Obituaries

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...

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....

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....

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...

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....

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...

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...

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.