Anita Alene Branscum, dearly-loved wife, mother, Nana, sister and friend brightened this world for 77 years. She passed from this life surrounded by loved ones at her home in Jackson, MO, on May 4, 2021. Her faith in Christ and her positive outlook characterized her entire life. Anita was born to Harrison and Athine Toole on August 19, 1943, in Kennett, MO. She was preceded in death by both of her parents and one of her sisters, Barbara Hoffmeister. Her warm and generous spirit will live on...

Allen Howard Boren, 84, of Jackson, passed away Thursday, April 29, 2021, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 16, 1936, in New Wells, to Clarence H. and Gusta Pfeiffer Boren.  Allen was baptized and confirmed into Christian faith in the Missouri Synod Lutheran Church.  He was a longtime, faithful member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson. He was a 1955 graduate of Jackson High School.  He and Mary Ann Steiner were married November 23, 1963, at Zion...

Michael Allen Gast, 73, passed away Thursday, April 29, 2021, at Saint Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 3, 1948, in Cape Girardeau, to John E. and Lavera V. Darnell Gast Mike attended Jackson High School. He honorably served 22 years in the U.S. Navy from 1966 to 1989. After his military retirement, he worked for the United States Postal Service in Portland, Maine. He later moved to Jackson, working as an electrician for K & K Electric and retiring from Marion Eye...

Mary Elizabeth Herndon, 66, of Jackson completed the journey to her heavenly resting place Saturday, April 24, 2021 while visiting family in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born October 2, 1954 in Cape Girardeau to Kenrick and Kathleen Kuehn Gibbar. Mary graduated from Jackson High School in 1973 and received her Bachelor of Science in Education degree in 1977 and her Master of Arts in Education from Southeast Missouri State University in 1992. She taught at Emerson Elementary School in Cairo,...

  Don Michael Voorhes, 75, of Jackson passed away Friday, April 23, 2021, at his home. He was born September 25, 1945, in Cape Girardeau, son of Curtis and Elsie Brune Voorhes.  Don was baptized into the faith at Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim, on Feb. 3, 1946.  He was confirmed into that faith on April 10, 1960 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson, by Pastor Walter Keisker.  He and Donna Hennecke were married Aug. 9, 1969 at St. Paul. Don graduated from...

Robert “Neil” Dougan, 75, of Jackson, passed away Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau. The youngest of six children, Neil was born April 30, 1945, in St. Louis, to Forrest and Lorraine Willis Dougan.  Neil was a 1963 graduate of Cape Central High School.  He was a Vietnam veteran, serving honorably in the U.S. Marine Corps from Aug. 12, 1966 to Aug. 9, 1968. He and Alberta Macke were married July 17, 1971.  Neil was a journeyman...

Mark Richard “Moose” Venable, 55, of Jackson, unexpectedly passed away Thursday, April 22, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born August 1, 1965, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Charles and Linda Hilborn Venable.  He and Janet Payne were married April 30, 2011. Mark was a 1983 graduate of Poplar Bluff High School.  He was a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps., serving honorably from April 16, 1984 to December 30, 1997.   He...

Margaret Ann Pfeiffer, 78 of Jackson, passed away Sunday, April 18, 2021 at her home with her family at her side. She was born November 16, 1942 in Oak Ridge, Missouri the daughter of Vernon and Mabel Schlichting Guth. She married Robert C. “Bob” Pfeiffer April 29, 1962 at Zion Lutheran Church in Pocahontas. Margaret was baptized into the Lutheran faith at Trinity Lutheran Church in Shawneetown, Missouri and confirmed at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson where she had been a...

Irene Marie Siemers, 96, of Cape Girardeau, passed away Friday, April 16, 2021 due to a stroke, at the Lutheran Home, where she had been living since 2016.   The second of six children, Irene was born December 10, 1924, near Tilsit, to Leo Henry and Frieda Emma Fluegge Siebert. Irene was baptized January 18, 1925 by the Rev. E. C. Weis, and confirmed April 10, 1938, by the Rev. H. J. Strickert, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Tilsit. She received her elementary education at Tilsit...

Samuel Isaiah “Sam” Johnston Sr, 86, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Millersville, passed away Wednesday, April 14, 2021 in Marble Hill, Missouri.  He had been in the care of his nephew, Chuck (Sharon) Cathcart for nearly two weeks. He was born May 3, 1934, in Sedgewickville, Missouri, son of Otis Rudolph and Ida Mae Seabaugh Johnston.  He and Lena Cathcart were married July 2, 1955 in Sedgewickville.  She passed away October 16, 2019. Samuel was a member of...