Obituaries
Recent Obituaries in Jackson & Cape Girardeau, MO
Browse recent obituaries and death notices for the Jackson & Cape Girardeau, MO area. Each tribute honors a life lived and reflects the diverse traditions, cultures, and stories that shape our community.
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David Edward Philipps
Oct 11, 2016
David Edward Philipps, 84, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at his home.
He was born October 23, 1931, in St. Louis, son of Elmo W. and Edna E. Kroeker Philipps. He and Barbara Raufer were married February 14, 1960.
David attended St. Paul Lutheran School and was confirmed at St. Paul Lutheran...
Martha Kamp
Oct 8, 2016
Martha L. Kamp, 87, of Jackson, passed away Saturday, October 8, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
She was born June 5, 1929, in Oak Ridge, to John W. and Meta Engelmann Daume, Sr. She and Elmer E. Kamp were married July 7, 1951, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Tilsit.
Martha was...
Anthony Allen Swope
Oct 8, 2016
Anthony Allen Swope, 21, of Jackson passed away Saturday, October 8, 2016 at his home.
He was born October 30, 1994, in Sandwich, Illinois, son of Rodger "Dale" and Della Moss Swope.
Anthony was a 2013 graduate of Jackson High School. After high school Anthony worked briefly at McDonalds in Jackson. He enjoyed reading science...
Jack Bowers
Sep 30, 2016
Grover "Jack" Bowers, age 83 of Millersville, passed away Friday, September 30, 2016 at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
He was born March 20, 1933, in Oran, Missouri, son of George and Mary Lape Bowers. He and Karen Schreiner were married May 31, 1986.
Jack was a member of Haynes Chapel near Millersville....
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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