryn (Aaron) Puttroff of San Diego; four grandchildren, Cole Evan Puttroff and Ford Thomas Puttroff of San Diego and Wesley Salvatore Balsamo and Dolores Charles Balsamo of St. Louis; as well as many friends...

ST. MARY, Mo. -- Audrey M. Dillard, 92, of St. Mary died peacefully at her home, surrounded by family, Wednesday, June 13, 2018. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today and 6:30 to 10 a.m. Saturday at Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville, Missouri...

Paul R. Kesterson Sr., 85, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, June 13, 2018, at Southeast Hospital. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. Funeral will follow at 1 p.m. at the funeral home, with the Revs. David Pringle and Marvin Followell officiating. Entombment will be at Cape County Memorial Park Mausoleum in Cape Girardeau...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Rose L. Schnurbusch, 92, of Perryville died Wednesday, June 13, 2018, at Independence Care Center. She was born Sept. 16, 1925, in Silver Lake, Missouri, daughter of Joseph B. and Mary N. Duvall Gibbar. She and Wallace W. Schnurbusch married Sept. 6, 1944, in Long Beach, California, just before he shipped out to the Philippines. He preceded her in death May 19, 2002...

ST. ANN, Mo. -- Lowell Gaylord Spane II, 51, of St. Ann, Missouri, formally of Chaffee, passed away Wednesday, June 13, 2018, at SSM Health DePaul Hospital in Bridgeton, Missouri. He was born Jan. 27, 1967, in Cape Girardeau to Lowell Gaylord and Margaret Ann Chamberlain Spane...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Thelma Lea Baker Stone, 94, of Chaffee died Wednesday, June 13, 2018, at her home. She was born Dec. 30, 1923, to the Rev. Charles R. and Mary E. Baker in Bourbon, Missouri. Rev. Baker was appointed to the Methodist Church in Piedmont, Missouri, and that is where Thelma spent her childhood and teenage years until she and George F. Stone of Chaffee married April 7, 1940...

GRANITE CITY, Ill. -- Carolyn Marie Welter, 70, of Granite City passed away Wednesday, June 13, 2018, at Anderson Hospital in Maryville, Illinois. She was born June 16, 1947, in Cape Girardeau to Ellis "Buck" and Helen Graham Whittaker. Carolyn was a security officer for District 150 schools in Peoria, Illinois, for 30 years. She enjoyed playing video poker machines and taking trips to Las Vegas...

Dr. Salvatore Charles "Charlie" Balsamo, 89, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Dec. 29, 2017, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. Funeral will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Christ Episcopal Church in Cape Girardeau. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Ruth A. Dillingham, 89, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Jackson, passed away Tuesday, June 12, 2018, at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 28, 1929, in Cape Girardeau County, the daughter of Arthur Otto and Ida Suedekum Keller. She and Ray E. Dillingham were married Nov. 23, 1952, at Trinity Lutheran Church at Egypt Mills. He preceded her in death April 27, 2008...

Joe Lynn Girard, 41, of Oak Ridge was killed Saturday, June 9, 2018, at Brick's Off Road Park in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. He was born Nov. 7, 1976, in Chaffee, Missouri, to James "Jim" Elbert and Virginia "Jen" Lee Ahrens Girard. He graduated from Oak Ridge High School in 1996...

** Dorothy Johnston Dorothy Lee Johnston, 89, of Jackson died Tuesday, June 12, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. A private memorial service will be held at a future date. Hutchings Funeral Chapel is assisting the family.

HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. -- Allen Kent Jones, age 52, of Hendersonville passed away Wednesday, June 6, 2018, at Tri-Star Medical Center in Hendersonville. He was born Sept. 12, 1966, to Glenn W. and Loudean O. Abernathy Jones. Allen grew up in the Crump/Lake Girardeau area and, as a child, attended Bethlehem General Baptist Church in Crump. He attended Delta Elementary School, graduated from Jackson High School in 1983 and attended Linn State Technical College near Jefferson City, Missouri...

Margaret Kelley, 72, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, June 12, 2018, at Heartland Care and Rehab. She was born Sept. 26, 1945, in Collinsville, Illinois, to the late Lawrence and Henrietta Novero Klinsbeck. Margaret and Lloyd Kelley were married Aug. 20, 1966. He survives...

Clyde "Mac" McDonald Jr., 85, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, June 12, 2018, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. He was born Aug. 16, 1932, in Cape Girardeau to Clyde A. and Mary Lee Davidson McDonald Sr. He and Dorothy Weber were married May 31, 1958, in Altenburg, Missouri. She preceded him in death Dec. 10, 2014...

Loyd William Smith, 87, of Scott City died Wednesday, June 13, 2018, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 9, 1930, in Dupo, Illinois, to John Henry and Mary Elizabeth Lynn Smith. Loyd was retired from the U.S. Army and had served in the Korean War...

** Ruth Dillingham Ruth A. Dillingham, 89, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Jackson, passed away Tuesday, June 12, 2018, at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. -- Kathy Marie Driscoll, 68, of Jacksonville, formerly of McClure, Illinois, passed away Friday, June 8, 2018, at New Hanover Medical Center in Wilmington, North Carolina. She was born July 23, 1949, in Lilbourn, Missouri, to Bill and Cloie Wylie Greer. She and James Driscoll were married March 26, 1966. He preceded her in death Feb. 16, 2002...

Joe Lynn Girard, 41, of Oak Ridge died Saturday, June 9, 2018, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Jackson Funeral Home in Jackson. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Ruth Ann Hailey, 74, of Chaffee passed away Saturday, June 9, 2018, at her home. She was born April 8, 1944, in Chaffee to Henry and Stella Sander Nordin. Ruth worked at Procter & Gamble for more than 20 years. Loving survivors include two daughters, Lana (Rusty) Rister of Chaffee and Laura (David) Halter of Scott City; five grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Scott Nordin and Ronnie Carroll; and a sister, Jean McGuire of Chaffee...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Carl Wayne Isreal, 65, of Perryville died Tuesday, June 12, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. Memorial service will be at noon Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Don Estes officiating...

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Nedra Vernelia Johnson, 97, of Marble Hill died Tuesday, June 12, 2018, at Woodland Hills in Marble Hill. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the El Nathan Cemetery in Marble Hill. Hutchings Funeral Chapel is assisting the family...

** Larry Jones Larry Wayne Jones, 76, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, June 8, 2018. Private services will be held. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Marcellus Jones, 50, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, June 9, 2018, at his home. He was born Jan. 7, 1968, in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Selina Jones-Kearney. Marcellus was a graduate of Rockbridge High School in Columbia, Missouri. He attended Southeast Missouri State University, where he played on the football team...

Clyde "Mac" McDonald Jr., 85, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, June 12, 2018, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Mark Martin officiating. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery...