Obituaries

Bell City, Mo. — Macauther Lane Richard, 37, of Bell City died Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.

ALTENBURG, Mo. -- Milton O. Schlimpert, 79, of Altenburg died Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, at Independence Care Center of Perry County in Perryville, Missouri. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday and from 6:30 to 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at Ford & Young East Perry Chapel in Altenburg. ...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Violet Rosalia Sanders, 85, of Perryville passed away Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 15, 1934, in Pocahontas, the daughter of Rudolph and Rosalie Kain Petzoldt. She and Melvin Sanders married June 14, 1969, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Pocahontas. He preceded her in death on April 24, 1982...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Phillip E. "Gene" Schearf, son of the late Philip Ludwig and Myrtle Amelia Stoffregen Schearf, was born Sept. 28, 1925, in Delta and departed this life Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, at his home in Sikeston at the age of 94 years. On Feb. 26, 1949, he was united in marriage to Enid Alice Campbell in Chaffee, Missouri. She survives of the home in Sikeston...

Doyle Leslie Perr, 72, of Scott City died Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 11, 1947, in Cape Girardeau to Henry Ernest and Edith Jane Welsh Perr. He worked maintenance for Rhodes City Truck Stop. He was a member of Eisleben Lutheran Church in Scott City and was a longtime member of the Scott City Kiwanis Club. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force...

Thelma P. Cook, 96, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020, at Saxony Village. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.

Robert Lee Foster, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020, at his home. He was born June 9, 1936, in Vaiden, Mississippi, to James and Bessie Bailey Foster. He and Lillie Brocks were married March 10, 1978, at Cape Girardeau. Robert served his country in the U.S. Marine Corps...

Gerald Hart Johnson of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020, at his home at the age of 85. He was born Oct. 17, 1934, on his father's birthday, in Anna, Illinois, the only child of Dr. O.E. and Elsie Hartline Johnson. On May 6, 1956, he married Joyce Ann Aldridge of Wolf Lake, Illinois. She preceded him in death Jan. 9, 2005. He married Farris Bishop Newberry on July 1, 2006, in Houston. She preceded him in death Jan 27, 2017...

STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. -- Jill Juden Pigott, 82, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, surrounded by her three children. She was born Nov. 2, 1937. Jill was raised in Cape Girardeau and resided in Seattle for 25 years and then in Stone Mountain near her son, Miles, for the past 15 years...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Elaine Schlegel, daughter of the late William F. and Adella M. Glueck Schmitt, was born July 2, 1948, in Cape Girardeau and departed this life Friday, Jan. 17, 2020, at her home in Chaffee at the age of 71 years. Elaine graduated from Chaffee Senior High in 1966. She worked for Thorngate Ltd. in Cape Girardeau and retired after receiving her 41-years-of-service award. She was a member of St. Ann Sodality and St. Lawrence Catholic Church in New Hamburg, Missouri...

Betty Jane Watson, 86, of Jackson, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020, at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 1, 1933, in East Prairie, Missouri, to Charles and Florence Smith Cowser. She attended school in East Prairie. She was an attentive mother, grandmother and most recently a great-great-grandmother to a loving family who affectionately called her JJ...

LAKE WAPPAPELLO, Mo. -- Michael G. Bullinger, 62, of Lake Wappapello, formerly of Cape Girardeau, passed away Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. He was born April 28, 1957, in Cape Girardeau to Norman and Glenda Green Bullinger. He and JoBeth Little were married Oct. 15, 2005...

Robert Lee Foster, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.

Dwight Louis Hendon, 60, passed away Monday, Jan. 20, 2020, at his home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 8, 1960, in Sikeston, Missouri, to the late Jesse Gene and Jane Fisher Hendon. Survivors include two sisters, Jan Bennett and Holly Hendon, both of Wappapello, Missouri...

Patricia Ann McClard, 81, of Jackson passed away Monday, Jan. 20, 2020, at her home. She was born Sept. 27, 1938, in Jackson, daughter of Walter Sr. and Alma Kinder Schroeder. Pat was a 1956 graduate of Jackson High School and attained a Bachelor of Science in education from Southeast Missouri State University...

Nelson O. Sebastian, 85, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Tilsit, passed away Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020, at Lutheran Home. He was born Nov. 2, 1934, in Whitewater to Hugo and Amanda Fluegge Sebastian. He was a longtime, faithful member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Tilsit, having been baptized and confirmed there. He was a 1952 graduate of Jackson High School...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Jameson Wayde Statler died Friday, Jan. 17, 2020, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was born that day to Kelly D. Statler and Heather M. Hotop. Ford and Young Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Mary Lou Berkbigler, 82, of Perryville died Monday, Jan. 20, 2020, at Independence Care Center. Visitation will be from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Maurus Catholic Church in Biehle, Missouri. Funeral Mass will be at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at the church, with the Rev. Jim French officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery...

Devonda Darlene Casey, 65, of Jackson died Friday, Jan. 17, 2020. Visitation and funeral were Monday at Ford and Sons Jackson Funeral Home. Burial was at Lorimier Cemetery in Cape Girardeau. ...

James "Jim" Allen Eakin passed away peacefully Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, at The Palms in Sebring, Florida. He was born to Othel and Mary Alice Reed Eakin on July 3, 1941, in Atkins, Arkansas. He lived most of his life in Cape Girardeau. He became a resident of Avon Park, Florida, in 2019. Jim married Michelle Armstrong on Dec. 20, 1999...

ADVANCE, Mo. -- Hazel V. Garner, 91, of Advance passed away Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 22, 1928, in Marble Hill, Missouri, the daughter of Robert Lee and Opal Francis Woodfin. Hazel and Troy D. Garner were united in marriage Sept. 9, 1944, in Bollinger County, Missouri, and he preceded her in death Feb. 8, 2018...

Shirley Ann Kinder, 80, of Jackson passed away Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 26, 1939, in Friedheim to Albert and Bertha Ahrens Kester. Shirley married Robert M. “Bob” Kinder on May 19, 1962, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim. Bob passed away Oct. 20, 2006...

Nelson Sebastian, 85, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Tilsit, died Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020, at Lutheran Home. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Tilsit. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the church, with the Rev. Mark Boettcher officiating. Interment, with military honors, will follow at 3 p.m. Thursday at Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Jeff S. Young, 57, of Perryville died Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020, at his home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 6:30 to 10 a.m. Friday at Ford and Young Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Rich Wehrmeyer officiating...

Mary Ellen Culbertson, daughter of the late Oliver Thomas "O.T." Finley and Myrtle Fern Stephens Finley was born Aug. 14, 1935, in Scott County, Missouri, and departed this life Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, at her home in Chandler, Indiana. at the age of 84 years...

Douglas Gene August, 80, of Scott City died Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, at his home. He was born Dec. 28, 1939, in Ancell to Mason and Josephine Catherine Welter. He married Velma Jane Krieger on March 14, 1961. He was a conductor for Union Pacific Railroad and was a member of the Eisleben Lutheran Church in Scott City. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy...

CHANDLER, Ind. -- Mary Ellen Finley Culbertson, 84, of Chandler, formerly of Scott City, died Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, at her home. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Michelle Rae Oehlert, 32, of St. Louis, formerly of Perryville, died Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, at her home. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday at Ford and Young Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 7 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with Deacon Joe Brindley officiating...

Josephine Ida Schuessler, 96, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, at Southeast Hospital. She was born Oct. 15, 1923, in Cape Girardeau County to John Henry Phillip and Amanda Rosine Springer Frank. She and Victor G. Schuessler were married Sept. 9, 1945, at Hanover Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau. He preceded her in death Dec. 25, 2003...

Ira Avery Jr. of Whitewater, son of the late Ira Sr. and Sophia Ann Kelly Avery, was born June 4, 1923, in Clines Island, Missouri, and passed away Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, in Whitewater at age 96. He was born, raised and attended church and school at Clines Island in Stoddard County. After eighth grade, he continued learning with the Civilian Conservation Corp (1939 to 1940) and the Merchant Marines as a seaman (1941 to 1945) based in New London, Connecticut...

Ruth Cox Hedden, long-time Cape Girardeau educator, died at the age of 88 on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, at Ratliff Care Center. Ruth began her career as a teacher in Georgia and finished it as a sixth-grade teacher at Hawthorn School, now Clippard School, where she worked beginning in 1971 until her retirement in 1998. ...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Nick Heid, 29, of Perryville, formerly of Cape Girardeau, passed away at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020, in Jackson. He was born June 12, 1990, in Carbondale, Illinois, to Vernon and Angelene Helton Heid. Nick was a graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School and worked at Lawless Harley-Davidson before moving on to AT&T, working in communications. He loved life best on the back of his Harley...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Mildred H. Kiefer, 87, of Perryville died Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, at Independence Care Center of Perry County. The funeral will be private for the family. Ford and Young Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Josephine Ida Schuessler, 96, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, at Southeast Hospital. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Hanover Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Steven Theiss officiating. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery...

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Debbie Thomas, 67, formerly of Chaffee, Missouri, and Cape Girardeau, died Friday, Jan. 10, 2020, at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth. She was born Feb. 8, 1952, to the late Ervin and Betty Thomas. A graduate of Chaffee High School, Southeast Missouri State University and the University of Missouri School of Medicine, she returned to Chaffee High School to teach English for seven years. ...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Ronald "Ronnie" J. Turlin, 60, of Perryville died Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, at his home. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday and from 6:30 to 10 a.m. Tuesday at Ford and Young Funeral home in Perryville. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Rich Wehrmeyer, CM, officiating. Burial will be at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Cemetery in Silver Lake, Missouri...

Randy Brown, 55, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, at his home in Whitewater, after a two-year battle with cancer. Randy was born Nov. 22, 1964, in Fredericktown, Missouri. He married Jewell Livingston on Sept. 24, 2019. He was an avid Dallas Cowboys fan, bass fisherman and master carpenter...

ST. ANN, Mo. -- Deanna K. Johnson Champ passed away Monday, Jan. 13, 2020. She was the beloved wife of the late Ray Keith Champ; dearest mother of Ray (Sarah) Champ Jr.; grandmother of Kayla, Sophia, Alyssa and Ash; dear daughter of Blanch and the late Jerry Johnson; daughter-in-law to Julie Smith; dear sister of Donna (Steve) Brazil; aunt of Tyler and Tracy; and dear niece, cousin and friend to many...

Ashley Marie Howard, 22, of Jackson passed away Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020. She was born Oct. 25, 1997, in Salt Lake City. She was the daughter of Cecil and Vicki Lopas Smith. She and Zachary Howard were married Oct. 7, 2018, in Sanford, Florida. Ashley worked at the AT&T call center as a sales representative. She enjoyed playing pool, hanging out with friends and family, and loved to decorate. She was a "doer" and had a giving heart. Her family was very important to her...

Verna G. White, 99, of Jackson died Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 8, 1920, in Bonne Terre, Missouri, to Courtney and Oriole Rou Johnson. She was a member of Seventh-day Adventist Church in Cape Girardeau...

WAPPAPELLO, Mo. -- Michael Bullinger, 62, of Wappapello, formerly of Chaffee, Missouri, died Thursday, Jan 9, 2020, at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Arrangements are pending at McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.

Norman H. Campbell, 86, of Oak Ridge passed away Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 27, 1933, in Cape Girardeau to Herbert Campbell and Ruby Singleton Campbell Humes. Norman attended the former Kage Elementary School in Cape Girardeau. He and Anna Kirn were married May 7, 1960, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Jackson...

DEXTER., Mo. -- Randall Craig Harris, son of the late Lloyd Harris and Pat Bollinger Harris, was born May 4, 1949, in Cape Girardeau and departed this life Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis at the age of 70. Harris was a graduate of Overton High School in Memphis, Tennessee, and subsequently attended the University of Tennessee. ...

Morris Charles Montgomery Sr., proud husband, father, grandfather and longstanding businessman in Southeast Missouri, died Friday, Jan. 10, 2020, at the age of 82, with his family by his side. He was born June 5, 1937, in Cape Girardeau, son of the late Bernice B. Horstman Montgomery and Paul C. Montgomery. He and Betty L. Cline were married Nov. 17, 1957...

Rodney Otis Weir, 63, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born March 13, 1956, in Lawrenceville, Illinois, to Ronald Otis and Sue Snider Weir. Rod was a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Morris Charles Montgomery Sr., 82, of Chaffee died Friday, Jan. 10, 2020, at Chaffee Nursing Center. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...

Nellie E. Baker, 86, of Cape Girardeau passed away Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, at Chateau Girardeau. She was born Sept. 24, 1933, in Malone, Washington, to Lauren David and Frances Lorraine Campbell Bennett. She and Fred M. Baker Sr. were married Dec. 6, 1951, at Malone. He preceded her in death June 22, 2016...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Mildred C. "Millie" Bollinger, 70, of Perryville died Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, at Independence Care Center. Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Monday at Ford and Young Funeral Home. Funeral will be at 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home...

Vivian Sue Byrd, age 70, of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be held 10 a.m. to noon Monday at Crain Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral will be at noon Monday at the funeral home, with Bobby Kirby officiating. Interment will follow in Old Thebes Cemetery...

LT Eakins, 92, passed away on Dec. 10, 2019, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau with 'Niece Linda Eakins' by his side. As per his wishes, a private burial graveside service was held Dec. 13 at Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson. A celebration of his life will be held Memorial Day weekend...