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Helen J. “Jean” Myles

Helen J. “Jean” Myles

Sep 30, 2016

Helen Jean Myles, 84, of Cape Girardeau passed away on Friday evening, September 30, 2016 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Jean was born on November 27, 1931, in Aurora, Illinois, daughter of J.W. and Helen Virginia Garman Oran. She attended the public schools in Naperville, Illinois, and subsequently graduated with high honor from North Central College, Naperville,...

Ronald C. Evans

Ronald C. Evans

Sep 28, 2016

Ronald Clarence Evans, 93, passed away Wednesday, September 28, 2016, at his home in Jackson.

He was born March 23, 1923, in DeSoto, Missouri, to Vernon A. and Genevieve A. McCreary Evans. He and Dorothy Thayer were married in 1944. She passed away in 2006. In 1970, he married Audrey "Jean" Brown. She passed away in 2001....

Florence Bright

Florence Bright

Sep 27, 2016

Florence E. Bright, 95, of Cape Girardeau, passed away Tuesday, September 27, 2016, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, where she resided the past six months.

She was born July 12, 1921, in Bloomfield, Missouri, to Lee Roy and Ethel Wright Hyslop. She and Charles W. "Wesley" Bright were married November 7, 1936, in Bloomfield, Missouri....

David And Austin Wadley

David And Austin Wadley

Sep 25, 2016

Father and son, David and Austin Wadley, both of Jackson, died over the weekend from injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident in Siloam Springs, Arkansas.

James David Wadley, 52, died Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, and Austin Kyle Wadley, 23, died Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016, at Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

David was born...

Johnny Mills

Johnny Mills

Sep 25, 2016

Johnny Ray Mills, 75, of Millersville, passed away Sunday, September 25, 2016, at his home in Millersville.

The 12th of 13 children, John was born October 18, 1940, in North Little Rock, Arkansas, to Jesse and Sylveen Penrose Mills. He was raised in Arkansas, where he was active in scouting and in the Assembly of God church....

Brandon Mcarthur

Brandon Mcarthur

Sep 25, 2016

Brandon Levi "Brother" McArthur died Sunday, September 25, 2016, at his home in Jackson. His parents, BJ and Lisa, and sister, Brittany, were by his side. Brandon struggled since birth, with A-T, a rare neurodegenerative, recessive genetic disease, causing progressive loss of muscle control, immune system problems, and a high rate of cancer, which Brandon was diagnosed with March...

Rodney Edward Truax

Rodney Edward Truax

Sep 25, 2016

Rodney Edward Truax, 79, of Jackson, passed away Sunday, September 25, 2016 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

Rodney was born Apr. 9, 1937 in Egan, LA the son of the late George E. and Beulah Marie (Scanlan) Truax. He and Lillie Sue Hancock were married June 6, 1966 in Memphis. She passed away Dec....

Ellouise Mae Siebert

Ellouise Mae Siebert

Sep 25, 2016

Ellouise Mae Siebert, age 84, of Jackson, passed away Sunday, September 25, 2016 at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

She was born, September 25, 1932 in Gordonville, daughter of Albert and Frieda Graden Gerecke. She and Freeman Siebert were married June 20, 1950 at Zion Lutheran Church in Gordonville. He passed away May 8. 2006....

Verna J. Downen

Verna J. Downen

Sep 23, 2016

Verna J. Downen, 73, of Scott City, passed away Friday, September 23, 2016, at the home of a granddaughter in Cape Girardeau.

She was born June 6, 1943, in Advance, Missouri, to John H. and Ethel P. McDowell Long. She and Eddie Downen were married January 16, 1983. They had been married 33 years when Eddie passed...

Valerie Margaret Marler

Valerie Margaret Marler

Sep 21, 2016

Valerie Margaret Marler, age 81, of Jackson, passed away Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau.

She was born October 19, 1934, in Bonne Terre, Missouri, daughter of Percy Leon and Margaret Sarah McDaniel Faenger. She and Farrell Wayne Marler were married May 3, 1957 in Bonne Terre. He passed away April 14, 1994....

Donald E. Borgfield

Donald E. Borgfield

Sep 19, 2016

Donald E. Borgfield, 79, of Jackson, passed away Monday, September 19, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

He was born Nov. 3, 1936, in Jackson, to Edwin and Esther Kasten Borgfield. He and June E. Schneider were married July 13, 1958, at Zion Lutheran Church in Gordonville.

Don was a lifetime member...

Bonnie Clardy

Bonnie Clardy

Sep 16, 2016

Bonnie "Boots" Dee Clardy, 95, of Jackson passed away September 16, 2016 at Jackson Manor Nursing Home in Jackson, surrounded by family.

She was born February 23, 1921 in Millersville, MO daughter of Burette and Addie Mae Robins Brown. She and William Paul Clardy were married December 31, 1935 in Whitewater. They had been married nearly 55...

Bill Call

Bill Call

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...

James R. Nelson

James R. Nelson

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...

Virginia Felty

Virginia Felty

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...

Helen B. Heath

Helen B. Heath

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...

Laverne P. Cunningham

Laverne P. Cunningham

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....

Judy Talley

Judy Talley

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...

Allegra Wendel

Allegra Wendel

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...

David Woeltje

David Woeltje

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...

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