Grover Elwood Cole, 73, of Jackson passed away Thursday, November 26, 2020 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born December 13, 1946, in Sikeston, son of Grover A. and Helen Childers Cole. He and Rhonda Hauenschild were married May 26, 1974, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson. Grover had been a Civil Air Patrol Cadet at Sikeston High School where he graduated in 1964. He proudly served in the United States Air Force from 1964-1968. After basic training at Lackland...

Lucy T. Fowler, 94, formerly of Pocahontas, Elvins and Desloge, Missouri, passed away November 25, 2020, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, where she resided nearly 11 years.  The youngest of seven children, Lucy was born October 22, 1926, in Bourbon, Missouri, to Rev. Sam D. and Amy E. Sites Bohnenkamp.  As a “preacher’s kid”, Lucy moved often and attended several schools.  She was a 1945 graduate of Mountain View High School in Mountain View,...

Jarilyn “”Jari” Sue Southard, age 72, of Jackson passed away Monday, November 30, 2020 at her home. She was born June 15, 1948 in New York, the daughter Charles Baker and Janet McDougal Otis Baker Piepenbrok. She and Elmer “Jay” Southard married January 29, 1972.S She graduated from the Sandy Creek Central High School in Sandy Creek, NY. She then graduated from the School of Practical Nursing in Oswego, New York and received her license for nursing from the...

James Robert “Rob” Ross, 26, of Cape Girardeau, passed away Tuesday, December 1, 2020.He was born March 20, 1994 in Cape Girardeau, son of Randy and Penny Spinks Ross.Rob was a 2012 graduate of Jackson High School. He went into hospitality working at Saffron Bistro. He lived life to the fullest with a heart of gold.Loving survivors include his parents Randy and Penny Ross, a brother; Joseph “Joe” Lambert of Collierville, Tennessee, two sisters; Tanya (Dustin) Burdine...

Gary J. “Jim” Monteith, Jr., 56, of Jackon, passed away Saturday, November 28, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born December 11, 1963, in San Diego, California, the oldest child of Gary and Carolyn Robison Monteith, Sr.  He and Kim Boyd were married January 1, 1994, in Millersville, Missouri. Jim was raised near Burfordville and was proud to have worked on the Bollinger Mill Restoration Project.  He was a 1982 graduate of Jackson High...

Robert E. Bruhl, 88, of Jackson passed away Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020, at Great Rivers Medical Center in Blytheville, Arkansas. He was born Feb. 28, 1932, in Berwyn, Illinois, the son of George Daniel and Alice Frances Kostal Bruhl. He and Carol S. Schaefer were married July 20, 1957 in Park Ridge, Illinois. Robert and Carol lived in the Chicago area for many years and relocated to Jackson in 1996. While in Chicago, he worked at Western Electric and for many years worked as a programmer for...

Lilia Ann Charters, 66, of Cape Girardeau, passed away Wednesday, November 25, 2020 at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau. There will be no services. Interment will be in Dallas Fort worth National Veterans Cemetery. McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau entrusted with final arrangements.

Donald Richard Schaefer, 73, of Cape Girardeau, passed away on November 24, 2020, at St. Francis Medical Center.  Born November 6, 1947, in Waukegan, Illinois, to Walter B. and Jean B. Fredrick Schaefer, Don was one of 11 children.  He and Diane Mirly were married June 28, 1969, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Jackson.  They proudly celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 2019.  Don was a graduate of Jackson High School.  During the Vietnam...

Peggy A. Borgfield, 86, of Jackson, passed away Sunday, November 22, 2020, at her home. She was born October 3, 1934, in Oak Ridge, to Clyde and Mildred Cobble Martin.  She and Kenneth Borgfield were married June 7, 1953, in Oak Ridge. Peggy was a graduate of Oak Ridge High School.  She retired from K-mart. She was a 67-year member of St. John’s United Church of Christ in Fruitland; a member of Elks Auxiliary #2652 in Jackson; and for over 50 years, was a member of both...

Coletta Louise Garland, formerly of Jackson, passed away Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, due to Covid-19. She was born Aug. 30, 1928, in Sedgewickville, Missouri, to Dale and Grace Seabaugh Seabaugh. She and Don Garland were married July 5, 1946, in Sedgewickville. In 2016, more than 100 friends and family members helped celebrate Coletta and Don’s 70th wedding anniversary with a party at the Lutheran Home. Don passed away Dec. 1, 2016. Coletta was a...