Obituaries

Jan 2, 2023

Wayne C. Pressley, 78, of Jackson passed away Monday, January 2, 2023 at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born August 20, 1944 in Evansville, Indiana, son of Clarence C. and Virginia Roth Pressley. He and Sherry Goin were married August 2, 2000 in Cape Girardeau. Wayne was a 1962 graduate of Leadwood High School in Leadwood, Missouri....

Dec 28, 2022

Rose Mary Bohnert Ruesler, 87, of Jackson, passed away Wednesday, December 28, 2022, at Friendship Village in St. Louis.

She was born April 6, 1935, in Perry County, Missouri, to Sylvester A. and Albertine T. Wibbenmeyer Bohnert.

Rose Mary was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Apple Creek.  She was a graduate...

Dec 26, 2022

Julaina "Jenny" Hargraves, 92, of Jackson passed away Monday, December 26, 2022, at the Monticello House in Jackson.

Jenny was born October 14, 1930, in Landers Ridge, daughter of George Franklin and Flora Matthew (Asher) Volz. She and Billy D. Hargraves were married April 14, 1953.

Jenny was a lifelong member of the First Baptist...

Dec 25, 2022

Boyd Summers Jr., 96, of Jackson, passed away Sunday, December 25, 2022, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

He was born June 19, 1926, in Millersville, Mo., to Boyd and Bertha (Sander) Summer Sr.  He and Juanita Statler were married July 7, 1950, in Chaffee, Missouri.  They had been married 69 years when Juanita passed away August...

Dec 25, 2022

Alan Wayne Jones, 68, of Jackson, passed away December 25, 2022, at his home. He was born September 16, 1954, in Cape Girardeau, son of Alan Kenneth "Rack" and Irene Wunderlich Jones. Wayne was a 1972 graduate of Jackson High School. During high school he worked for Straightway Farm Service. After graduation he began his 30-year career with Southwestern...

Dec 22, 2022

Nancy Alene Wilson Friese, 86, of Jackson, passed away Thursday, December 22, 2022, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home.

One of four siblings, she was born September 27, 1936, in Millersville, Missouri, to Edward Thomas and Ruby Stearns Wilson.  Alene attended Roberts and Millersville Elementary Schools, and was a 1953 graduate of Oak Ridge High School.

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Dec 21, 2022

Beloved teacher, Charles Thomas "Tom" Draper, age 87, of Jackson, passed way Wednesday, December 21, 2022, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born August 31, 1935, in Rochelle, Illinois the son of Arnold M. and Catherine M. McEachern Draper. He and Carol Ward were married in 1954 and on February 18, 1978 he married the love...

Dec 21, 2022

John Allen Buehler, age 86, of Oak Ridge, passed away Wednesday, December 21, 2022, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born August 11, 1936, in Glen Allen, Missouri, son of Lee and Alma Fisher Buehler. John married Judith Ann Felty December 5, 1959, at Fairview Methodist near Millersville. After graduating from Lutesville High School in 1954...

Dec 20, 2022

Beloved high school coach, Robert E. “Bob” Sink, 78, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Jackson, passed away Tuesday, December 20, 2022, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, surrounded by his loving family.

Bob was born May 12, 1944, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Edgar and Virginia Rae Byers Sink.  He and Sharon Belford were married...

Dec 19, 2022

Irene C. Schuessler  Barber, 85, formerly of Brazeau and Jackson, Missouri, passed away Monday, December 19, 2022, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

One of four children, Irene was born July 3, 1937, in Frohna, Missouri, to Roland and Clara (Schuessler) Schuessler.  Irene was raised in Frohna and attended the former Altenburg Public High School. ...

Dec 17, 2022

Eugene David Grojean, 89, of Jackson, formerly of Gordonville (family farm near Dutchtown), passed away Saturday, December 17, 2022, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home in Jackson.

He was born January 8, 1933, in Cape Girardeau, to Gregory and Josephine Meyer Grojean.  David was a graduate of Cape Central High School, where he served as student body president...

Dec 17, 2022

Velma Crites, 92, passed away Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022, at her home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 10, 1930, in St. Louis to the late John and Naida Kistner Peek. She and John Crites were married Oct. 8, 1948, at the Maple Avenue Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau. Velma graduated from Jackson High School in 1948 and...

Dec 17, 2022

Terry L. Dambach, age 54, passed away December 17, 2022 at his home in Jackson surrounded by his family.

Terry was born February 11, 1968, to Leonard and Dolly (Massa) Dambach in Cape Girardeau. He and Kelly Castulik were married April 12, 2008, at the Emanuel United Church of Christ in Jackson.

Terry was a...

Dec 17, 2022

Carolyn Lorene Fiedler, 82, of Jackson, Missouri passed away on Saturday, December 17, 2022, at the Jackson Villas Memory Care in Jackson.

She was born April 11, 1940, in Shawneetown, Missouri a twin daughter of Arthur H. and Loraine N. Schlimpert Fiedler.

Carolyn was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Shawneetown. She was...

Dec 16, 2022

The family of Joyce Zschille has revised her arrangements as follows:

Visitation has been changed to Monday, December 26, 2022, from 4 to 7 p.m., at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.  The Rev. Sam Roethemeyer will conduct the funeral service at 10 a.m., Tuesday, December 27, 2022, at the funeral home, followed by interment...

Dec 16, 2022

Patricia Ann “Patty” Spitzmiller, 73, of Cape Girardeau, passed away Friday, December 16, 2022, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

She was born October 7, 1949, in Cape Girardeau, to Harold and Dorothy McGuire Voges.  She and Tom Spitzmiller were married April 14, 1973, at Emanuel United Church of Christ in Jackson.

Patty...

Dec 16, 2022

Luona Reimann, 79, of Jackson, passed away December 16, 2022, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. She was born May 9, 1943, in Port Clinton, Ohio, daughter of Luther Raymond and Onalee Short Fetterman. She and Ivan Reimann were married August 26, 1962 at Fort McPherson in Atlanta, Georgia. Luona was a 1961 graduate of Salem Oak...

Dec 15, 2022

Dennis Wesley Ulrich, 71, of Waverly, Tennessee, passed away, Thursday, December 15, 2022 at his home. He was born November 13, 1951 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, son of Nelson and Virginia Lee Winkler Ulrich. He and Sharon Watson were married May 25, 1974 at Christ Lutheran Church in Gordonville.

Dennis was a 1970 graduate of Jackson High...

Dec 15, 2022

Nannie M. "Nan" Green, 85, of Bloomfield and formerly of Jackson, passed away Thursday, December 15, 2022 at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter, Missouri. One of four children, Nan was born September 2, 1937, in Montgomery County, Kentucky, to Kelly and Lydia Reynolds Carpenter. She was a 1955 graduate of Midway High School. She and William L....

Dec 14, 2022

Margaret June Jaco, 89, of Jackson, passed away Wednesday, December 14, 2022, at the Monticello House in Jackson.

She was born June 1, 1933, in Galena, Kansas, to Ralph E. and Leola Holding.  June’s parents died when she was small and she was raised by her brother and sister-in-law, Oscar and Veda Holding, in Antioch, California.