Lavern (Mirly) Ross
May 1, 2025
Mary LaVern Ross, a faithful and compassionate servant to God, her family, and friends, died peacefully on May 1, 2025, at her daughter and son-in-law's home in Hot Springs, Arkansas. LaVern was born September 7, 1932, to Walter O. and Roxie (nee Dickerson) Mirly, and was raised on a dairy farm just outside of Jackson, Missouri. The second oldest...
Judith Ann (Meyr) Burford
May 1, 2025
Judith "Judy" Ann Burford, 80, of Burfordville passed away Thursday, May 1, 2025. She was born August 21, 1944, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Martin E. and Meta Bingenheimer Meyr. She was raised in Pocahontas, where her father operated a general store. She cherished the time she spent there with him. She and McRichard "Bud" Burford were married on...
Donald Fred Kutscher
Apr 28, 2025
Donald Fred Kutscher, 77, of Christopher, Illinois, formerly of Jackson, passed away Monday, April 28, 2025, at NHC Healthcare in Desloge, Missouri. He was born October 16, 1947, in Cape Girardeau, to Arthur and Elda Pohlmann Kutscher. He and Carol Clark were married October 16, 1998, in Blount County, Tennessee. Don was baptized November 2, 1947, at Immanuel Lutheran...
Esther Edna (Peetz) Roberts
Apr 25, 2025
Esther Edna Roberts, age 97, of Delta, Colorado and formerly of Jackson, passed away Friday, April 25, 2025 Esther spent the first 18 years in Jackson MO and in the small community of Tilsit. This is where she went to church with her parents and siblings, in a horse-drawn buggy. After graduating from high school in 1945, she went...
Katie Louise (Boyer) Overy
Apr 25, 2025
Katie Louise Overy, age 42, of Oak Ridge, passed away, Friday, April 25, 2025 at her home. She was born on August 23, 1982, the daughter of Joseph Henry Boyer and Kimbra Luebbers. She and Kelly Overy married on May 14, 2005. Katie was a 2001 graduate of Jackson High School. She was very athletic and competitive, participating in...
Beulah Marie (Haupt) Crites
Apr 22, 2025
Beulah Marie Crites peacefully passed from this life on April 22, 2025, at the age of 91. She was surrounded by her family. As Beulah neared death, she was cared for by Journey Hospice at Chateau Girardeau.
Beulah was born on March 10,1934 to Robert Francis and Maggie Mae (Moore) Haupt. Beulah was the seventh living child...
Alexis Marie Sample
Apr 21, 2025
Alexis Marie Sample, 24, of Perryville passed away Monday, April 21, 2025, at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis. She was born on November 2, 2000, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of William Sample and Tiffany Kasten. Alexis joined her life journey independently and departed in the same manner. She was the guiding light and glue that held her...
Edward W. "Ed" O'Howell
Apr 20, 2025
Edward William O'Howell was born August 7, 1945, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, to William Lee and Mattie D Young O’Howell. He left this world Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025, in his home with family there to lovingly say goodbye and we'll see you again. Ed and his family are secure in the knowledge that to be absent from the...
Kathy (Camden) Green
Apr 20, 2025
Carole Kathleen “Kathy” Green, 83, of Sedgewickville, passed away Sunday, April 20, 2025, at Mercy Hospital Southeast in Cape Girardeau.
She was born May 16, 1941, in Troy, North Carolina, to Robert G. “Golden” and Beulah Estep Camden. The church of Kathy’s childhood was West End Church of Christ in Cape Girardeau, also the church of her...
Jimmie Ray Winder
Apr 19, 2025
Beloved husband, devoted father, and the best “Papa,” Jimmie Ray Winder passed away peacefully on Holy Saturday April 19, 2025, at the age of 85. A man of deep love, laughter, and service, Jimmie now rejoices in eternal reunion with his siblings Bobby and Mary Evelyn, who passed in childhood, and his brother, Lawrence (Duda) Winder, Jr.
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Jacqueline H. Blaylock
Apr 19, 2025
Jacqueline Huong Blaylock (Nguyen) passed away peacefully on April 19, 2025, at her home in Jackson, Missouri, at the age of 81. Known affectionately to many as Jackie, she leaves behind a legacy of love and family that spans generations.
Born in Vietnam on June 22, 1943, Jacqueline's life journey with her husband eventually brought her to...
Alma Ruth (Owens) Ashcraft
Apr 18, 2025
Alma Ruth Ashcraft, 76, of Jackson passed away April 18, 2025, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis with her family by her bedside. She had courageously endured kidney dialysis for the past 13 years. She never complained and even on her worst day, she greeted friends, doctors, nurses, and loved ones with a big smile.
Alma was...
Harold Arnold Tuschhoff
Apr 18, 2025
Harold Arnold Tuschhoff, 91, of Jackson, passed away Friday, April 18, 2025, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau.
He was born December 1, 1933, in Friedheim, Missouri, to Oscar and Mary Kester Tuschhoff. He was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim, Missouri. He was a graduate of Perryville High School and then...
Dale Paul Peer
Apr 17, 2025
Dale Paul Peer, 76, of Perryville, died Thursday, April 17, 2025, at Mercy Hospital Perry, in Perryville. He was born August 30, 1948, in Perryville, to Leslie R. and Velma T. (Mattingly) Peer, and was a 1966 graduate of St. Vincent High School in Perryville. Dale honorably served in the U.S. Navy from August 12, 1966, to August 29,...
Charles "Charlie" Thomas Retherford
Apr 17, 2025
Charles Thomas "Charlie" Retherford, 81 of Cape Girardeau passed away Thursday, April 17, 2025, at Mercy Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 5, 1943, in Cape Girardeau, the son of Tommy Cecil and Mattie K. Calhoun Retherford. He married Gladys Marie Mueller July 28, 1962, in Cape Girardeau. They had been married 60 years when she...
David Ray Retherford
Apr 16, 2025
David Ray Retherford Sr., 87, of Oak Ridge passed away Wednesday, April 16, 2025, at home, surrounded by his loved ones. He was born on January 12, 1938, in Cape Girardeau to Thomas Cecil Retherford and Mattie Katherine Calhoun. He graduated from Central High School in 1956. David married Marilyn Rose Bahr on September 21, 1957, in Ste. Genevieve....
Connie Lynn (Schott) Weatherly
Apr 16, 2025
Connie Lynn (Schott) Weatherly, 66, formerly of Grover, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, April 16, 2025, at her home in Jackson, Missouri. Connie was born in St. Albans, Missouri to Marlyn "Bud" and Genevieve Saladin Schott. She was a graduate of Lafayette High School and moved to Texas in 1978. God blessed Connie with a beautiful soul and many talents....
Jane Ellen (Mcbride) Kurre
Apr 14, 2025
Jane Kurre, 59, of Jackson passed away Monday, April 14, 2025, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 20, 1966, in St. Louis, daughter of Thomas and Bernice Bugel McBride. She and Joe Kurre were married on July 14, 1992. Jane graduated from Lindbergh High School in 1984 and earned a Management degree from...
Sharon Lynne (Frederick) Roberts
Apr 13, 2025
Sharon Lynne Roberts, 71, of Cape Girardeau passed away Sunday, April 13, 2025, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
She was born on August 4, 1953, in Dallas, Texas, daughter of William J. Frederick and Dorla Threlkeld. She and Larry Roberts were married on July 18, 1998.
Sharon loved nothing more than being...
Randy C Noce
Apr 12, 2025
Randy C. Noce, 61, of Jackson passed away Saturday, April 12, 2025, surrounded by his loved ones at home. He was born on August 11, 1963, in Marble Hill, son of Chester A. and Sylvia B. Julius Noce. He and Rochelle Trovillion were married on December 10, 1988. Randy graduated from Jackson High School. After high school, he obtained...
