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James Henry Swift
Jan 15, 2025
James Henry Swift Sr., 81, of Jackson passed away Wednesday, January 15, 2025, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born on November 23, 1943, in Sedalia, son of Harold Glenn and Edna Lucille Bennett Swift. He and Linda McManus were married on February 15, 1975. James honorably served in the United States Navy from 1960 to...
Donald White
Jan 13, 2025
Donald Dwyane White, 72, of Garland, TX passed away Monday, January 13, 2025, at Methodist Richardson Medical Center, after a 2-year battle with cancer.
He was born March 24, 1952, at his family home in Wardell, MO, to Bob and Mary White (Foster).
Don graduated from Holcomb High School in 1970 and attended Three Rivers...
Paygene B Elliott
Jan 13, 2025
Paygene “Peg” B. Elliott, 95, of Jackson, passed away peacefully, Monday, January 13, 2025, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau.
She was born February 27, 1929, in Corning, Arkansas, to Bryan and Cecil (Burns) Burns.
Peg dearly loved her family, and daily lived the example of her Pentecostal faith. She thoroughly enjoyed being a...
Thomas L. Kohm
Jan 12, 2025
Thomas L. “Tom” Kohm, 71, of Jackson, passed away Sunday, January 12, 2025, with family at his side, at his home in Jackson. Tom valiantly fought a three-year battle with cancer.
He was born March 7, 1953, in St. Louis, Mo., to Alvin and Odile Fallert Kohm. He was raised in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, and was a...
Patrick James Maloney
Jan 11, 2025
Patrick James "PJ" Maloney, 19, of Jackson passed away Saturday, January 11, 2025, at his home in Jackson. He was born on November 2, 2005, in Cape Girardeau. PJ attended Jackson High school. He also attended Greater Vision Pentecostal Church in Chaffee. He enjoyed Super Mario video games, walking in the park and spending time with his mom and...
Susan Rae (Brooks) Sterner
Jan 10, 2025
Susan Sterner, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, teacher, and friend, passed away peacefully on January 10, 2025, surrounded by her family and the compassionate staff at Chaffee Nursing Center, who became like family to her in recent years. Susan's 74 years were filled with love, creativity, and adventure. Born to Jean and Robert Brooks, who preceded her in death,...
Glen P. Eggimann
Jan 10, 2025
Glen P. Eggimann, 89, of Jackson, passed away peacefully, on Friday, January 10, 2025, at the Villas of Jackson.
He was born December 28, 1935, in Cape Girardeau County, to Elmer and Ernestine Eggimann. He was raised on a farm in Whitewater and was a 1953 graduate of Delta High School.
Glen and JerLee I....
Olline Alfreda (Abernathy) Brown
Jan 10, 2025
Olline Alfreda Brown, 94, of Jackson passed away Friday, January 10, 2025, at the home of her daughter in Jackson. She was born November 21, 1930, in Morley, Missouri, daughter of Harry Joseph and Gladys Marie Campbell Abernathy. She and Loomis "Jock" Brown were married on August 24, 1953, in Crump. They were married 67 years when he passed...
Vernalee M. (Klaus) Mouser
Jan 8, 2025
Vernalee Marie Mouser, 96, of Jackson passed away Wednesday, January 8, 2025, at the Monticello House in Jackson. She was born October 30, 1928, in Oak Ridge, daughter of Frederick "Alvin" and Lydia Dickman Klaus. She and Vernon E. Mouser were married on December 21, 1946, in Perryville. They were married 58 years when he passed away June 28,...
Carol Ann Carter
Jan 7, 2025
Carol Ann Carter, 73, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, January 7, 2025, at the Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 30, 1951, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Robert Ivan and Helen Anita Hilpert Moore. Carol was a member at Connection Point Church in Jackson. She dedicated her life to loving people, her family, and assisting...
Keith Voges
Jan 7, 2025
Elmer K. "Keith" Voges, 86, of Oak Ridge, passed away Tuesday, January 7, 2025, in Cape Girardeau MO. He was born January 21, 1938, in Cape Girardeau, to Elmer and Frieda (Schlimme) Voges. Keith was a 1957 graduate of Jackson High School. He served honorably in the Missouri National Guard, and was a member of St. John's United Church...
Terry Wayne Pourney
Jan 2, 2025
Terry Wayne Pourney, 69, of Jackson, passed away Thursday, January 2, 2025, at his home, in Jackson. He was born July 13, 1955, in Perryville to Lloyd L. and Mildred Myers Pourney. Terry was a proud Jackson football player and graduate of Jackson High School. While his sons were growing up, he coached Little League in Jackson. Terry was...
Leola Agnes (Koenig) Scholl
Jan 2, 2025
Leola A. Scholl, 87, of Jackson, passed away Thursday, January 2, 2025, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau.
She was born August 27, 1937, in Farrar, Missouri, to Martin and Agnes (Koenig) Koenig. She was baptized and confirmed and Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar and was a graduate of the church’s grade school. After a Lutheran...
Lazana "Zane" (Nelson) Hubbard
Dec 29, 2024
Lazana "Zane" Hubbard, 85, of Jackson passed away Sunday, December 29, 2024, at Mercy Hospital Southeast in Cape Girardeau. She was born September 3, 1939, in Mangum, Oklahoma, daughter of Luther E. and Lotus Jones Nelson. She and Thomas Jenkinson were married on February 14, 1959, and two children were born to their union. On January 4, 1975, she...
Bonnie Lee Bragg
Dec 29, 2024
Bonnie Lee Bragg, 72, of Jackson passed away Sunday, December 29, 2024, at her home. She was born March 23, 1952, to Garland and Rosalie Davis Sanders. Bonnie was adopted in 1957 by her maternal grandparents Wade and Florence Castleman. Loving survivors include her three daughters, Christina (Dan) Luker, Tonya (Zachary Priest) Mallory and Angelia (Craig) Schuessler; 10 grandchildren;...
Robert "Bob" S. Foster
Dec 27, 2024
Robert “Bob” S. Foster, 84, of Perryville, Missouri, passed away Friday, December 27, 2024, at the Monticello House in Jackson.
Bob was born December 16, 1940, in Cape Girardeau, to Charles E. and Helen P. Smith Foster. Bob was a 1958 graduate of Cape Central High School. He and Sondra Kay Patrick were married June 17, 1960,...
Vernon Everett Gunnels
Dec 26, 2024
Pastor Vernon E. Gunnels, Jr., departed this world at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau on Thursday, December 26, 2024, and was transferred to Glory. He was born January 30, 1945, in Oakland, California, to Vernon E. Sr. and Dorothy Mertz Gunnels. He honorably served in the U.S. Air Force from January 31, 1963, to January 30, 1967,...
Jane D. (Slinkard) Klaus
Dec 24, 2024
Jane D. Klaus, affectionately remembered as “Grandma Jane”, 93, of Jackson, passed away Tuesday, December 24, 2024, at Mercy Hospital Southeast in Cape Girardeau.
Born September 30, 1931, in Allenville, Missouri, to David Guy and Ollie McClain Slinkard, Jane was the youngest of ten children. She attended Delta High School.
Jane and Willard L. Klaus...
Nancy Janice (Silverblatt) Globe
Dec 23, 2024
Nancy Janice Globe, 76, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of St. Louis, passed away Tuesday, December 23, 2024, at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape
Girardeau, where she resided the past three years.
Nancy was born February 3, 1948, in St. Louis, to Roy Jack and Jacqueline Rhoda (Feit) Silverblatt.
Nancy was a 1966 graduate of...
Arthur Richard Dye
Dec 22, 2024
Arthur 'Richard' Dye, 74, of Wappapello, Missouri passed away Sunday December 22, 2024 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born October 27, 1950 in St. Louis, Missouri, son of Arthur "Raymond" and Margie Sue Pelts. Richard graduated from Collinsville High School in Collinsville, Illinois. He worked in the Grocery industry for many years, the last 30...
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