Stories from Friday, March 22, 1991

JACKSON - William Edward "Jack" Strickland, 73 years old, of Jackson Route 1, died Thursday, March 21, 1991, at his home. He was born June 1, 1917 in Mississippi County, son of Van and Willie Carmen Anderson Strickland. He was married to Venita Masterson on May 7, 1937 at Blodgett. She survives...

While the event may not turn up on the cover of national sports magazines, Cape Girardeau is home to some history this weekend. A national champion basketball team, NCAA Women's Division II, will be crowned at the Show Me Center Saturday night. That the national tournament is holding its Final Four competition here is a tribute not only to the Southeast Missouri State University Otahkians, who have swept up this area with their triumphs, but also to a community that will act as a grateful and gracious host. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Three noted history professors will speak at the 33rd annual Missouri Conference on History to he held at the Cape Girardeau Holiday Inn April 5-6. The conference hasn't been held in Cape Girardeau since 1980, said Dr. J. Christopher Schnell, professor of history at Southeast Missouri State University and conference coordinator...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Nell Holcomb R-4 Board of Education has picked a replacement for departing district Superintendent Wayne C. Pressley. David Fuemmeler of Cape Girardeau will officially take over the position July 1. An educator with more than 20 years of experience, Fuemmeler, 44, is now principal at the Scott City junior and senior high schools...

ORAN - Kindergarten enrollment for the 1991-92 school year will be conducted on Wednesday, April 10 and Thursday, April 11 at the Oran Elementary School. Enrollment will be conducted between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Parents must first contact the school at 262-3435 to set up an appointment...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Jeff Maurer, a senior at Notre Dame High School, received the Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen Award. He was chosen by the faculty and members of the senior class as the senior who best exemplifies qualities of patriotism, leadership and dependability...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The second annual city Parks and Recreation Department Easter Egg Hunt will be held Saturday at Capaha Park. The event will begin at 10 a.m. and is for children ages 10 or younger. Participants will be divided into age groups and will hunt for eggs in various parts of Capaha Park. Awards will be presented following the hunt...

BENTON -- Diane Klueppel of Kelly High School will attend the annual Sophomore Pilgrimage to Jefferson City April 8-9. To attend, a sophomore must rank in the upper fourth of the class and demonstrate leadership. The faculty and students vote to select the student...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Roger T. Moore of Cape Girardeau and Michael C. Robbins of Jackson have received President's Scholarships to attend Southeast Missouri State University in the fall. Moore is a senior at Jackson High School. He is spending his senior year as a Rotary Club foreign-exchange student in Brazil. He has been a member of the marching band, jazz band, Future Business Leaders of America and the photography club...

MORLEY -- Carmen Thomas, a sophomore at Scott County Central High School, along with 200 other sophomore leaders in the state, will attend the Hugh O'Brian Youth Foundation's annual Missouri Leadership Seminar. The weekend program will be held in St. Louis April 5-7...

BENTON - Benton resident Zita Josephine Brucker died March 20, 1991 at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was 69. She was born May 26, 1921 at Kelso to the late George and Coletta Klipfel Heuring. Brucker was a member of the St. Lawrence Catholic Church at New Hamburg and the Ladies Auxiliary of Disabled American Veterans...

PERRYVILLE -- Funeral mass for Irene Mary Gagnepain of Perryville will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Vincent's Catholic Church. The Rev. J. Edward Wilson will officiate, with burial in Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis. Drayton Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Funeral service for Mrs. Elizabeth L. Gerecke, 1821 Huntington, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Rev. James Caughlan will officiate, with burial in Fairmount Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today...

JACKSON -- Funeral service for Mrs. Leola Foster of Jonesboro, Ark., will be held at 10:30 a.m. today at Fisher Street United Methodist Church there. The Rev. Jerry Nichols will officiate, with burial in Woods Chapel Cemetery near Paragould, Ark. Mrs. Foster, 76 years old, died Tuesday, March 19, 1991, at Deal Nursing Home here...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Lee C. Reynolds of Sikeston will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel. The Rev. A.G. Hampton will officiate, assisted by the Rev. Jack Bishop. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Funeral service for Boyce L. Hillyard of Cairo will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Barkett Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Bill Gholson will officiate, with burial in Green Lawn Memorial Gardens at Villa Ridge. Friends may call at the funeral home from noon until service time Saturday...

BENTON -- Funeral service for Thomas Benton Stroup of Benton will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the United Methodist Church in Benton. The Rev. John Gregory will officiate, and burial will be in Morgan Memorial Cemetery in Advance. Mr. Stroup died Thursday at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was 71...

POPLAR BLUFF -- Freddie Wolfe, 36 years old, of Poplar Bluff, died Thursday, March 21, 1991, at Lucy Lee Hospital in Poplar Bluff. Survivors include one sister, Cherie Hillman of Scott City. The body is at Amick-Burnett Funeral Home in Scott City where arrangements are incomplete...

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Tim Heise of Millersville Route 1, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 8:39 p.m. Friday, March 15, 1991. Name, Nicholas William. Weight, 7 pounds 8 ounces. Second child, first son. Mrs. Heise is the former Debbie Wallman, daughter of Carol and Evelyn Wallman of Jackson. She is a cardiopulmonary transport technician at St. Francis Medical Center. Heise is a driver with Prairie Farms Dairy, and is the son of Melvin and Janice Heise of Millersville...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The chances of getting Missouri voters to pass a $456 million tax hike for education may be seriously lessened if Gov. John Ashcroft doesn't support the measure, State Sen. Roger Wilson (D-Columbia) said Thursday. "It may have the capacity to singlehandedly doom the effort," Wilson told reporters at a press conference in the University Center on the Southeast Missouri State University campus...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Persian Gulf War may have saved President George Bush's public image, but the public never expected much from him in the first place. That's what prominent scholar Dr. George C. Edwards, a professor of political science at Texas A & M University, told a group of students and others Thursday during a lecture at Southeast Missouri State University...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Otto F. Dingeldein, a well-known silversmith and supporter of the arts, died Thursday. He was 84 years old. According to friends, Dingeldein's life centered on advancement of the arts, through his own craft and by generating community interest in all the arts...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- A line of severe thunderstorms dumped large amounts of rain and golf-ball sized hail in some areas of southeast Missouri late Thursday. At press time, the storms were passing through Cape Girardeau, but a spokesperson at the Bollinger County Sheriff's office reported that golf ball-size hail had hit that area shortly before 11 p.m...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Southeast Missouri State University officials expect this weekend's NCAA Division II Women's National Championship will add nearly $500,000 to the local economy. "This is really a tight, conservative figure," said Marvin Rosengarten, director of University Development at Southeast. "It doesn't include if somebody goes out and buys something at the mall...

FN CHARLES DAVID MOORE JR. U.S. NAVY Moore is the son of Charles and Patricia Moore of Cape Girardeau. He graduated from high school in Ramona, Calif., in 1988 and enlisted in the Navy the following September. His ship was sttioned in Mayport, Fla., before being sent to Saudi Arabia...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The coordinator of the SEMO Drug Task Force said he's not convinced of the fairness of a state constitutional amendment that would split assets of drug busts between law enforcement and school districts. The coordinator, a member of the Missouri Highway Patrol who requested anonymity because of the nature of his work, said he didn't want to get pinned down on what he believes would be a fair split...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- When Dr. Steve Allen Jr. juggles, everybody juggles. "I involve my audience in the juggling act," said Allen, who was in Cape Girardeau this week to speak at the Southeast Missouri Hospital Association's annual dinner, held at the Student Recreation Center on the Southeast Missouri State University campus Thursday night...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- A special "planned gift" of $500,000 and the creation of a special scholarship fund for Southeast Missouri Hospital employees pursuing further education in the health sciences were announced at the hospital association's annual dinner meeting here Thursday night...

CAPE GIRARDEAU - The condition of a Cape Girardeau man, who was critically injured this month in a house fire that killed three people, has improved. A spokesperson for the Barnes Medical Center burn unit in St. Louis said the condition of James Probst, 44, of 731 North Spanish, was upgraded from critical to serious...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Members of the Malaysian Student Association at Southeast Missouri State University have planned "Malaysian Night `91" as a way to introduce people to the Malaysian culture. Asokan Vasudevan, vice president of the club, said the dinner and dance will be held April 12. It will feature 10 different types of Malaysian dances and nine varieties of food from the country. All dances will be performed by students...