Obituaries

Apr 15, 2002

Virginia Lee Tripp, 92, of Jackson, passed away Thursday, June 22, 2017, at the Monticello House in Jackson.

The oldest of two daughters, Virginia was born August 27, 1924, in Neelys Landing, Missouri, to Dale and Maud Medlock Gohn. A young bride of 15, she married Leonard Tripp on May 18, 1940, in Jackson. Five children were...

Oct 29, 2001

Betty S. Rampley, 76, of Jackson, passed away Sunday, March 1, 2015, at the Monticello House in Jackson.

One of six children, she was born November 30, 1938, to Othel L. and Mary A. Reed Eakin. She and Raymond L. Rampley were married June 8, 1956, at Garden Ridge General Baptist Church in Bell City, Missouri. They...

Oct 14, 2000

Helen Delores Riney, 91, passed away Sunday, October 9, 2016, at her home in Jackson.

She was born June 19, 1925, in St. Louis County, daughter of Roy and Elizabeth Upshaw Ritchey. She and Melvin J. Riney Sr. were married July 22, 1944, in St. Louis, Missouri. They had been married over 56 years when he passed...

Aug 18, 2000

Louis H. Hartje Jr., 91, of Jackson, passed away Saturday, May 9, 2015, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

He was born December 21, 1923, in Chester, Illinois, to Louis and Esther Herberts Hartje. He and Mary R. Morgan were married September 15, 1950 in Chester. They had been married nearly 50 years when she...

Jun 27, 1999

James W. "Jim" Reynolds, 97, passed away Sunday, March 8, 2015, at the Jackson Manor Nursing Home. He resided many years on his farm south of Burfordville.

He was born March 12, 1917, south of Burfordville, to Alfred and Florence Jones Reynolds. He and Beula Cook were married April 25, 1943, at the former McGuire Church south...

Mar 3, 1998

Carolyn Burton, 64, of Cape Girardeau, passed away Saturday, October 22, 2016 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

She was born April 22, 1952 in Oran, MO, the daughter of Johnny and Ellen Carter Kiefer. Most of her growing years were spent in Chaffee. She married Fred L. Burton Sr. on December 31, 1984 in Cape...

Nov 2, 1995

Lala Virginia "Sue" Hendrix, 95, of Cape Girardeau, danced her way to the Lord on March 8, 2017 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, MO.

She was born March 11, 1921, in Charleston, Missouri, to Eddie Wade and Frocie Lee (Smith) Pennebaker. While working at the former Brown Shoe Factory in Charleston, Missouri, she met the...

Jul 23, 1995

Max Adam Amos, 88, of Cape Girardeau was called to his heavenly home Sunday, October 30, 2016.

He was born June 10, 1928, in Delta, son of Robert N. and Myrtle Burns Amos. He and Mary Emma Scheible were married on December 16, 1951. Mary passed away on July 23, 1995. He then married Doris Baker on...

May 28, 1994

Elnora Francis Heise, 81, of Jackson passed away Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018 at the Monticello House.

She was born August 26, 1936, in Cape Girardeau County, daughter of Elmer and Margie Bryant Borchelt. She and Harold Dean Heise were married August 8, 1953. He passed away May 28, 1994.

Elnora attended school at Egypt Mills,...

Jan 9, 1990

Nancy Mae Suhr, 94, of Oak Ridge, passed away Friday, September 29, 2017, at Monticello House in Jackson.

She was born September 12, 1923, in Jackson, to Frank and Grace Ann Morrison Dickerson. She and Fred Harding Suhr were married November 26, 1949, in Pocahontas, Missouri. The couple operated a farm for many years. They had been...

Dec 30, 1988

Juanita Jewel Hankla Mays Daume, 89 of Cape Girardeau, passed away Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau.

She was born September 20, 1926, in rural Anna, Illinois daughter of Amos F. and Opal A. Williams Hankla. She and Claude M. Mays were married December 24, 1945, by the Rev. L.H. Moore of...

May 16, 1987

Shirley Sue Statler, 81, of Jackson, (wife of Eugene D. "David" Grojean), passed away Saturday, September 9, 2017, at her home.

She was born February 18, 1936, in Neelys Landing, Missouri, to Fred and Hazel McLain Parker. She and Jerry L. Statler were married March 27, 1954, in Jackson. They had been married 33 years when Jerry...

May 11, 1985

Steve J. Niemann, 93, of Cape Girardeau, passed away Saturday, July 8, 2017, at Chateau Girardeau Health Care in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

He was born April 25, 1924, in Quincy, Illinois, to Anthony Steve and Jessie Bosse Niemann. He and Alice Leverton were married January 1, 1944, in Gulf Port, Mississippi. They had been married 41 years...

Feb 15, 1985

Vera I. Farrow, 101 of Jackson, passed away Friday, January 6, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

She was born March 12, 1915, in Perry County, Missouri, to John C. and Esther Cox Davis. She and Arnold W. Farrow eloped March 12, 1937, to Benton, Missouri. They had been married nearly 48 years when...

Sep 27, 1984

Edna Louise Peetz, 84, of Jackson, slipped peacefully into heaven, on Saturday, August 29, 2015, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She had been suffering from kidney failure.

One of five children, Edna was born August 26, 1931, near Sikeston, Missouri, to Roy and Leona Greenlee. She married Norman R. Peetz on May 16, 1948, at Emmanuel...

Mar 23, 1983

Wintress Daugherty, 91, of Jackson, formerly of Scott City, Missouri, passed away Friday, October 2, 2015, at the Monticello House in Jackson, Missouri.

She was born December 10, 1923, in Dexter, Missouri, to Roy J. and Etta Crews Carney.

Wintress was a 1942 graduate of Cape Central High School and a 1944 graduate of Cape...

Sep 21, 1982

Lester Walter "Les" Ruppel, 91, of Jackson, passed away Monday, December 11, 2017, at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau.

He was born September 20, 1926, in Friedheim, Missouri, to Walter and Annie Sauer Ruppel. He was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim. He and Mildred Lohmann were married July 26, 1948. They had...

Jun 17, 1982

Geneva Ruth Mayfield, 92, of Jackson, passed away Monday, April 25, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

She was born August 29, 1923, in Oriole, Missouri, to William Daniel and Maude Della Pierce Dunn. She and Milford L. "Doc" Mayfield were married March 15, 1942, in Benton, Missouri. They had been married 40 years...

Apr 20, 1981

Arlyn N. Heider, 98, of Jackson, was called to celebrate Christ's birthday in heaven. Listening to "Away in a Manger", with family by her side, she peacefully passed away Friday, December 25, 2015, at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau.

One of four children, Arlyn was born May 5, 1917, north of Fruitland, to Charles F. and...

Oct 24, 1978

Frieda Emma Reisenbichler, 93, of New Wells, passed away Monday, September 4, 2017, at the Monticello House in Jackson.

She was born May 29, 1924, in Frohna, Missouri, to Otto and Amanda Feiste Grebing. Frieda was baptized, confirmed, and married at Concordia Lutheran Church in Frohna, and also attended the church's grade school.

Frieda and...