Stories from Tuesday, December 15, 1992

It's something to get alarmed about. The lack of working smoke alarms can do more than ruin a Christmas celebration, it could mean the permanent cancellation of any future holidays. The newly-formed Cape Girardeau Area Safe Kids Coalition is spearheading Project "Get Alarmed." They are working with fire departments in Cape Girardeau, Scott City and Jackson, as well as other interested groups such as Zonta, to encourage smoke alarm use. ...

David Limbaugh is serving his seventh year on the Cape Girardeau City Council. I read with gratification Jon Rust's two recent columns concerning the ongoing saga of this city's government. The primary reason I am writing this letter, though, is not to compliment Mr. ...

Son to Mr. and Mrs. George Dordoni, 1424 Price, Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, 3:56 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, 1992. Name, Nicholas George. Weight, 3 pounds 11 ounces. First child. Mrs. Dordoni is the former Iris Keller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Keller, Cape Girardeau Route 3. She is a student at SIU-Carbondale. Dordoni is coordinator of student development at Southeast Missouri State University, and is the son of the late Lyabella Aronson...

JACKSON -- Erwin Pfeiffer, 86, of Jackson died Sunday, Dec. 13, 1992, at Deal Nursing Home in Jackson. He was born April 8, 1906 at Pocahontas, the son of Alvin Pfeiffer and Alvina Koenig Pfeiffer. He married Edna Miesner on April 21, 1935. She died Jan. 23, 1989...

PERRYVILLE -- Roscoe William Tucker, 78, of Perryville, died Monday, Dec. 14, 1992, at American Care Center. He was born Dec. 5, 1914, at Menfro, son of Joseph M. and Ida Canada Tucker. He and Alice Ann Yount were married June 29, 1946. She died Nov. 27, 1990...

GIPSY -- Mary Annie Holt, 92, of Gipsy, died Sunday, Dec. 13, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Nov. 14, 1900, at Arab, daughter of Lorance and Emily Bennett Myers. She and Hayden Holt were married March 4, 1917. He died Sept. 18, 1989...

MARBLE HILL -- Earl Gene Proffer, 55, of Marble Hill, died Sunday, Dec. 13, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born May 24, 1937, at Jackson, son of Earley H. and Dorothy Nothdurft Proffer. He and Janice Cobb were married Aug. 6, 1955. Proffer was a retired, self-employed auto mechanic and auto bodyman. He moved to this area in 1981 from St. Charles. He was a member of Grace United Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau...

PERRYVILLE -- Magdaline M. Zahner, 86, of Perryville, died Monday, Dec. 14, 1992, at American Care Center. She was born March 24, 1906, in Perry County, daughter of Victor and Bertha Moore Moore. She first married Rosati Moore June 4, 1924, who died Sept. 15, 1948. She later married Fred Zahner Aug. 21, 1951, who died Jan. 19, 1989...

CANALOU -- Cletus E. Harr, 86, of Canalou, died Monday, Dec. 14, 1992, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Oct. 30, 1906, at Matthews, son of Albert and Mary Magdalene Lacy Harr. He first married Pearl Sexton in February 1925, who died in April 1976. He and Vearnies Landers Tharp were married Juy 4, 1976, at Kevil, Ky...

MARION, Ill. -- Circuit judges in nine Southern Illinois counties will be casting votes this week to choose two new associate judges in the First Judicial Circuit. "The two new judges will give the circuit a total of 20 judges 13 circuit judges and seven associate judges," said Stephen Spomer, who was recently appointed to new two-year term as chief judge in the circuit. The circuit has been operation with 18 judges for several months...