Obituaries from June 1996

JACKSON -- Carl J. McCauley, 94, died Friday at Deal Nursing Home in Jackson. He was born Jan. 6, 1902, in Perryville, son of the late James and Mary Klump McCauley. He married Reba Morton on March 12, 1927 in Granite City, Ill. He is survived by his wife; a daughter, Mrs. C. William Ade of St. Louis; three sisters, Esther Leible of Cape Girardeau, Stella Warncke of St. Louis and Bernice Holtman of Horseshoe Bend, Ark.; two grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren...

ORAN -- Carl Louis "Butch" Schlitt, 66, of Oran died Thursday on his farm. He was born Jan. 16, 1930, in Oran, son of the late Otto Louis and Mary Josephine Dohogne Schlitt. He married Shirley J. Ates Oct. 20, 1954 at Flint, Mich. She died Jan. 12, 1995...

JACKSON -- Richard Lee Stern, 53, of Jackson, died Thursday, May 30, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 3, 1943, in Turlock, Calif., son of Everett and Pauline Tucker Stern. He and Kathryn Stearns were married July 15, 1977...

Frances M. Felter, 93, 723 William, died Thursday, May 30, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born March 15, 1903, at Kelso, daughter of Louis and Theresa Fischer Ziegler. She and Killian Felter were married April 24, 1921, at Kelso. He died June 29, 1990...

Private service for Joan Houston of Cape Girardeau was held Tuesday at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis. Ziegenhein Funeral Home of St. Louis was in charge of arrangements. Houston, 67, died Saturday, May 25, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital...

DUDLEY -- Funeral service for Rosetta Taylor, Dudley Route 1, will be held at 10:30 a.m. today at Watkins and Sons Chapel in Puxico. The Rev. Dolan Morris will officiate, with burial in Puxico Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel from 10 a.m. to service time...

CHAFFEE -- Melvin Eugene Bonds, 54, of Marion, Ill., died Friday, May 31, 1996, at his home. He was born May 17, 1942, at Randles, son of John H. and Rosey E. Breese Bonds. He and Wilma Kincade were married Feb. 20, 1959, at Arbor. Bonds was a retired assembly line packer with General Foods in Kankakee, Ill. He moved to Marion four years ago from Bradley, Ill...

BELL CITY -- Sarajean Redman, 55, of Bell City, died Friday at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born June 26, 1940 in Bell City, daughter of the late Joe and Jewell Rhodes Redman. She was a member of the United Methodist Church of Bell City. Survivors include a brother, Milford Redman of Advance, and three sisters: Georgia Bollinger of Advance, Beatrice Stauffer of Bertrand and Melba Cook of Fairfield...

DEXTER -- Beulah Cochran, 82, of Dexter, died Saturday at Dexter Memorial Hospital. She was born Feb. 8, 1936, in Lamar, Ark., to the late Frank Chesser and Ira Volvie Chesser. She was baptized in the Church of Christ. She was survived by her husband, Jack Cochran; three sons, Jim Cochran of Advance and John Cochran and Jerry Cochran of Dexter; and two sisters, Ethel Sanders of Tracy, Calif., and Leona Whithworth of the state of Indiana; 15 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren...

JACKSON -- George F. Rouse, 78, of Jackson, died Friday at the Lutheran Home. Rouse was born on Nov. 12, 1917, in Webster Groves, to George and Mary Rouse. He was married Feb. 28, 1948 to Theresa Kaase in Granite City, Ill. Rouse founded the Cape Girardeau County Private Ambulance Service in 1968. He formed the first Missouri State Ambulance Association and served as its first president...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Dr. Robert L. Williams, 82, of Cairo died Saturday, June 1, 1996 at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, Ky. He was born Aug. 21, 1913 in Decatur, Ill., to Dr. George and Anna Belle Ground Williams. He was an optometrist and practiced in Cairo for 41 years...

JACKSON -- Funeral service for Carl J. McCauley will at 1 p.m. today at Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home. The Reverend Dave Griffin will officiate. Burial will follow in New Salem Cemetery in Daisy. McCauley, 94, died Friday, May 31, 1996, at Deal Nursing Home in Jackson. He was a long-time resident of Daisy...

FRENCH VILLAGE -- Ricky Wayne Storie, 24, of French Village died Saturday, June 1, 1996, in St. Clair County, Ill., due to an automobile accident. He was born Jan. 14, 1972, in St. Louis, the son of Lyndola Keller Storie of French Village and the late Warren Lee Storie...

FORT DEFIANCE, Va. -- Geraldine "Geri" Wissman, 64, of Fort Defiance, died Sunday, June 2, 1996, at her home. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford & Sons Mount Auburn Chapel.

ANNA, Ill. -- George Edwin Parks, 94, of Anna died Sunday, June 2, 1996, at Union County Hospital in Anna. He was born Jan. 28, 1902, in Anna to George C. and Carrie Rich Parks. He was married in 1923 to Ruth Barringer, who died in 1969. He married Ruth Barr in 1970, and she survives...

SCOTT CITY -- Fred Thomas Woods, 79, of Scott City died Sunday, June 2, 1996, at Westwood Hills Health Care Center in Poplar Bluff. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick/Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.

COBDEN, Ill. -- Bette Griffith, 71, of Cobden died Saturday, June 1, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 30, 1925, in Detroit, the daughter of William R. and Opal M. Wright Davis. Griffith married Ralph B. "Bud" Griffith, Dec. 2, 1945, in Anna, Ill. She is survived by her husband; two sons, Roger Griffith of Dundee, Ill., and William Ralph Griffith of Boston; a sister, Joyce Verble of Anna; and five grandchildren...

PERRYVILLE -- Richard "Jake" Jaco Jr., 73, of Perryville died Saturday, June 1, 1996, at his residence. He was born Dec. 8, 1922, in Cape Girardeau, son of Richard and Marie Lancaster Jaco Sr. Jaco was a heavy equipment operator at Mississippi Lime and a U.S. Marine veteran of World War II. He married Mary Frances Houston in 1946...

VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- Clara A. Spaulding, 82, of Villa Ridge, died Monday, June 3, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 7, 1913, at Bertrand, daughter of Arthur Needham and Lular Estelle Cowell Clayton. She and John W. Spaulding were married Nov. 8, 1941, in Cairo...

KINDER -- Mildred Dennison, 87, of Kinder, died Monday, June 3, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 7, 1908, at Zalma, daughter of Charles and Mary Payne Morgan. She and Gladys Edward Dennison were married Dec. 27, 1930, at Zalma. He died March 8, 1979...

DELTA -- Virginia Flowers, 73, of Delta, died Monday, June 3, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 24, 1922, at Whitewater, daughter of Charlie and Ora Mullinar Rhodes. She and Owen Flowers were married Dec. 22, 1938, at Benton...

PERRYVILLE -- Donald H. "Tub" Moonier, 63, formerly of Perryville, died Monday, June 3, 1996, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 29, 1932, at Perryville, son of Wilbert "Buck" and Hester Ochs Moonier. Moonier was a meter reader with Union Electric, and member of American Legion Post 133. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War...

Ethel E. Bechel, 97, of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, June 3, 1996, at Fountainbleau Lodge. She was born April 2, 1899, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of William and Relda Moore Rhodes. She and Albert J. Bechel were married in 1916 in Cape Girardeau. He preceded her in death...

SCOTT CITY -- Fred Thomas Woods, 79, of Scott City, died Sunday, June 2, 1996, at Westwood Hills Health Center in Poplar Bluff. He was born Feb. 2, 1917, in Floral, Ark., son of William Arthur and Lucy Rose Woods. He and Roberta Ivern Carlton were married Jan. 3, 1953. She died April 23, 1993...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral service for Fred Elliott Organ of East Prairie will be held at 2 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Chapel here. The Rev. Larry Smith will officiate, with burial in Dogwood Cemetery. Organ, 54, died Sunday, June 2, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston...

Geri Wissman, 64, of Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, June 2, 1996, at the home of a daughter in Fort Defiance, Va. She was born Oct. 29, 1931, in Dewitt, Ark., daughter of Elmer and Alma J. Huey Pierce. Wissman had worked at the New Orleans Restaurant 22 years...

PERRYVILLE -- Clifford W. Clifton Jr., 45, of Perryville, died Monday, June 3, 1996, at his home. He was born Oct. 9, 1950, in St. Louis, son of Clifford W. and Leola Milliano Clifton Sr. He and Jannet S. Leible were married Aug. 19, 1972. Clifton was a meter reader with Citizens Electric. He was a member of St. Vincent's Catholic Church...

CHARLESTON -- Graveside service for Reba Faye Evans of Charleston will be held at 2 p.m. today at Myrtle Cemetery in Myrtle, with the Rev. Jerry Adams officiating. Friends may call at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston from 9-10 a.m. today. Evans, 32, died Sunday, June 2, 1996, at her home...

CHARLESTON -- Mildred McDowell, 87, Charleston Route 3, died Monday, June 3, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 27, 1908, at Fruitland, daughter of Victor and Amy Barber Tant. She and C. Wilson McDowell were married Oct. 14, 1928. He died Sept. 3, 1991...

BLOOMFIELD -- Funeral service for Iva Irene Aslin of Bloomfield will be held at 2 p.m. today at Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home. The Rev. Kevin Eskew will officiate, with burial in Walker Cemetery near Bloomfield. Aslin, 85, died Saturday, June 1, 1996, at Bloomfield Nursing Center...

CHARLESTON -- Jane Holt, 88, of Charleston, died Tuesday, June 4, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 1, 1908, in Smithville, Ark., daughter of Benjamin M. and Bernice Baker Hillhouse. She and L.B. Holt were married Aug. 20, 1926. He died Sept. 22, 1969...

A memorial service for Karen Lee Williams of Dallas, Texas, was held May 29 at the home of Bill and Ruth Gene Tucker in Carrollton, Texas. The Rev. Raymond Womack officiated. Williams, 61, died Saturday, May 25, 1996. She was born Jan. 24, 1935, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Dr. Joe L. and Dorothy Heggie Moseley of Montgomery City...

COBDEN, Ill. -- Lloyd Pennington, 71, of Cobden, died Tuesday, June 4, 1996, at St. Joseph Memorial Hospital in Murphysboro. He was born Feb. 15, 1925, at Parma, son of William and Sadie Ethel Johnson Pennington. He and Cona Jean Hays were married Nov. 7, 1943, at Malden, Mo...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral service for Eugene Wilbur Smith of East Prairie will be held at 2 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Chapel in East Prairie. Mike Johnson and Burl Britt will officiate, with burial in East Prairie Memorial Park Cemetery. Smith, 79, died Monday, June 3, 1996, at East Prairie Nursing Center...

SIKESTON -- Joseph Edward "Joe" Hood Sr., 59, Sikeston Route 1, died Monday, June 3, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Jan. 2, 1937, in St. Louis, son of Bertran and Reva McDowell Hood. He and Flora M. Prince were married Jan. 17, 1956, in St. Louis...

Funeral service for Ethel E. Bechel of Cape Girardeau will be held at 10 a.m. today at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel, with the Rev. William Matzat officiating. Burial will be in Fairmount Cemetery. Bechel, 97, died Monday, June 3, 1996, at Fountainbleau Lodge...

BLOOMFIELD -- John Albert Long, 54, died Monday, June 3, 1996, in Houston, Texas. He was born Feb. 2, 1942, near Essex, son of Theron Cleveland and Edna Marie Robinson Long. Survivors include two sons, John Long of O'Fallon, Andrew Long with the U.S. ...

HOWARDVILLE -- Willie Mae Holloman, 77, of Howardville died Sunday, June 2, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born May 5, 1919, in Alamo, Tenn., daughter of Ellis and Cora Matthis Fisher. She is survived by a son, Henry James Holloman of Springfield; three daughters, Cora L. Fisher Winfield and Shelley Holloman, both of Howardville, and Annett Fisher of Malden; one sister, Gearline Davis of Chicago; 20 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren...

Ruth Pauline Choate, 89, died Tuesday, June 4, 1996, at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 13, 1906, near Advance, the daughter of William Henry and Mary Virginia Fitzwater Yates. She married Elvis L. Choate in 1930 in Jackson. He died March 6, 1987...

ANNA, Ill. -- Helen Brimm, 85, of Springfield, formerly of Anna, died Wednesday, June 5, 1996, at Heritage Manor in Springfield. She was born July 13, 1910, in Cypress, daughter of Joe and Minnie Penrod Brown. Brimm was retired from Anna State Hospital. She was a member of Anna United Methodist Church...

THEBES, Ill. -- Edna Walker, 75, of Ste. Genevieve, Mo., died Wednesday, June 5, 1996, at Ste. Genevieve Memorial Hospital. She was born in 1921 in Detroit, Mich., daughter of Barney and Mildred Jordan Bagley. Her mother died that same year and she was raised by her grandparents, Oliver and Inda Bagley of Thebes. She and Garold W. Walker were married in 1941. He died in 1976...

Willie Avery Mecham, 79, 417 Albert, died Wednesday, June 5, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born March 6, 1917, in Grand Rapids, Mich., son of Clarence and Sarah Nettie Howard Mecham. He and Ethel M. Lincoln were married Jan. 22, 1938, in Cape Girardeau. She died Dec. 1, 1988. He then married Gloria McClanahan June 12, 1992, in Cape Girardeau...

Bertha G. Hoeller, 86, 611 S. West End Boulevard, died Wednesday, June 5, 1996, at her home. She was born Jan. 1, 1910, in Robinson, Miss., daughter of Joseph and Lottie Long Haslip. She and Russell Hoeller were married July 2, 1950, in Hernando, Miss. He died Sept. 29, 1970...

CIRCLE CITY -- William Roland McBenge, 57, of Circle City, died Tuesday, June 4, 1996, at his home. He was born June 5, 1938, at Steelville, son of Cecil and Lora Stulee McBenge. He married Ida Rogers. McBenge was retired from McDonnell Douglas Corp. in Titusville, Fla. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy...

JACKSON -- Memorial service for James F. Lyons of Cleveland, Ohio, will be held at 7 p.m. June 12 at New McKendree United Methodist Church. Lyons, 47, died Monday, June 3, 1996, in Cleveland. He was born Jan. 28, 1949, in Cleveland, son of James and Hazel Francis Lyons...

ANNA, Ill. -- Lona Caraker, 96, of Anna, died Wednesday, June 5, 1996, at Jonesboro Health Care Center. She was born Oct. 21, 1899, in Union County, daughter of William T. and Cindonia Davis Russell. She and Phillip Caraker were married Jan. 21, 1921. He died Sept. 2, 1976...

SCOTT CITY -- Funeral service for Bob Russom of Cairo, Ga., will be held at 2 p.m. today at Miller-Cooper Funeral Home there. Burial will be in Cairo. Announcement courtesy of Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City. Russom, 58, died Tuesday, June 4, 1996, in Cairo...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Louis F. Martin Jr., 79, of Cairo, died Tuesday, June 4, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. He was born Jan. 6, 1917, in Cairo, son of Louis and Bessie Dunlap Martin. Martin was operational supervisor with Nabisco in Cairo 46 years. He attended First Southern Baptist Church, was a member of Egyptian Country Club, and a life member of Cairo VFW Post 2649. He was a veteran of World War II...

KANSAS CITY -- The Rev. J. Melton Wienecke, 74, of Kansas City, formerly of Cairo, Ill., died Tuesday, June 4, 1996, at Research Hospital in Kansas City. Arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Ullin, Ill.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- Marion G. McMullin, 72, of Las Vegas, died Tuesday, June 4, 1996. He was born Nov. 17, 1923, in Morley. McMullin was a World War II Marine veteran and received the Purple Heart. He was member of the Marine Corps League and Leathernecks of Nevada and was a retired golf course superintendent...

CROSSTOWN -- Audrey Naomi Sherman, 69, of Bridgeton, died Thursday, June 6, 1996, at DePaul Health Center in St. Louis. She was born Nov. 30, 1926, at Crosstown, daughter of Lloyd and Leola Klobe Clifton. She married Charles Kenneth Sherman, who died Feb. 25, 1974...

JACKSON -- Wayne V. DeCamp, 86, of Jackson, died Wednesday, June 5, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 23, 1909, in Jackson, Mich., son of Arthur and Vina Bailey DeCamp. He and Geneva Cox were married Jan. 5, 1947, in Hammond, Ind...

ADVANCE -- Isabel Lewis Cole, 83, of Ferguson, died Thursday, June 6, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 15, 1912, at Bloomfield, daughter of Walter A. and Flora B. Capps Proffer. She first married Guile Milton Lewis in Piggott, Ark. He died in June 1944. She later married Carl Cole, who died Nov. 10, 1995...

POCAHONTAS -- Ida O. Lichtenegger, 94, of Pocahontas, died Wednesday, June 5, 1996, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home in Jackson. She was born Feb. 18, 1902, at Altenburg, daughter of Oswald and Lina Petzoldt Palisch. She and Herbert F. Lichtenegger were married Oct. 7, 1923, at Altenburg. He died Jan. 13, 1980...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Graveside service for the Rev. J. Melton Wienecke of Kansas City, Mo., will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Rose Hill Cemetery in Pulaski, with the Rev. Jon Althoff officiating. Crain Funeral Home at Ullin is in charge of arrangements...

PATTON -- Algerene "Bean" Mayfield, 72, of Patton, died Thursday, June 6, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 7, 1924, at Mayfield, daughter of Homer H. and Marie Mayfield. She and Marell "Toots" Mayfield were married Nov. 22, 1946...

SIKESTON -- Frances Mae Wilson, 52, Sikeston Route 2, died Thursday, June 6, 1996, at her home. She was born Jan. 6, 1944, in Princeton, Ky., daughter of Andrew LaFayette and Clara Belle Poole White. She and J.T. Wilson were married May 6, 1957, at Benton...

Betty J. Masterson, 68, died Wednesday, June 5, 1996, at the Cape Girardeau Nursing Center. She was born June 14, 1927, in Cape Girardeau, the daughter of Thomas Edman and Dona Elizabeth Evans Wood. She married Carl Masterson in 1967 in Cape Girardeau...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Hattie Mae Jeffries Nunn, 91, of East Prairie, died Friday, June 7, 1996, at the East Prairie Nursing Center. She was born Jan. 21, 1905, in Mississippi County, daughter of John and Dollie Shelton Jeffries. She and Robert Nunn were married in 1922. He died July 1, 1955...

Funeral service for Betty J. Masterson will be held at 10 a.m. today at Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Charles Lance will officiate, with burial in Fairmount Cemetery. Masterson, 68, died Wednesday, June 5, 1996, at Cape Girardeau Nursing Center...

POCAHONTAS -- Virginia H. Swan, 77, of Chicago, died Friday, June 7, 1996, at Montgomery Place in Chicago. She was born Sept. 21, 1918, in Minneapolis, Minn., daughter of Christopher and Hazel Brezden Hollbrock. She and Bryan Frederick Swan of Pocahontas were married June 30, 1939, in Minneapolis...

PERKINS -- Leon Lawrence Stanley, 73, of Perkins, died Friday, June 7, 1996, at his home. He was born Sept. 29, 1922, son of Isry and Edna Carter Stanley. He and Imogene Bain were married July 7, 1941. Stanley was retired from Perkins Motor Works. He was a member of the Baptist Church at Doniphan. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II...

ADVANCE -- Mary C. Corbin, 65, of Advance, died Thursday, June 6, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 22, 1930, daughter of S.A. and America Dearing Bozarth. She first married Thomas Berrong July 3, 1948. He died Aug. 13, 1982. She later married Claud Corbin Sept. 14, 1991...

PERRYVILLE -- Gregory D. Emmendorfer, 68, of Perryville, died Thursday, June 6, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 14, 1928, at Perryville, son of Sylvester J. and Beatrice R. Duerr Emmendorfer. He and Louise J. Nelson were married May 20, 1961, in St. Louis...

PERRYVILLE -- Funeral service for Rose Marie Preusse of Perryville will be held at 3 p.m. today at Young and Sons Funeral Home. The Rev. Craig Otto will officiate, with burial in Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery. Preusse, 98, died Thursday, June 6, 1996, at Perry County Nursing Home...

BLOOMFIELD -- Elzie "Monk" Moore, 82, of Bloomfield, died Thursday, June 6, 1996, at Bloomfield Nursing Center. He was born April 16, 1914, in the Gravel Hill community near Bloomfield, son of Nelson and Martha Bradshaw Moore. He and Julia Marie Patrick were married Oct. 13, 1934, at Beech Grove near here...

PUXICO -- John William Piper, 92, of Puxico, died Thursday, June 6, 1996, at Pine Lawn Residential Care II in Puxico. He was born Nov. 6, 1903, in Carrolton, Iowa, son of George Luther and Florence Astleford Piper. He and Velma Mullins were married Dec. 14, 1930, in Iowa. She died Dec. 7, 1975. He and Mildred Ellis were married in April 1976 in Carson City, Nev. She died in 1987. He and Ruth Gaunt were married in October 1987 in Virginia City, Nev. She died Dec. 31, 1995...

Bess H. Estes, 95, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, June 7, 1996, at the Fountainbleau Lodge. She was born Nov. 26, 1900, in Senath, daughter of George C. and Rosalee Wallace Harris. She and Dr. Albert M. Estes were married Aug. 30, 1924, in Jackson. He died April 18, 1974...

COBDEN, Ill. -- Sylvia Marie Tripp, 80, of Cobden died Friday, June 7, 1996, at the Union County Hospital in Anna. She was born July 30, 1915, at Jackson, daughter of James and Maty B. Smith Cagle. She and John J. Tripp were married Dec. 21, 1935, at Murphysboro, Ill. He died June 4, 1974...

COBDEN, Ill. -- Vesta O. Gray, 78, of Cobden died Thursday, June 6, 1996, at the Union County Hospital in Anna. She was born Oct. 16, 1917, at Crockett Mills, Tenn., daughter of Toby and Myrtle Moore Rogers. She and Gilbert G. Gray were married May 1938 at Malden...

CHARLESTON -- Galen Ferrell, 83, of Charleston died Friday, June 7, 1996, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Dec. 22, 1912, at Dogwood, son of E. Earl and Mary Velda Alley Ferrell. He and Josephine House were married Sept. 1, 1940...

PERRYVILLE -- Dorothy I. Hennemann, 96, of Perryville died Friday, June 7, 1996, at the Perry County Nursing Home. She was born March 13, 1900, at Longtown, daughter of William Joseph and Theresa Anna Schott Buchheit. She and Louis George Hennemann were married May 15, 1922. He died Oct. 30, 1980...

SIKESTON -- Leslie R. "Bill" Johnson, 91, of Sikeston died Friday, June 7, 1996, at his home. He was born June 18, 1904, in Blodgett, son of Joseph Amos and Effie Masters Johnson. He and Rita Lorene Monroe were married in December 1925 at Charleston. She died Jan. 13, 1978. He and Reba Hargrave Whiteside were married March 12, 1979, in Poplar Bluff...

JACKSON -- Hilda E. McClain, 59, of Jackson died Friday, June 7, 1996, at home. She was born Nov. 11, 1936, in Jackson, daughter of Elmer and Lorene Rion Crites. She worked at the International Shoe Co. for 25 years and was a charter member of the Cape Girardeau Eagles Lady Auxiliary...

ANNA, Ill. -- Edgar Lee Mangrum, 87, of Anna died Saturday, June 8, 1996, at the Friendship Care Facility in Marion, Ill. He was born Feb. 2, 1909, at Cobden, Ill., to George Washington Henry and Lula Ann Gore Mangrum. On Nov. 1, 1930, he married Ruby Adams, who died April 8, 1971. In November 1971, he married Eliza Ellen Short, who died in 1993...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Alice Woodard, 90, of Cairo died Saturday, June 8, 1996, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born March 1, 1906, at Cairo, daughter of George and Alice Howard Waldschmidt. She and Ernest Woodard were married. He died in 1978...

SIKESTON -- Janet Faye Helmes, 49, of Sikeston died Saturday, June 8, 1996, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Oct. 21, 1946, in Sikeston to Martha Melinda Oliver Hodges, who survives of Sikeston, and the late James E. "Mush" Hodges...

Graveside service for Shaun W. Carlile of Raleigh, N.C., was held June 1 at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Fruitland. Funeral service was May 25 at First Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. Charles Dreyer officiating. Carlile, 31, died Friday, May 17, 1996, in Raleigh...

DONGOLA, Ill. -- Ernest Penrod, 93, of Dongola died Sunday, June 9, 1996, at City Care Center in Anna, Ill. Arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home in Dongola.

ADVANCE -- Martha E. Nall, 86, of Advance died Sunday, June 9, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 3, 1909, the daughter of Neal and Grace Sando McHaney. She married Emmett "Pete" Nall on May 29, 1929, in Leachville, Ark. He died Aug. 21, 1981...

FREDERICKTOWN -- Eula Fowler Townsend, 90, of Fredericktown died Sunday, June 9, 1996, at the Madison Medical Center in Fredericktown. She was born April 6, 1906, near Glen Allen, the daughter of Michael and Clista Williams Sharp. She married August Fowler June 29, 1926. He died July 5, 1966. She married David Townsend April 6, 1969, and he died May 31, 1978...

Dr. Jerline Dossett, 75, died Saturday, June 8, 1996, at the Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 19, 1920, in Paducah, Ky., the daughter of G. Frank and Zora Meadows Dossett. Dossett received her bachelor's degree in education from Murray State University and her master's degree from George Peabody College for Teachers in 1942. Her doctorate was earned at Michigan State University in 1963...

PERRYVILLE -- Herman Joseph Winschel, 81, died Monday, June 10, 1996, at Perry Oaks Nursing Center. He was born Oct. 14, 1914, in Perry County, son of Hugo and Caroline Wibbenmeyer Winschel. Winschel had been a farmer. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, its Men's Sodality and WCU...

ANNA, Ill. -- Roy L. Bird, 80, of Simms, formerly of Anna, died Monday, June 10, 1996, at Jeffersonian Nursing Home in Mt. Vernon. He was born May 8, 1916, in Union County, son of Ira E. and Myrtle Hoyle Bird. He and Lula J. Meyers were married Dec. 5, 1944...

CHARLESTON -- Joe McCray, 91, of Charleston, died Saturday, June 8, 1996, at his home. He was born Nov. 14, 1904, in Greenville, Miss., son of John and Mahalia McCray. He and Martha Frazier were married Oct. 31, 1958. She died July 22, 1989. Survivors include five sons, Joe McCray of Charleston, Robert and Richard McCray of Seattle, Wash., David McCray of Kansas City, Billy McCray of Clearwater, Fla.; five daughters, Rosemary Clark, Georgia Gillespie and Jettie Haynes of Charleston, Betty Betts of Kansas City, Etta Cosby of Colorado Springs, Colo.; a brother, Bette McCray of Greenville; 40 grandchildren; 83 great-grandchildren, and 31 great-great-grandchildren.. ...

DONGOLA, Ill. -- Ernest Penrod, 93, of Dongola, died Sunday, June 9, 1996, at City Care Center in Anna. He was born May 19, 1903, in Dongola, son of Daniel and Ella Mowery Penrod. He and Roxie Lingle were married Dec. 24, 1947. Penrod had farmed, and was a member of Friendship Baptist Church...

Allie B. Watson, 88, died Monday, June 10, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born April 11, 1908, in Carrsville, Ky., daughter of Fidelo H. and Susie Threlkeld Moore. She and Daniel Ivan Watson were married June 27, 1927. He died Jan. 7, 1972...

MATTHEWS -- David E. Moore, 39, of Matthews, died Sunday, June 9, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born April 6, 1957, at Sikeston, son of Paul and Betty Holland Moore. Moore was a chemist with Kraft Foods. Survivors include his parents of Matthews; two brothers, Doug Moore of Matthews, Doyle Moore of Symsonia, Ky., and a sister, Diane Lee of Lula, Ga...

Thomas Lee Hails, 40, of Denver, Colo., died Saturday, June 8, 1996, at Briarwood Medical Center in Denver. He was born Dec. 19, 1955, at Sikeston, son of Lee and Marilyn Bayless Hails. Hails was a 1974 graduate of Central High School. He was an artist and had lived in Denver eight years...

PERRYVILLE -- Ruth Ann Leible, 52, of Mexico, Mo., died Saturday, June 8, 1996, at Audrain Medical Center in Mexico. She was born Sept. 6, 1943, in Perry County, daughter of Wilbert and Della Weisbrod. She and Oscar "Bud" Leible were married Sept. 10, 1960, in Perry County...

Hollie Robert Cutright Sr., 79, of 19 S. Pacific died Monday, June 10, 1996, at his home. He was born Dec. 6, 1916, in Advance, son of William D. and Mary Elizabeth Brown Cutright. He and Lucille Thorn were married Sept. 17, 1939, in Cape Girardeau...

JACKSON -- Barbara Brockett, 61, of Jackson died at her home Monday, June 10, 1996. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson. Service will be Thursday at 10 a.m. at the funeral home with the Rev. Randy Miller officiating. Burial will be in Forest Hills Cemetery at Morley...

Sophia Tomina Anderson, 94, of Piedmont, died Monday, June 10, 1996, at Lucy Lee Hospital in Poplar Bluff. She was born Nov. 20, 1901, near Luverne, Minn., daughter of Andrew S. and Bertha Bervin Anderson. She received a bachelor of science degree in education in 1937. ...

PERRYVILLE -- William Peter Weibrecht, 92, of Perryville, died Tuesday, June 11, 1996, at Perry Oaks Health Care. He was born Nov. 6, 1903, at Crosstown, son of Henry and Katerine Ilmer Weibrecht. He and Flora Martha Fritsche were married April 26, 1941...

MARBLE HILL -- Mary "Lisa" Jones, 42, of Cologne, Germany, died there Thursday, June 6, 1996. She was born Feb. 20, 1954, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of George R. and Berniece Hawkins Barker. She and Terry Dale Jones were married March 29, 1971. Mr. and Mrs. Jones were ministers in Germany. They founded churches in Munich, Achen, Bonn and Cologne. The church in Cologne, Christliche Gemeinde Koln, is one of the largest Protestant churches in Europe. She also wrote and recorded Christian music...

MORLEY -- Danner Graham, 98, of Morley, died Tuesday, June 11, 1996, at Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston. She was born Aug. 23, 1897, in Searcy County, Ark., daughter of Bud and Callie Cypert Copeland. She and John Jasper Graham were married Jan. 7, 1916. He died Aug. 11, 1979...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Pansy Smith, 51, of East Prairie, died Monday, June 10, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, following an extended illness. She was born July 9, 1944, in East Prairie, daughter of Art and Minnie Grissom Maloney. She and Buddy Paul Smith were married March 5, 1964. He died Aug. 17, 1995...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for James Ray Washburn of Sikeston will be held at 2 p.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Robert Gardner will officiate, with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery. Washburn, 73, died Monday, June 10, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...

DONGOLA, Ill. -- William Harold Earnhart, 60, of Portage, Ind., formerly of Dongola, died Sunday, June 9, 1996, at Mary Bartz Hospice Center in Valparaiso, Ind. He was born July 24, 1935, in Anna, son of Otto and Ruby Duncan Earnhart. He and Betty Joyce Nelson were married Feb. 23, 1993...

LILBOURN -- Andrew Shemwell, 91, formerly of Lilbourn, died Monday, June 10, 1996, at Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston. He was born July 22, 1904, in Middle, Tenn., son of Thomas and Ida Williams Shemwell. He and Cinda L. Raines were married Feb. 19, 1927. She died Nov. 28, 1994...

SIKESTON -- Norman Lambert threw his share of rolls. He also served up lots of white beans, fried okra, sticky sorghum and down-home conversation at his restaurant, Lambert's Cafe. At 10 p.m. Monday, the 62-year-old Lambert stood on his driveway at his rural Sikeston home, put a .38-caliber handgun to his head, and fired...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Mary Smiddy, 82, of Jonesboro, Ill. died Tuesday, June 11, 1996, at the Union County Hospital in Anna, Ill. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Hileman and Parr Funeral Services in Jonesboro.

Anna, Ill., -- Lester O. Miller, 89, of Anna, Ill., died Tuesday, June 11, 1996, at the City Care Center in Anna. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Friday at the United Methodist Church in Anna. Friends may call from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at Hileman & Parr Funeral Services in Jonesboro, and at the United Methodist Church in Anna on Friday from 11 a.m. until the funeral hour...

SIKESTON -- Norman Lambert, 62, of Sikeston, died June 10, 1996, at his home. He was born Nov. 18, 1933, in Sikeston, son of Earl and Agnes Dyer Lambert. He married the former Patty Vaughan. Lambert was owner/operator of Lambert's Cafes in Sikeston, Ozark, and Foley, Ala...

JACKSON -- Barbara Ann Brockett, 61, of Jackson, died Monday, June 10, 1996, at her home. She was born Jan. 20, 1935, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Joseph and Mildred McKenley Schmidt. She and Thomas Eugene "Gene" Brockett were married July 28, 1956...

REYNOLDSVILLE, Ill. -- Funeral service for Mary Smiddy of Reynoldsville will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Hileman and Parr Funeral Chapel in Jonesboro. The Rev. Raymond Oxford will officiate, with burial in Goodbread Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6-8 p.m. Friday...

ANNA, Ill. -- Funeral service for Lester O. Miller will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Anna United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Richard Sullins officiating. Burial will be in Anna Cemetery. Friends may call at Hileman and Parr Funeral Home in Jonesboro from 5-8 p.m. today, and at the church Friday from 11 a.m. until service time...

DEXTER -- Judy Lee Honeycutt, 49, of Dexter, died Tuesday, June 11, 1996, at her home. She was born Feb. 12, 1947, in Grand Island, Neb., daughter of Wendell R. and Nada Lee Dilling Sparks. She and Harrel Honeycutt were married Dec. 18, 1971, in Kansas City, Kan...

BLOOMFIELD -- Opal Jewell Jarrell, 74, of Bloomfield, died Wednesday, June 12, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 26, 1921, at Bloomfield, daughter of Pryor and Sara Bess Harper. She and Charles Monroe Jarrell were married Feb. 22, 1941. He died May 17, 1984...

BERNIE -- Alowese Massey, 60, of Bernie, died Tuesday, June 1, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 23, 1935, in Nimmons, Ark., daughter of Roland T. and Helen Winniger Baker. Massey had lived in the Bernie area all her life. She owned and operated Wezzie's Paper Doll Lounge in Dexter...

MARBLE HILL -- Mary "Lisa" Jones, 42, of Cologne, Germany, died from a heart attack Thursday, June 6, 1996, in Cologne. She was born Feb. 20, 1954, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of George R. and Berniece Hawkins Barker. She and Terry Dale Jones were married March 29, 1971...

Funeral Mass for Sister Vincent Clare Hauptmann was held May 29 at Loretto Center in Webster Groves. Hauptmann, 95, died Tuesday, May 28, 1996. A native of Cape Girardeau, she received a bachelor's degree in elementary education and master's degree in religious studies at Webster University...

JACKSON -- Cramer W. LaPierre, 92, of Carefree, Ariz., died Saturday, June 1, 1996, at his home. He was born March 31, 1904, in Jackson, son of M.G. and Margaret Struthers LaPierre. He married the former Nancy Sage. LaPierre attended Jackson schools, Southeast Missouri State University, and the University of Missouri...

Mary June Hawn, 85, of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, June 13, 1996, at the Lutheran Home. She was born June 23, 1910, in Columbia, Ill., daughter of Robert R. and Zeruah Johnson Cruse. She and Pete E. Hawn were married Jan. 3, 1929, in Bush, Ill. He died March 8, 1984...

Furlie Viola Eaker, 97, of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, June 13, 1996, at Fountainbleau Lodge. She was born Oct. 5, 1898, in Bollinger County, daughter of Lorence and Betty F. Eaker James. She and Glen E. Eaker were married Jan. 12, 1918. He died Jan. 12, 1994...

IRONTON -- Robert H. McHenry, 64, of Ironton, died Wednesday, June 12, 1996, at Arcadia Valley Hospital. He was born March 9, 1932, at Lesterville, son of Guy R. and Bobbye B. Adams McHenry. He and Ruth Margaret Jones were married June 2, 1956. McHenry was a 1950 graduate of South Iron High School, and 1957 graduate of Memphis State University...

Irene C. Votrain, 78, of Lebanon, Ill., died Wednesday, June 12, 1996, in Sparta, Ill. She was born Sept. 23, 1917, in Mascoutah, Ill., daughter of Edward and Ida Freivogel Klein. She and Edwin Votrain Jr. were married May 8, 1937, in Waterloo, Ill. He died Dec. 17, 1971...

TAMMS, Ill. -- Nellie E. Wilson, 80, of Tamms, died Wednesday, June 12, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. She was born Sept. 13, 1915, in Mound City, daughter of Charles E. and Ida Mertz Wehrenberg. She and Ralph D. Wilson were married March 10, 1935. He died Feb. 11, 1977...

CHARLESTON -- Helen Byrd, 88, of Charleston, died Thursday, June 13, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Sept. 27, 1907, in Hickman, Ky., daughter of Tschudi Thompson and Annie Miller Herring Swayne. She and Thomas A. Byrd were married June 2, 1930...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Patricia Maxine Netteler of Martinez, Calif., was held Thursday at Connelly and Taylor Mortuary in Martinez. Graveside service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Garden of Memories Cemetery in Sikeston, with the Rev. Greg Robertson officiating...

L. Natalie Stone, 74, of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, June 12, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Nov. 16, 1921, in Temple Hill, Ill., daughter of Robbie Lennie and Edith Ann Wilson Farmer. She first married Raymond L. Pelland II, who preceded her in death. She later married Richard Stone, who also preceded her in death...

SIKESTON -- A memorial service for John Watts of Portland, Ore., will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Ponder Funeral Home. Burial will be private. Friends may call at the funeral home Saturday from 9:30 a.m. until service time. Watts, 90, died Saturday, June 8, 1996, in Portland...

WHITEWATER - Dale Grindstaff, 78, of Whitewater died Friday, June 14, 1996, at his home He was born Nov. 19, 1917, at Scopus, son of Warren and Vallie Mayfield Grindstaff. He married Irene Sawyers April 12, 1939. She survives. Grindstaff was a farmer, and worked at Florsheim Shoe for 30 years. He was a member of Lutesville General Baptist, where he was a former deacon and Sunday School superintendent...

James Frederick "Bill" Beal, 75, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, June 14, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born March 29, 1921, at Sikeston, son of James F. and Mary Bryant Beal. He married Cecil Davidson Aug. 17, 1947, in Cape Girardeau. She survives...

HERCULANEUM -- Elsie W. Dunn, 78, of Herculaneum died Friday, June 13, 1996. Dunn is formerly of New Wells. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Wells...

JACKSON -- Meta Probst of Jackson died at the Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau Saturday, June 15, 1996. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home in Jackson.

SIKESTON -- Dorsey (D.P.) Pruett, 85, died Friday, June 14, 1996, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Nov. 12, 1910, at Jamestown, Ky., son of William Finus and Lula Anna Smith Pruett. He was a farmer. He marred Lucille Hastings Nov. 24, 1924, at New Madrid. She survives...

SIKESTON -- Flossie Bondell "Bonnie" Voliva, 72, died Friday, June 14, 1996, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born April 17, 1924, at Clarksville, Ark., daughter of Densmore and Zillar Vandgilder Crone. She worked as a cook at Britt's Coffee Shop and later at the Sikeston Regional Center. She was a member of the North Acres Baptist Church in Sikeston...

JACKSON -- Maxine M. Godwin, 82, of Jackson died at her home Friday, June 14, 1996. She was born April 20, 1914, daughter of John B. and Nora A. Cooksey Mackey. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Jackson. She was a schoolteacher and telephone operator in the Salem area. She worked at International Shoe Co. in Jackson and Florsheim Shoe Co. in Cape Girardeau...

SIKESTON -- Gail D. Harrison, 76, of Sikeston died Friday, June 14, 1996, at Sells Rest Home in Matthews. He was born June 8, 1920, at Gideon, son of Eugene and Marie McNew Harrison. He served in the Navy during World War II. He was a bookkeeper 24 years for the Pyramid Roofing Co. ...

NEW WELLS -- Elsie W. Dunn, 78, formerly of New Wells, died Friday, June 14, 1996, at her daughter's home in Herculaneum. She was born May 4, 1918, at New Wells, daughter of Ernst and Esther Hoffman Perr. She married Norval "John" Dunn in 1948. He survives...

JACKSON -- Funeral service for Maxine M. Godwin, 82, of Jackson will be at 11 a.m. today at Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home. She was born April 20, 1914, at Salem, daughter of John B. and Nora A. Cooksey Mackey. She and James Morrell Godwin were married July 1, 1950...

ANNA, Ill. -- Burl Lacy, 83, of Anna died Saturday, June 15, 1996, at the Union County Hospital. He was born Nov. 14, 1912, in Union County, Ill., son of William A. and Martha Lacy. He and Violet M. Belcher were married Feb. 24, 1940, at Jackson. She survives...

JACKSON -- Meta Mae Probst, 87, of Jackson died Saturday, June 15, 1996, at the Fountainbleau Lodge. She was born Sept. 18, 1908, at Yount, daughter of Thomas Christian and Dora Etta Lee Eugas. She and Pertle Probst were married Nov. 28, 1935, at Jackson...

PADUCAH, Ky., -- Ryan Wesley Urhahn, 9, of Paducah died at his home Saturday. He was born Dec. 5, 1986, to Dennis and Laurie Ann Collier Urhahn, who survive him. A member of the St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Paducah, he was also a member of Pack 7 Webelos of the Boy Scouts and was honored as the WPSD T.V. Olympic Hero for 1996...

Simon Leo Westrich, 95, died Saturday, June 15, 1996, at the St. Francis Medical Center. He was a retired drill press operator and worked for 33 years at the Marquette Cement Co., was an honorary life member of the Knights of Columbus Council 1111 and a member of the United Cement Lime Gypsum Workers...

BROWNWOOD -- Elsie V. Johns, 83, of Brownwood, died Monday, June 17, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 16, 1913, in Arkansas, daughter of W.T. and Alice Lamons Ford. She and Fred Johns were married Feb. 4, 1934, in Tag, Ark. He died Sept. 26, 1986...

DELTA -- Nathan Joe Hendershott, six weeks, died Sunday, June 16, 1996, at Children's Hospital in St. Louis. He was born May 4, 1996, in Cape Girardeau, son of Donald "Marty" and Denise McHughs Hendershott of Delta. Survivors include his parents; a brother, Ricky Hendershott of Delta; maternal grandparents, William and Mary McHughs of Thebes, Ill.; paternal grandparents, Ricky and Ann Hendershott of Delta; maternal great-grandparents, Vernon and Dixie McHughs of Thebes and Leo and Minnie Benefield of Anna, Ill.; paternal great-grandparents, Clara Thurston of Cape Girardeau, Billy Bice of Vinegar Bend, Ala., and June Hendershott of Marble Hill.. ...

ANNA, Ill. -- Randy Lee Davis, 39, of Cartersville, Ga., died Sunday, June 16, 1996, at his home. He was born Dec. 17, 1956, in Paducah, Ky., son of Maurice and Jean Jerolds Davis. Davis was employed by Bartow County Sheriff's Department. He was a member of the Methodist Church...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Chris LeRoy Pinzon, 26, of East Prairie, drowned Sunday, June 16, 1996, near here. He was born Sept. 14, 1969, in Phoenix, Ariz., son of Daniel Lucero and Clara B. Whitney Woodson, both of Phoenix. Pinzon and Shelley Denice Boyer were married July 23, 1989...

SCOTT CITY -- Lucille Ellen Hertel, 77, of Scott City, died Monday, June 17, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 1, 1919, in Advance, daughter of William A. and Hattie Harmon Sledge. She and Loraine A. Hertel were married Aug. 31, 1942. He died Feb. 13, 1989...

SIKESTON -- Mamie King, 83, of Sikeston, died Monday, June 17, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Dec. 8, 1912, in LaForge, daughter of Newt J. and Pearl Holden McRoy. He and Paul E. King were married July 6, 1935, at LaForge. He died Oct. 1, 1976...

PERRYVILLE -- Esther T. Hagan, 69, of Perryville, died Saturday, June 15, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 25, 1926, in Perry County, daughter of Henry and Emma Parres Klump. She and Lilburn "Shorty" Hagan were married Oct. 19, 1942. He died Oct. 15, 1971...

JACKSON -- Lillie Jane Seabaugh, 96, of Jackson, died Sunday, June 16, 1996, at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 4, 1899, in Sedgewickville, daughter of Alexander and Nora Kate Fulbright Seabaugh. Seabaugh worked at International Shoe Co. in Jackson 43 years, retiring in 1964. She was a member of New McKendree United Methodist Church and its Wesleyan Circle...

Funeral Mass for Simon Leo Westrich, 812 Good Hope, will be held at 10 a.m. today at Old St. Vincent's Catholic Church. The Revs. Glen Eftink and James Seyer will officiate, with burial in St. Mary's Cemetery. Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel is in charge of arrangements...

BELL CITY -- Fred A. Green Sr., 80, of Bell City died Monday, June 17, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Morgan Funeral Home in Advance.

BLOOMFIELD -- Pearl Stone, 82, of Bloomfield died Monday, June 17, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born in Arkansas March 13, 1914, and married Howard Stone, who preceded her in death. She and her husband farmed and operated a country store near Sikeston before moving to Blytheville, Ark., where she was employed by American Greeting Cards for 34 years. She was a member of the First General Baptist Church in Bloomfield...

Memorial service for Barbara B. Close of Cape Girardeau will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Centenary United Methodist Church. Close, 64, died Wednesday, April 10, 1996, in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 28, 1931, at Farmington. Close served in the Women's Air Force and worked at the Pentagon. She lived in California more than 30 years, moving to Cape Girardeau about two years ago...

PERRYVILLE -- Cecil T. Miller, 91, of Perryville, died Monday, June 17, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 13, 1905, at Biehle, son of John Lewis and Annie Oster Miller. He and Mary Bequette were married April 8, 1947. She died Oct. 1, 1989...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Helen T. Ryan, 81, of Cairo, died Monday, June 17, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. She was born July 26, 1914, in East St. Louis, daughter of John and Genevieve Brauch. She married John Ryan, who died in 1992...

BELL CITY -- Funeral service for Fred A. Green Sr. of Bell City will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Morgan Funeral Chapel in Advance. The Rev. Otis Littles will officiate, with burial in Pleasant Grove Cemetery near Bell City. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5:30-8 p.m. today...

MILLER CITY, Ill. -- Vera E. McCoy, 96, of Beaumont, Texas, died Monday, June 17, 1996, at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. She was born Dec. 10, 1899, in Miller City, daughter of John and Elizabeth Hochnedel Willis. She married Thomas W. McCoy, who died in 1951...

BENTON -- John Franklin Seabaugh, 93, of Benton, died Tuesday, June 18, 1996, at Miner Nursing Center in Miner. He was born Sept. 22, 1902, at Scopus, son of Hosea and Agnes Mungle Seabaugh. He and Lora Ellen Nanney were married Sept. 5, 1924, at Burfordville. She died July 28, 1979...

DEXTER -- Vick L. Hisaw, 47, of Fremont, Calif., died Saturday, June 15, 1996, in Fremont. He was born Dec. 7, 1948, at Dexter, son of Hollie and Annice Hook Hisaw. He and Julia Liaw were married Jan. 9, 1972, at Dexter. Hisaw was a graduate of Dexter High School, Southeast Missouri State University, and the University of Missouri at Columbia...

DIX, Ill. -- Lloyd W. London, 76, of Dix, died Monday, June 17, 1996, at the Good Samaritan Regional Health Center in Mount Vernon. He was born Feb. 21, 1920, in Cape Girardeau, son of Chester and Artie "Tilley" London. He and Dorothy Kinnison were married on July 7, 1946, in Appleton...

Mary L. Cardwell, 84, of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, June 19, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

CHARLESTON -- Harold Bumpos, 49, of Charleston, died Wednesday, June 19, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, of an apparent heart attack. McMikle Funeral Home at Charleston is in charge of arrangements.

PERRYVILLE -- Cecelia J. Robinson, 88, of Perryville, died Wednesday, June 19, 1996, at Perry County Nursing Home. She was born June 2, 1908, in Perry County, daughter of August and Emma Herron Buff. She and Clarence Robinson were married in 1930 at Silver Lake...

PULASKI, Ill. -- Maxine Smoot, 78, of Pulaski, died Tuesday, June 18, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 25, 1918, in East Prairie, Mo., daughter of Olvie Ray and Billie Jo Tudor Drennan. She married Irl R. Smoot, who died April 28, 1986...

Funeral service for Mary Louise Cardwell, 419 S. Hanover, will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at St. James AME Church. Rev. David Allen will officiate, with burial in Fairmount Cemetery. Friends may call at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel from 4-8 p.m. today...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Frances Eulaine Cange, 86, of Cairo, died Wednesday, June 19, 1996, at Crest Park Nursing Home in Forrest City, Ark. She was born March 27, 1910, in Pinckneyville, daughter of Otto and Blanche Craig Brey. She married Robert Cange, who died Jan. 13, 1996...

CHARLESTON -- Funeral service for Harold Lynn Bumpous of Charleston will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. The Rev. Gerald Collier will officiate, with burial in Barlow Cemetery at Barlow, Ky. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today...

DELTA -- Harvey A. Howell, 69, of Delta died Thursday, June 20, 1996, at his home. He was born on May 16, 1927, in Vanduser, the son of William and Lucy Ann Smith Howell. On Nov. 5, 1981, he married Novella Slinkard Borneman. Howell was a member of the Abundant Life Church in Gordonville and a lifetime member of the Chaffee VFW Post 3127. He was a member of the Chaffee American Legion Post 389, having served in the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean War...

SIKESTON -- Bryan Scott Hatfill, 15, Kimberly Beck, 12, and Donald Beck, 9, all of Sikeston, died Wednesday, June 19, 1996, at their home following a fire. Hatfill was born July 11, 1980, at Vandalia, Ill., son of Danny Ramirez and Rebecca A. Hatfill Beck. He was a student at New Madrid County Central schools...

JACKSON -- Ida B. Estes, 88, of Jackson died Thursday, June 20, 1996, at the Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 30, 1908, in Pope, Miss., daughter of James M. and Mary Green Hubbard. She married Fred Estes Jan. 26, 1940. He died July 20, 1968...

SIKESTON -- William Helms Jr., 76, of Sikeston died Thursday, June 20, 1996, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Jan. 8, 1920, at Matthews, son of James William and Edna Ida Shaffer Helms. He and Delcie M. Phegley were married March 18, 1939, at New Madrid. She died Sept. 26, 1992...

JACKSON -- W.T. Palisch, 82, of Jackson, died Friday, June 21, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 14, 1913, at Brazeau, son of Ernst and Cora Mueller Palisch. He and Esther Weber were married Oct. 4, 1936, at Altenburg. She died Sept. 25, 1989...

Martha J. Bolton, 65, 1837 Georgia, died Thursday, June 20, 1996, at her home. Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Funeral service for Rufus James Sample, 215 Country Club, will be held at 11 a.m. today at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel. Chaplain Arthur Kelley will officiate, with burial in Lorimier Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel from 10 a.m. to service time...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral service for Alfred C. Sturgeon of Poplar Bluff will be held at 1 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Chapel in East Prairie. The Rev. Vernon Self will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery at Malden. Sturgeon, 83, died Thursday, June 20, 1996, at Mark Twain Caring Center in Poplar Bluff...

VANDUSER -- Gay Carter, 68, of Vanduser, died Thursday, June 20, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Sept. 18, 1927, in Vanduser, daughter of William and Eula Hamby Vines. She and Bradley Carter were married Jan. 26, 1960. He died April 23, 1973...

CHESTER, Ill. -- John C. Hobeck, 64, of Chester died Friday at Memorial Hospital in Chester. He was born June 17, 1932, in St. Louis to Myrtle Morris Hobeck and the late Troy J. Hobeck Sr. He married Lavern Slinkard on June 27, 1953, in Jackson. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Disabled American Veterans. He was a bookbinder for Sparta Printing...

ADVANCE -- Glenn M. Liley, 73, of Advance died Saturday at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Jan. 2, 1923, in Glenallen, son of the late William and Adaline Gatlin Liley. He married Nellie Jane Lewis on Nov. 22, 1959, at Sturdivant. He worked for the Forestry Service, as a sawmill laborer and retired as a custodian for the Ritenour School District in St. Louis. He was a member of the Bethel General Baptist Church in Advance for 17 years...

SIKESTON -- Alice W. Dawes, 81, of Sikeston died Friday at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born May 30, 1915, in Billings to the late Thomas A. and Bertie May Smith Sifferman. She was a member of the Wesley United Methodist Church in Sikeston. She was a housewife and had worked for many years at the Farmer's Home Administration in Sikeston...

Funeral service for Martha June Bolton, 1837 Georgia, will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel. The Rev. James Caughlan will officiate, with burial in Lorimier Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2-8 p.m. today...

CUBA, Mo. -- June Marguerite Wilmarth, 75, of Cuba died Thursday, June 20, 1996, from a car accident. She was born June 19, 1921, in Crookston, Minn., daughter of Marguerite Hoolihan Norby and Clifford P. Norby. She and Albert W. Wilmarth married on June 10, 1941, in Mandan, N.D...

BALLWIN -- Sylvester Kirn, 77, of Ballwin, formerly of Biehle, died Saturday, June 22, 1996, at St. John's Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis. He was born Sept. 15, 1918, in St. Louis, the son of August and Katherine Zoellner Kirn. He married Zita Moore on Oct. 31, 1942...

JACKSON -- Jonathan Daniel Mowery, 3 months, of Jackson died at his home Saturday, June 22, 1996. He was born March 15, 1996, in Cape Girardeau, son of Daniel L. and Tammie Cotner Mowery of Jackson, who survive him. He is also survived by three brothers, Joshua and Jacob Mowrey, and Cody Harris, all of Jackson; two sisters, Tiffany Mowery and Ashley Harris, both of Jackson; maternal grandparents, Jim and Mary Ann Cotner of Granite City, Ill.; paternal grandparents, Alfred and Doris Mowery of Bloomfield; and great-grandparents, Dora Koehler of Jackson, Glenda Cotner of High Ridge and Dewy Cotner of Salem.. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Juanita E. Steckler, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, June 22, 1996, at Jackson Manor. She was born April 22, 1914, in Whitewater, daughter of Leo and Nancy Proffer Steckler. She served as the church custodian of the Nazarene Church in Cape Girardeau...

MARBLE HILL -- Lorraine M. Milhous, 82, of Marble Hill died Saturday, June 22, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 21, 1913, in Pleasant Grove, Calif. She was a retired sales clerk and moved to this area in 1993 from California...

SIKESTON -- Herbert C. Falkoff, 64, of Sikeston died at his residence Sunday, June 23, 1996. He was born April 21, 1932, in East Prairie, son of Israel J. and Jeannette Solomon Falkoff. He had served in the U.S. Navy, was a former member of the East Prairie Kiwanis Club and had owned Falkoff's Department Store in East Prairie. He was a salesman at Falkoff's Men's Store in Sikeston since 1983...

SIKESTON -- Martha M. Hodges, 76, of Sikeston, died Monday, June 10, 1996, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Sept. 20, 1919, at Morley, daughter of Charles G. and Fay Shipman Oliver. She and James E. "Mush" Hodges were married Sept. 2, 1937, at Charleston. He died March 19, 1989...

ORAN -- Everett Wheeler, 77, of Oran died Monday, June 24, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call after 5 p.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran. Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Trinity United Methodist Church in Oran. Burial will be in New Morley Cemetery...

PUXICO -- William G. Patterson, 51, of Fairfax, Va., died Friday, June 21, 1996, at Fairfax Nursing Center. He was born Oct. 16, 1944, in St. Louis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis E. Patterson. Patterson was a software engineer with Texas Instruments. He lived in Knoxville, Tenn., many years, moving to McKinney, Texas, in 1987 and to Fairfax a year ago...

SIKESTON -- Velda Joyce, 76, of Sikeston, died Saturday, June 22, 1996, at her home. She was born Sept. 7, 1919, in Murray, Ky., daughter of Walter and Eva Bynum Bridges. She and Karl "Rex" Joyce were married April 6, 1940, in Sikeston. He died June 11, 1976...

YOUNT -- Lottie M. Weekley, 89, of Fayetteville, Ill., died Sunday, June 23, 1996, at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Belleville, Ill. She was born Dec. 14, 1906, in Bollinger County, daughter of Frank and Julia Millfeldt Oster. She and Boney F. Weekley were married June 1, 1933, at Fredericktown. He died July 4, 1994...

ESSEX -- Joseph E. Hicks, 72, of Essex, died Monday, June 24, 1996, in Dexter. He was born Oct. 29, 1923, in Charter Oak, daughter of Joseph E. and Agnes Chattin Hicks. He and Edith C. Cowin were married Feb. 8, 1947, at Gray Ridge. Hicks lived most of his life in the Essex area. He was a retired heavy equipment operator, and attended First Baptist Church. He was a member of Dexter Disabled American Veterans 47...

DEXTER -- Allison Harrington, 5 months, of Dexter, died Sunday, June 23, 1996, at Children's Hospital in St. Louis, from injuries received in an automobile accident Saturday south of Poplar Bluff. She was born Jan. 6, 1996, in Poplar Bluff, daughter of Geraldine S. Harrington and David E. Patterson...

Funeral service for Congressman Bill Emerson of Cape Girardeau will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at First Presbyterian Church. Officiating will be Dr. E.C. Brasington, Rev. Charles Dreyer, Cardinal Bernard Law of the Boston Archdiocese, and Dr. Jim Ford, chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives. Burial will be in Hillsboro Cemetery at Hillsboro...

PERRYVILLE -- Anna Salma Guth, 97, of Perryville died Monday, June 24, 1996, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. She was born July 28, 1898, at Pocahontas, daughter of Augustus and Mary Magdeline Tiedemann Koenig. She and Arthur H. Guth were married Dec. 28, 1919. He died Dec. 3, 1959...

BLODGETT -- Eugenia Nell York, 66, died Sunday, June 23, 1996, at her home in Blodgett. She was born July 22, 1929, in Cape Girardeau to Vivian Dye Potashnick and the late Eugene N. Potashnick. She was a member of Wesley Methodist Church in Sikeston, where she served as Sunday school superintendent. She taught in the Salcedo School District near Sikeston...

ADVANCE -- Charley S. Lambert, 82, of Advance Route 1 died Monday, June 24, 1996, at Advance Nursing Center. He was born Dec. 16, 1913, in Dongola, son of Shelby and Florenta Batten Lambert. He married Ruby Shell Jan. 28, 1939, in Zalma. Lambert was a retired farmer and shoe factory worker. He was a member of Zalma Missionary Baptist Church...

SIKESTON -- George B. Maxwell, 83, formerly of Cahokia, Ill., died Friday, June 21, 1996, at the Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston. He was born April 11, 1913, at Belgrade, son of George Earl and Sarah Elizabeth Larmer Maxwell. He and Dorothy Elizabeth Small were married July 5, 1943, at Bismark...

HIGHLAND, Ill. -- Stephen M. Ervin, 55, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, June 23, 1996, at St. Joseph Hospital in Highland. He was born Aug. 24, 1940, at Cape Girardeau, son of Woodrow Ancell and Virginia Lee Foeste Ervin. He and Joyce Helen Gerler were married Jan. 14, 1967, at St. Ann...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Bonnie Jackson Boulton, 51, of East Prairie, died Monday, June 24, 1996, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie.

EAST PRAIRIE -- Wilbert Lee Brawner, 66, of East Prairie, died Sunday, June 23, 1996, at his home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie.

ANNA, Ill. -- Gary Summers, 41, of Anna, died Sunday, June 23, 1996 at the Union County Hospital in Anna. He was born August 5, 1954, at Union County, Ill., son of Herschel and Wanda Jane Brimm Summers Cook. He was a resident of the Jonesboro Health Care Center in Jonesboro, Ill...

CHAFFEE -- Mable Grissom, 69, of Chaffee died Monday, June 24, 1996, at Heartland Care Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements were incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee.

CHARLESTON -- John B. Stanfield, 88, of Charleston, died Monday, June 24, 1996, at the Charleston Manor. He was born July 2, 1907, in Obion County, Tenn., son of John and Margaret Smith Stanfield. He lived in Charleston most of his life and was a member of the United Methodist Church...

CHAFFEE -- Funeral service for Mable Grissom of Chaffee will be held at 2 p.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee. The Rev. Randon Grissom will officiate, with burial in Friend Cemetery at Oran. Grissom, 69, died Monday, June 24, 1996, at Heartland Care Rehab Center in Cape Girardeau...

MARBLE HILL -- Jerry Lee Glasener, 58, of Marble Hill, died Monday, June 24, 1996, at his home. He was born May 12, 1938, at Zalma, son of Holmes and Leta McCollister Glasener. He and Sherian Faries were married Aug. 30, 1958, at McGee. Glasener was a retired machinist, and member of National Rifle Association...

EAST CAPE GIRARDEAU, Ill. -- Lonnie A. Adams, 23, of East Cape Girardeau, died Monday, June 24, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 30, 1972, in Cairo, son of Junior and Linda Bass Adams. Adams was a food vendor with Burch Food Service. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Stacey Marie Pruitt, 10, of Jonesboro, died Monday, June 24, 1996, at her home. She was born Feb. 15, 1986, in Springfield, daughter of Jimmy and Christina Massey Pruitt. Stacey attended Jonesboro Elementary School. Survivors include her father and stepmother, Jim and Yvonne Pruitt; her mother, Christina Pruitt of Litchfield; four brothers, Michael Neville of Litchfield, Larry Dunham, Jerry and Scott Hall, all of Jonesboro; maternal grandmother, Rita Massey of Winfield, Kan.; paternal grandparents, Dale and Pam Buchs of Bunker Hill, Manuel and Virginia Jones of Jonesboro, and paternal great-grandmother, Rosetta Pruitt of Alton.. ...

SIKESTON -- Charlie Gilliland, 86, of Sikeston, died Tuesday, June 25, 1996, at Sikeston Health Resident Care. He was born Aug. 24, 1909, in Birmingham, Ala., son of James Wiley and Lucy Blaylock Gilliland. He and Opal M. Woods were married Jan. 21, 1931, in Scott County. She died Dec. 2, 1993...

Audrey Gunter, 70, of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, June 25, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

CAIRO, Ill. -- Maud B. Cowsert, 92, of Cairo, died Tuesday, June 25, 1996, at Daystar Care Center. She was born Aug. 31, 1903, in Golconda. She married Lester Cowsert, who died in 1954. The Cowserts owned and operated Barger and Cowsert Wholesale Grocery in Cairo more than 20 years. She was a member of Cairo Baptist Church, Cairo Women's Club, Order of Eastern Star, and patron of Magnolia Manor...

FRIEDHEIM -- Dale D. Turner, 61, of Friedheim, died Tuesday, June 25, 1996, at his home. He was born Jan. 29, 1935, in Wolf Lake, Ill., son of Herbert and Nellie Zimmerman Turner. She married Artie M. Drum were married Nov. 16, 1979. Turner retired from Chester Mental Health Center in Chester, Ill. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Millersville, Shriners of East St. Louis, VFW of Chester, American Legion and Amvets of Perryville. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War...

ORAN -- Funeral service for Everett E. Wheeler, Oran Route 1, will be held at 2 p.m. today at Trinity United Methodist Church in Oran. The Rev. Bennie Wilsey will officiate, with burial in New Morley Cemetery at Morley. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel at Oran is in charge of arrangements...

MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Edith Shipman, 90, of Portland, Ore., died Monday, June 17, 1996, at Foster Care Home in Portland. She was born Jan. 15, 1906, in Powe, Mo., daughter of Sam and Pearl Jones McAllister. She married Andrew Shipman, who died July 11, 1972...

POPLAR BLUFF -- Frank Wilson, 91, of Poplar Bluff, died Monday, June 24, 1996, at Westwood Hills Health Center. He was born April 15, 1905, in Bertrand to Mary Jane Golightly and Hugh Wilson. He and Geraldine Snipes were married in 1929 at Charleston...

Dorothy Marie Volkerding, 79, of Cape Girardeau, died at her home Tuesday, June 25, 1996. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel.

EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral service for Bonnie Gail Boulton of East Prairie will be held at 4 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Chapel in East Prairie. Keith Atchley will officiate, with burial in East Prairie Memorial Park Cemetery. Boulton, 51, died Monday, June 24, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, following an extended illness...

COBDEN, Ill. -- Graveside service for Augusta McCommons of Cobden will be held at 1 p.m. today at Jonesboro Cemetery, with the Rev. Phil Nelson officiating. Hileman and Parr Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. McCommons, 84, died Monday, June 24, 1996, at City Care Center in Cobden...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral service for Wilbert Lee Brawner, East Prairie Route 1, will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Chapel in East Prairie. Mike Johnson will officiate, with burial in Dogwood Cemetery. Brawner, 66, died Sunday, June 23, 1996, at his home...

PERRYVILLE -- Salvador Flores, 94, of Perryville, died Sunday, June 23, 1996, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was born Nov. 1, 1901, in Guadalajara, Mexico, son of Jose and Maria Condelari Famoso Flores. He and Maria Luisa Mendez were married in 1925. She died Feb. 15, 1994...

BLOOMFIELD -- Mayme E. Launius, 95, of Virginia City, Nev., died Monday, June 24, 1996, at St. Mary's Hospital in Reno, Nev. She was born Sept. 1, 1900, at Bloomfield, daughter of L.L. and Mary Waddle Boyles. She and Walter Launius were married May 11, 1927. He died Jan. 29, 1984...

Funeral service for Dorothy Marie Volkerding of Cape Girardeau will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church. The Rev. David Dissen will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park. Friends may call at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel from 4-8 p.m. today...

GRASSY -- Leroy Hovis, 72, of Grassy, died Wednesday, June 26, 1996, at Chaffee Nursing Center. He was born March 1, 1924, at Flat River, son of Charles and Della Robins Hovis. Survivors include two sisters, Velma Frymire of Grassy and Lorene Phillips of Zalma...

Funeral service for Oral Eugene Johnson of Pekin, Ill., formerly of Cape Girardeau, will be held at 1 p.m. today at Davison-Fulton Woodland Chapel in Peoria, Ill. The Rev. Tim Nolan will officiate, with burial in St. Joseph Cemetery in West Peoria. Johnson, 65, died Monday, June 24, 1996, at his home...

Helen Marie Carver, 79, of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, June 26, 1996, at Fountainbleau Lodge. She was born Dec. 12, 1916, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Walter H. and Beulah Schuck Meystedt. She and Lyall E. Carver were married May 20, 1944, in Cape Girardeau. He died Nov. 23, 1965...

Funeral service for Audrey Dean Gunter, 2312 Jane, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Rev. John Owen will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park. Friends may call at the chapel from 4-8 p.m. today. Gunter, 70, died Tuesday, June 25, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital...

PERRYVILLE -- Milton M. Etzold, 68, of Perryville, died Tuesday, June 25, 1996, at the Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 3, 1928, at Farrar, son of Alfred and Bertha Hadler Etzold. He and Mary Ann Lohmann were married May 9, 1954. Etzold had been a partner in Perryville Packing. He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church at Longtown, American Legion Post 133 and VFW Post 4282 in Perryville...

JACKSON -- Funeral service for Laretha Niswonger of Jackson will be held at 2 p.m. today at McCombs Funeral Chapel in Jackson. The Rev. Bill Ellis will officiate, with burial in Russell Heights Cemetery. Niswonger, 79, died Tuesday, June 25, 1996, at Vencor Hospital of St. Louis...

SIKESTON -- Mozella D. Bowden, 45, of Sikeston, died Tuesday, June 25, 1996, of an apparent heart attack. She was born Sept. 9, 1950, in Sikeston, daughter of Walter and Hezzie Artis Bowden Sr. Bowden was a certified nurse assistant. She was a member of Green Memorial Church of God in Christ, taught Sunday School, served on the usher board, Sunshine Band teacher, and president of the church food bank...

JACKSON -- Mabel O. Miller, 83, of Jackson, died Wednesday, June 26, 1996, at Deal Nursing Home. She was born May 16, 1913, at Millersville, daughter of Ora and Myrtle Huff Stearns. She and Winfred E. Miller were married Feb. 3, 1936. He died Dec. 1, 1992...

ANNA, Ill. -- Betty Jo Collins, 61, of Anna, died Wednesday, June 26, 1996, at her home. She was born April 18, 1935, at Murphysboro, daughter of Jewel and Laura Grammer Scarborough. She and Lynn E. Collins were married Feb. 19, 1963, in Granite City...

FARRAR -- Elsie A. Rauss, 96, of Farrar, died Wednesday, June 26, 1996, at Perry Oaks Health Care Center. She was born Dec. 5, 1899, in Perry County, daughter of Ernst and Magdalena Roth Koenig. She and Gottfried F. Rauss were married May 22, 1921. He died April 2, 1967...

PATTON -- Jonas William Killian, 82, of Patton, died Wednesday, June 26, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 19, 1914, at Mayfield, son of Jacob and Hanner Grable Killian. He and Maggie Seabaugh were married Dec. 12, 1936...

Elodie Grace Reid, 83, 1848 Thilenius, died Wednesday, June 26, 1996, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Dec. 23, 1912, at Oak Ridge, daughter of Robert and Hattie Greable McLane. She and Amos Leonard Reid were married Jan. 23, 1932, in Jonesboro, Ill. He died July 14, 1992...

SIKESTON -- Donald K. Lumsden, 76, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, June 26, 1996, at his home. He was born Feb. 18, 1920, in Canalou, son of Charles C. and Ora B. Willmurth Lumsden. He and Calista Newcomb were married in 1946. Lumsden received a degree in agriculture from the University of Missouri-Columbia...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Amy Eva Knupp, 87, of East Prairie Nursing Center, died Thursday, June 27, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Dec. 22, 1908, in Mississippi County, daughter of Charles Moore and Maggie Elizabeth McElmurry Emory. She and Curtis Howard Knupp were married March 31, 1929...

DONGOLA, Ill. -- Georgina "Jean" Fisher, 85, of Dongola, died Thursday, June 27, 1996, at Union County Hospital in Anna. She was born Sept. 10, 1910, in Ohio, daughter of Francis and Frieda Clepper Ludlow. She and Audie Fisher were married Aug. 24, 1929. He died April 27, 1996...

SIKESTON -- Private service for Jack L. Bell of Las Vegas, Nev., will be held today at Elmwood Cemetery in Blytheville, Ark. Nunnelee Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements. Bell, 64, died Sunday, June 9, 1996, in Las Vegas, following an extended illness...

LEOPOLD -- Alvin B. Vandeven, 68, of Leopold, died Friday, June 28, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 25, 1928, at Leopold, son of Gerhard and Anna Thele Vandeven. He and Helen Louise Glastetter were married Aug. 8, 1953...

PATTON -- Alma Kathryn Brotherton, 85, of Patton, died Friday, June 28, 1996, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home in Jackson. She was born Nov. 30, 1910, at Glen Allen, daughter of Anthony and Maggie Mouser Seabaugh. She and Willie Ray Brotherton were married April 13, 1931. He died Aug. 13, 1956...

SIKESTON -- Odis Alexander Davidson, 91, of Sikeston, died Thursday, June 27, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Oct. 16, 1904, in Gentown, Miss., son of Johnny Samuel and Berdie Idella Peterson Davidson. He and Lizzie Evelyn Stines were married in July 1924. She died April 24, 1979. He and Georgia Hays Henderson were married Aug. 23, 1980, in Sikeston...

SIKESTON -- Norman Sissom, 55, of Sikeston, died Thursday, June 27, 1996, at his home. He was born April 14, 1941, in St. Louis, son of Henry Caspar and Thelma Sissom. Sissom was a self-employed mechanic, and member of Eagles at New Madrid. Survivors include three sons, Jeff and Bobby Sissom of Woodland, Calif., James Sissom of Colorado; his mother, Thelma Johnson of Sikeston; a brother, Allen Sissom of Woodland; five sisters, Gennie Steadman, Darlene Kellough and Dina Rodriguez of Woodland, Helen Beeson of Sikeston, Lillie Curtis of Cedartown, Ga., and four grandchildren.. ...

St. LOUIS -- Bessie Marie Brenneisen, 97, of south St. Louis County, formerly of Cape Girardeau and Scott City, died Thursday, June 27, 1996, at her home. She was born Aug. 18, 1898, at Benton, Ill., daughter of Michael and Laura Rapp Valentine. She married Leo Falentine Brenneisen June 5, 1916. He died in 1980...

ARBOR -- Robert Rufus Coomer, 81, of Arbor died Saturday, June 29, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 23, 1914, at Randles, son of William G. and Cora E. Hartsey Coomer. He and Alma Wondel were married April 11, 1936, at Jackson...

MATTHEWS -- Marie L. Harrelston, 84, of the Sells Rest Home in Matthews, formerly of St. Louis, died Saturday, June 29, 1996, at the home. She was born March 22, 1912, at Matthews, daughter of Connie and Ella Rainey Bibb. She and James Harrelston were married April 14, 1953, at St. Louis. He died in 1976...

ADVANCE -- The Rev. Earl Lizenbee, 77, of Advance died Friday at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 2, 1918, in Parma, son of Fred and Ella Hoss Lizenbee. He and Ella Hoss Lizenbee were married Oct. 7, 1940, at New Madrid...

POPLAR BLUFF -- Gloria Sy Cramer, 63, of Greenville died Friday, June 28, 1996, at the Lucy Lee Hospital in Poplar Bluff. She was born Feb. 28, 1933, at Bakersfield, Calif. She and Donald J. Cramer were married Feb. 27, 1954. She was a retired motel manager in California...

WOLF LAKE, Ill. -- Fannie L. Rhodes, 90, of Wolf Lake died Saturday, June 20, 1996, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 8, 1905, at Carbondale, Ill., daughter of William R. and Millie I. Harner Land. She and Loren "Dave" Rhodes were married March 14, 1927, at Jonesboro, Ill...

DEXTER -- Gertrude Menley died Friday, June 28, 1996, at Dexter Memorial Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete with Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield.

EAST PRAIRIE -- P.L. Carlyle, 68, of East Prairie died Friday, June 27, 1996, in the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston of an extended illness. He was born Dec. 25, 1927, in Millageville, Tenn., son of Pleasant L. and Hester E. Wyatt Carlyle. He and Bonnie L. Weems were married Oct. 1, 1949...

POPLAR BLUFF -- The Rev. Ralph D. Hathway, 76, of Poplar Bluff died Friday, June 28, 1996, at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Jan. 9, 1920, at Poplar Bluff. He and Martha Casinger were married March 1, 1946, in Butler County. He attended Grace Christian Fellowship Church. He was ordained Oct. 2, 1955, in the Christian Church of God...