Obituaries

Oct 28, 2021

Ella Dee Keith, 90, of Jackson, passed away Thursday, October 28, 2021, at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 28, 1931, in Oak Ridge, daughter of Walter and Freda Barks Martin. She and Donald LeRoy Keith were married in 1950, in Paragould, Arkansas. He passed away February 3, 2004. Ella Dee was a member First...

Oct 28, 2021

Boyd Dewayne Simpkins, 66, of Oak Ridge passed away Thursday, October 28, 2021 at his home. He was born November 22, 1954 in Cape Girardeau, son of Boyd and Doris Cope Simpkins. He and Terry Culbertson were married February 14, 1974 in Scott City. She survives. Dewayne loved working on and driving old cars. He enjoyed riding motorcycles and...

Oct 26, 2021

Thomasville, Pennsylvania:  Charles “Chuck” William Koehler, Jr. 78, formerly of Jackson, entered into rest on October 26, 2021, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

He was born February 7, 1943, in Jackson, Missouri, to Charles William and Gusta Wedekind Koehler, Sr.

Chuck was an honorably discharged veteran of the U.S. Navy and served on the honor guard of...

Oct 26, 2021

Tom G. Hanners, 92, of Sedgewickville, passed away Tuesday, October 26, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 22, 1929, in Bollinger County, Missouri, to Julius Loyd and Maude Ethel Johnson Hanners. He and Flora Jean Garrison were married in May 1955. A son, David, was born to their union. They had been...

Oct 25, 2021

Brenda Shirley, 75, of Jackson, passed away Monday, October 25, 2021, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

Brenda was born July 24, 1946, in Stoddard County, Missouri, to Charles and Clodina Pruett Mann.  She and Johnnie Shirley were married March 20, 1964, in Stoddard County.  She was a 1964 graduate of Dexter High School.

Brenda...

Oct 25, 2021

Frances Kay Farrow, 73, of Millersville passed away, Monday, Oct. 25, 2021, at her home. She was born Feb. 16, 1948, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Isaac Harry Driskell and Katie Elizabeth Mott Driskell. She and Gene Farrow were married August 30, 1968, in Cape Girardeau and he survives. Frances was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She...

Oct 25, 2021

John Gooch, 83, of Whitewater passed away, Monday, October 25, 2021 at the Estates of Perryville. He was born August 26, 1938, in Ellsinore, Missouri, son of John Alvin and Florence Marie Boyer Gooch. He and Estella Tubbs were married May 18, 1959. She passed away March 28, 2011. John was raised in the Ellsinore area. He attended the...

Oct 24, 2021

Janet M. Kester, 74, of Friedheim, passed away Sunday, October 24, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born November 11, 1946, in Cape Girardeau, to Lester H. and Artie V. Wills Berkbigler. She and Willie Kester were married August 24, 1963, in Jackson. Three children were born to their union, Willie, Kenny, and Angie....

Oct 23, 2021

Reverend Robert R. Medlock, 88, of Sikeston, Missouri passed away October 23, 2021, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri.

He was born September 29, 1933, in Neely’s Landing, Missouri, and was the son of Fred and Lucille Medlock.  He and Bernice Louise Bates were married June 5, 1954.  She passed away February 2, 2010.

Oct 23, 2021

Dorothy Marie (Schreiner) Siebert, 94, formerly of Jackson, went to be with Jesus on Saturday, October 23, 2021, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau.

She was born August 5, 1927, to Walter and Edna Ruppel Schreiner in Old Appleton, Missouri. She and Harlan Alvin Siebert were married November 26, 1950. He survives.

Dorothy was...

Oct 22, 2021

Lester Maevers, age­­ 86, of Jackson passed away Friday, October 22, 2021, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

The youngest of five siblings, Lester was born September 7, 1935, in Tilsit, to August and Amanda Nagel Maevers.  He and Ruth Ann Hartle were married January 12, 1958, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson.  They were blessed...

Oct 20, 2021

Carmen C. (Mainer) Hoffman died on October 20, 2021, in Jackson, Missouri, at the age of 93.

Carmen was born in McClure, Illinois, on February 6, 1928, to Leslie Elden and Flossie (Willie) Mainer. Carmen and Alvin Daniel “A.D.” Hoffman were married August 11, 1950.  They had been married 49 years when A. D. passed away November...

Oct 20, 2021

Glenn H. Elfrink, 79, of Jackson, passed away Wednesday, October 20, 2021, at Chateau Girardeau in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born June 18, 1942, in Leopold, Missouri, to Phillip and Margaret Steinnerd Elfrink. He and Brenda Mouser were married March 23, 1968, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Jackson. They had been married 50 years when Brenda passed...

Oct 19, 2021

Doyle Wayne Eakins, 82, of Whitewater passed away Tuesday, October 19, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 30, 1939, in Crump, son of Sylvanus and Hester Proffer Eakins. He and Wanda Hennecke were married on March 31, 1962, at Whitewater United Methodist Church in Whitewater. Doyle attended grade school in Crump and...

Oct 19, 2021

Robert "Bob" Lee Leimer, 83, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, October 19, 2021, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 5, 1938, in Cape Girardeau, son of Hilda Viola Leimer. He and Iva Dee Clardy were married, and three children, Rocky, Bobbi, and Tina were born to their union. Bob and Joan Faye Beanland were...

Oct 18, 2021

LaBora F. “Faye” Stinnett, 87, of Jackson, passed away Monday, October 18, 2021, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau.

She was born April 4, 1934, in Dyer County, Tennessee, to Taylor and Rubye Huffstutter Ward.  She was a graduate of Valley View High School in Jonesboro, Arkansas.

Faye and John Stinnett were united in...

Oct 18, 2021

Barbara Ann Cook, 79, of Whitewater passed away Monday, October 18, 2021 at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville. She was born October 3, 1942, in Bell City, Missouri, daughter of Guy C. and Clara Simmons Wilson. She and Marion "Red" Cook were married January 1, 1964 in Randles, Missouri. They had been married 40 years when Red passed...

Oct 17, 2021

Beverly Lynne Byrd, 66, of Cordova, Tennessee, passed away Sunday, October 17, 2021, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau.

She was born February 2, 1955, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Robert and Jacqueline Kasten Strack. She and Larry Alan Byrd were married February 4, 1983, in Memphis, Tennessee. He passed away May 27, 2015.

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Oct 16, 2021

Joanna Johannes, 76, of Jackson, passed away Saturday, October 16, 2021, in St. Louis.

She was born March 23, 1945, in Syracuse, New York, to Kenneth and Frances Diebert Dilling.  She and John Johannes were married August 19, 1967, in St. Louis, Mo.  Two children were born to their union, Rachel, and John “Jack”.

Joanna...

Oct 15, 2021

Lillian N. Schneider, 86, of Jackson, passed away Friday, October 15, 2021.

She was born December 21, 1934, in Shawneetown, Missouri, to Edwin and Frieda Wachter Schneider.  She was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Shawneetown.  She later transferred her membership to St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson and remained an active member until her...