Obituaries

Sep 12, 2016

William H. "Goose" Call, 85, of Jackson, passed away Monday, September 12, 2016 at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau.

He was born March 22, 1931 in Jackson, son of Lawrence R. and Amelia Engelmann Call. He and Erma King were married May 11, 1952 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson.

Bill was a...

Sep 11, 2016

James R. Nelson, 95, of Jackson passed away Sunday, September 11, 2016, at The Cape Girardeau Veteran's Home.

Jim was born July 27, 1921 in St. Joseph, Missouri. He married Evelyn in February 1943. Together, they enjoyed 73 years of marriage. They are members of New McKendree United Methodist Church in Jackson. He loved hunting and fishing...

Sep 9, 2016

Virginia Felty, 96, of Millersville, passed away Friday, September 9, 2016, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home.

She was born November 23, 1919, near Millersville, to Boyd and Bertha Sander Summers. She married Quentin Felty on December 21, 1938, at Marble Hill, Missouri.

Virginia and Quentin were practically inseperable. They farmed many years in the Millersville...

Sep 8, 2016

Helen Bernice Heath, 82, of Friedheim, passed away Thursday, September 8, 2016 at Estates of Perryville in Perryville, Missouri.

She was born September 7, 1934 in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Fred and Edith Rigger Brunke. She and Robert E. "Bob" Heath were married February 3, 1955 at Larson Air Force Base in Topeka, Kansas. He passed away...

Sep 7, 2016

LaVerne Cunningham, 86, of Sikeston, formerly of Cape Girardeau and Jackson, passed away Wednesday, September 7, 2016, at the home of her daughter in Sikeston.

She was born May 24, 1930, in Harrisburg, Arkansas, to James H. and Nora Foster Pace. She and Eugene N. Cunningham were married November 19, 1948, in Harrisburg, by her grandfather, Rev....

Sep 4, 2016

Judy Merlene Talley, 67, of Jackson, passed away Sunday, September 4, 2016 at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau.

She was born August 17, 1949, in Chicago, Illinois, daughter of Loy R. and Lorene P. Smith Moore. She and Kenneth Talley were married December 11, 1976 in Cape Girardeau.

Judy was a 1968 graduate of...

Sep 4, 2016

Edith Allegra Wendel, 95, of Jackson, passed away Sunday, September 4, 2016, at the home of her daughter in Jackson.

She was born August 14, 1921, in Tilsit, Missouri, to Charles H. and Ida Valle Daume, Sr. She and Jacob T. "Jake" Wendel, Jr., were married November 29, 1941, in Rolla, Missouri. They had been married nearly...

Aug 31, 2016

David Wesley Woeltje, 64, of Jackson, Missouri, passed away February 17, 2018, after a long illness.

Born March 4, 1953, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri to Glenn and Rosanna (Fallert) Woeltje, he was the youngest of three children. He graduated from Jackson High School and attended Southeast Missouri State University.

On October 1, 1988, David married...

Aug 31, 2016

Julia Lynn Woeltje, 52, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, August 31, 2016 at her home surrounded by her family. She passed away quietly and peacefully after a long illness.

She was born October 4, 1963 in Neubruecke, Germany, daughter of Darryl Keith and Maureen Gail Peirano Gerstner. She and David W. Woeltje were married October 1, 1988....

Aug 29, 2016

Wilma Ruth Tesson, 89, of Jackson, passed away Monday, August 29, 2016 at her home.

She was born August 17, 1927 in Bismarck, Missouri, daughter of Clyde and Lorene Meadows Peterman. She and Lowell Miinch were married and they had five children. Later in life, she married Frank Tesson. He passed away August 23, 2009.

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Aug 28, 2016

Stephen A. Russo, 63, of Jackson, passed away Sunday, August 28, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

He was born January 3, 1953, in Los Angeles, California, to Thomas J. and Josephine Pungi Russo.

Stephen was a graduate of Grossmont High School in El-Cajon, California. He spent most of his life in...

Aug 26, 2016

Anna Emma Crole, 92, of Jackson, passed away Friday, August 26, 2016 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

She was born May 17, 1924, in Mississippi, daughter of George P. and Blanche G. Reiss Teasley. She and Charles Crole were married in 1970. He passed away November 27, 2012.

Anna worked for Remington...

Aug 25, 2016

Marjorie Pauline Lohman, age 92, of Jackson, passed away Thursday, August 25, 2016 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau.

She was born August 11, 1924, in Pocahontas, daughter of Eberhart and Edna Schoen Ruehling.

She and Virgil H. Lohman were married January 24, 1946. He preceded her in death on December 8, 2005.

Aug 24, 2016

Patricia Ann "Patty" Spangler, of Steelville, Illinois, died Wednesday, August 24, 2016, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri after a short struggle with cancer. She was 58.

She was born July 30, 1958 in Pinckneyville, Illinois to Bobby Gene "Sputt" and Wanda Lee Jones Spangler.

While growing up, Patty was a lively and happy...

Aug 23, 2016

Elizabeth Joann "Betty" Elfrink, 71, of Jackson, MO passed away Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at Monticello House in Jackson.

She was born Sept. 22, 1944, in Cape Girardeau, the daughter of Bernard J. and Johanna M. Holzum Broshuis. She and Michael A. Elfrink were married May 8, 1965 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Jackson.

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Aug 20, 2016

Charlene Mary Hoefler Urhahn, 67, of Jackson passed away Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 21, 1948, in Cape Girardeau, the daughter of Charles Clement and Coletta Clara Heuring Hoefler. She and Jacob Urhahn were married Jan. 4. 1992, in Cape Girardeau. Charlene was an educator working in elementary education...

Aug 20, 2016

Cardell "Broadway" Withers Sr., 65, of Jackson, MO passed away Saturday, August 20, 2016 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, MO.

He was born December 15, 1950, in Monticello, AR, son of Samuel and Callie Franklin Withers. He and Lois Wade were married August 1, 1993. She survives.

Cardell worked at General Motors...

Aug 20, 2016

Pauline "Polly" Davis, 74, of Jackson, passed away Saturday evening, August 20, 2016 at her home. She gained her angel wings while being surrounded by her family.

She was born August 28, 1941, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of John Henry and Lula Ruth Stovall Finney. She leaves behind the love of her life, Henry Davis, to whom...

Aug 19, 2016

Patsy Jean "Pat" Terry, 76, of Jackson, passed away Friday, August 19, 2016, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

She was born July 11, 1940, in Jackson, to Charley W. and M. Lottie Revelle Hanners. She and Charles D. Terry were married March 20, 1960, at First Baptist Church in Jackson.

Pat was baptized at...

Aug 18, 2016

Margaret Anne "Marci" Wilson, 60, of Jackson passed away Thursday, August 18, 2016, surrounded by her loving family in her home.

She was born October 17, 1955, in Passaic, New Jersey, daughter of Norris and Margaret Kenyon Greer. She and Stephen Wilson were married March 26, 1977.

Marci was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister,...