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Clifford Eugene Miller
Oct 26, 2024
Clifford Eugene "Gene" Miller, age 89 of Cape Girardeau, passed away Saturday, October 26, 2024 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born December 20, 1934 in Cape Girardeau the son of Clifford and Geneva Goodpasture Miller. Gene graduated high school in St. Louis, Missouri. He served honorably in the United States Marine Corps. After his military...
Michael H. Maguire
Oct 21, 2024
Michael H. Maguire, 72, of Cape Girardeau, unexpectedly passed away Monday, October 21, 2024, at his home.
Michael was born February 3, 1952, in Greensburg, Indiana, to Daniel and Mary Ann Koors Maguire. He was a 1970 graduate of Tipton High School in Tipton, Missouri. He and Sheila Hoss were married April 19, 1980, in Chillicothe, Missouri....
Robert Allan Skowbo
Oct 20, 2024
Dr. Robert Allen Skowbo passed away peacefully at his home in Cape Girardeau, MO on October 20, 2024. Dr. Skowbo was born in Duluth, MN on February 17, 1949, the son of Stuart and Yvonne (Winn) Skowbo. Known to family, friends, and colleagues throughout his life as Bob rather than Robert, he married Carol J. (Lincoln) Skowbo in Cincinnati,...
Freddie Joseph Margrabe
Oct 19, 2024
Freddie Joseph Margrabe, 75, of Jackson, passed away Saturday, October 19, 2024, at Mercy Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 13, 1949, in Gary, Indiana, to Robert Henry and Dorothy (Bell-Roll) Margrabe. Later the family moved to Oran, where Fred was a 1967 graduate of Oran High School. He and Cecilia Essner were married on September...
Jerry Wayne Fitzgerald
Oct 17, 2024
Jerry Wayne Fitzgerald, 77, of Jackson passed away on Thursday, October 17, 2024, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 12, 1947, in Cape Girardeau, the son of Thomas Woodrow and LaVerne Alta Fee Fitzgerald. He and Pura Ramos were married on December 16, 2001. Jerry graduated from Notre Dame High School in Cape Girardeau....
Andy Louis Fellows
Oct 14, 2024
Andy Louis Fellows, 87, formerly of Jackson, passed away Monday, October 14, 2024, surrounded by family, at his home in Imperial, Missouri. He was born July 21, 1937, in Millersville, Missouri, to Edgar and Madonna Reitman Fellows. He and Janet Turner were married August 24, 1958. Two children were born to their union, Allen and Candy. They had been...
Harold F Lowes
Oct 13, 2024
Harold F. Lowes, 84, of Jackson passed away Sunday, October 13, 2024, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born September 2, 1940, in Jackson, son of Emil F.H. and Emma Louise Voges Lowes. He and Maretta Douglas were married on September 30,1961, at Hanover Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau. Harold was a 1958 graduate of...
Jim W Menz, Sr.
Oct 11, 2024
Jim W. Menz, Sr., 71, of Perryville, Missouri, formerly of Bourbonnais, Illinois, passed away Friday, October 11, 2024, surrounded by family, at his home.
He was born March 6, 1953, in Kankakee, Illinois, to Leo "Red" and Pansy Howell Menz. He and Mina Blanchette were married August 14, 1993, at the Exline Sportsman Club in Bourbonnais.
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Donald Dean Kinder
Oct 10, 2024
Donald Dean Kinder, 86, of Jackson passed away Thursday, October 10, 2024, at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born on December 29, 1937, in Gravel Hill, son of Bertie Albert and Martha Jane Hahn Kinder. Donald married his high school sweetheart Joyce Henson on May 25, 1957. She preceded him in death on February 10, 1996....
Della E. (Stovall) Mclain
Oct 6, 2024
Della E. McLain, 90, of Jackson, passed away Sunday, October 6, 2024, at Mercy-Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born December 7, 1933, to Lender and Thelma Greenlee Stovall, in Whitewater, Missouri, she was the second of seven children. She was a graduate of Delta High School. Della worked 20 years as an operator for Southwestern Bell in St. Louis....
Brenda Joyce Doza
Oct 6, 2024
Brenda Doza, 81, of Jackson passed away Sunday, October 6, 2024, at her home. She was born January 31, 1943, in Randles, daughter of Floyd David and Amy McNeely Bond. She and Ned Doza were married on December 9, 1961. Brenda was a graduate of Cape Central High School. She and Ned owned and operated Doza Appliances for many...
Don Schreiner
Oct 3, 2024
Don Schreiner, 89, of Jackson passed away October 3, 2024, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born July 24, 1935, in Jackson, to John Wesley and Ada Watkins Schreiner, he was the sixth of six children. He was a 1953 graduate of Jackson High School. Don and Patricia Clippard were married on June 16, 1957. Two children...
Shirley Mae (Elbrecht) Myers
Oct 2, 2024
Shirley Mae Myers, 79, of Oak Ridge passed away Wednesday October 2, 2024, at her home. She was born January 3, 1945, in Cape Girardeau County, daughter of Norbert and Ruby Dambach Elbrecht. She and Charles E Myers were married on August 18, 1963. He preceded her in death on July 12, 2010. Shirley loved farm living, gardening and...
Charlotte (Watson) Proffer
Oct 2, 2024
Charlotte Proffer, 100, passed away on October 2, 2024, at The Villas in Jackson. She was born on May 20, 1924, to Lillie and Albert Watson, near Marble Hill, MO. After graduating high school, she moved to St Louis and worked at Crown Candy in St Louis and later at Amertorp torpedo plant during WWII. She loved going to...
Fisher Langsten Taylor
Sep 30, 2024
Fisher Langsten Taylor, 3 weeks old, of Oak Ridge, passed away September 30, 2024, at home in the arms of his parents. The family is grateful for the three unexpected weeks they had with Fisher.
He was born September 9, 2024, in Cape Girardeau, son of Ryan and Kasey Crowden Taylor.
Sweet baby Fisher had...
Joan Marie (Thanel) Evans
Sep 29, 2024
Joan Marie (Thanel) Evans, 70, of Jackson, passed away Sunday, September 29, 2024, at her home, surrounded by her family. She was born December 25, 1953, in Norfolk, Nebraska, to Harold Fredrick Thanel and Ethel Esther Louise Herbolsheimer. Joan and Michael Bruce Evans were married November 22, 1974, in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.
Joan attended Norfolk Senior...
Kathleen (Meyr) Steffens
Sep 29, 2024
Kathleen S. Steffens, 75, of Jackson passed away Sunday, September 29, 2024, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
She was born January 27, 1949, in New Wells, daughter of Albert H. and Elda Gerler Meyr. She and Richard L. Steffens were married on May 18, 1968, in New Wells. Kathleen was a 1967 graduate of...
Linda Louise (Trousdale) Parks
Sep 28, 2024
Linda Louise Parks, 77, of Jackson, passed away Saturday, September 28, 2024, at Aspire Nursing Home in Advance, Missouri.
She was born December 28, 1946, in Sikeston, Missouri, to Donald and Genevieve Trousdale Ozment. She attended elementary school in Sikeston and was a 1965 graduate of Cape Central High School. She and Richard J. "Joe" Parks were...
Terry Orville Ahrens
Sep 23, 2024
Terry Orville Ahrens, 56, of Greenville, Alabama, formerly of Jackson, passed away Monday,
September 23, 2024. Terry suffered fatal injuries from a tragic accident in Nashville, Tennessee, while waiting for his truck to be loaded.
The third of four children, Terry was born October 24, 1967, in Cape Girardeau, to Orville and Nora Proffer Ahrens....
Keith Lloyd Schattauer
Sep 23, 2024
Keith Lloyd Schattauer, 67, formerly of Pocahontas, Missouri, passed away Monday, September 23, 2024, at Mercy Hospital South in St. Louis.
He was born August 30, 1957, in Cape Girardeau, to Lloyd A. and Erna Meyr Schattauer. He was baptized and confirmed at St. John's Lutheran Church in Pocahontas.
Keith never met a stranger. Though...
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