Obituaries

Mar 3, 2021

Justin Alexander Jones, 31, of Millersville, passed away Wednesday, March 3, 2021, at his home. He was born January 22, 1990, in McKenzie, Tennessee. He and Amanda Seabaugh were married October 15, 2016, in Jackson. Justin was a 2008 graduate of Carlisle County High School in Bardwell, Kentucky. He entered the U.S. Army in 2008, and was medically discharged...

Feb 26, 2021

Clarence Weinhold, 79, of Jackson, passed away Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, in Fruitland. He was born Sept. 17, 1941, in Cape Girardeau, son of Edgar and Sylvia Kassel Weinhold. He and Mary DeBlois were married June 9, 1979. Clarence was a Deacon at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Perryville, Missouri. He was a farmer, and a truck driver for various farm...

Feb 24, 2021

Harlan Fuehler, age 69 of Shawneetown, passed away Wednesday, February 24, 2021, at the Jackson Manor Nursing Home in Jackson.

He was born July 28, 1951 in Perryville, Missouri the son of Ernst and Lillian E. Thauwald Fuehler. Harlan was a lifelong member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Shawneetown. He worked as an assembler many years at...

Feb 20, 2021

Brian Joseph Leonard, age 66, of Jackson, passed away Saturday, February 20, 2021 at his home.

He was born November 13, 1954 in Providence, Rhode Island, son of Kenneth M. and Thelma Danis Leonard Sr. He married Christine Rueter June 21, 1986 in Richton Park, Il.

Brian was a 1972 graduate of Barrington High School...

Feb 18, 2021

Surrounded by close family members, Becky Sue Thorne, 66, departed this world February 18, 2021, following a valiant three-year fight with cancer.

She was born February 5, 1955, to Evelyn Skelton Dake, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.  She and Donald Ray Thorne were married April 16, 1973, in New Orleans, Louisiana.  Her children were raised in Gordonville and...

Feb 18, 2021

Lisa Ann Crites Archer, 52, of Marble Hill, Missouri passed away Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021 at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born February 17, 1969 in Frankfurt, Germany, daughter of Charles “David” and Thelma “Ann” Hilton Crites.  She and Bryan Archer were married August 26, 2012, in Cape Girardeau. Lisa was a 1987 graduate of...

Feb 18, 2021

James Keith “Jim” Crites age 75 of Jackson, passed away Thursday, February 18, 2021 at his home. He was born July 19, 1945 in Cape Girardeau, the son of Vester and Beulah Propst Crites. He married Lois Gibbs December 10, 1966. At the age of 11 Jim was saved and baptized at West Side Church of God in Cape...

Feb 18, 2021

David Reid, 78, of Glenallen, Missouri passed away Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021 at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

He was born December 19, 1942, in St. Louis, son of Leo and Freda Johnson Reid

David worked for Erlbacher Equipment in Cape Girardeau as a back-hole operator for many years, and retired from Eastern...

Feb 15, 2021

Lawrence “Mike” Mitchell Rhodes, 71, of Whitewater, passed away Monday, February 15, 2021, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 16, 1949, near Whitewater and was raised by his great-aunt and great-uncle, Agnes and George Rhodes.  He was a 1967 graduate of Delta High School.  During the Vietnam War, he served the United States Army in...

Feb 15, 2021

BRANSON:  On Monday, February 15, 2021, John Raymond Hale, formerly of Jackson, passed away unexpectedly due to a heart attack, at Cox Medical Center in Branson, Missouri.

He was born October 23, 1951 in Charleston, Missouri, to John F. and Wilma Butler Hale.  He and Sharon Tidwell were married July 22, l972 at the United Methodist Church...

Feb 14, 2021

Robert “Bobby” Joe Smith, 59, of Cape Girardeau passed away Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021 at his home in Cape Girardeau.

He was born Feb. 21, 1961, in Cape Girardeau, son of Dean and Sharon Elizabeth Schwartz Smith.  He and Jeanette McNelly were married June 18, 1984.

Loving survivors include his wife of 26 years, a...

Feb 13, 2021

Jai Kishuri Tikoo, 78, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 25, 1943, in Srinagar, Kashmir, India, to Gopi Nath Agha and Janki Wattal. She and Dr. Mohan Tikoo were married June 2, 1969, in Srinagar. She graduated from the University of Jammu and Kashmir with a...

Feb 11, 2021

Esther Marie Petitt, 85, of Cape Girardeau, passed away Thursday, February 11, 2021 at the Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, MO.

Esther was born March 16, 1935 in Greenville, MS the daughter of the late Thomas and Esther Eubanks Mann.  She first married Jesse Kelley who passed away in 1997; her second marriage was to Marion Petitt...

Feb 9, 2021

Kathleen M. “Katy” Dickey, 101, of Cape Girardeau, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 31, 1919, in Dexter, Missouri, to the late Dewey B. and Leona Cox Bowers. She was employed at Woolworths in Cape Girardeau for 34 years and was a member of Red Star Baptist Church...

Feb 8, 2021

Henry “Harry” Thele, 75, of Jackson, passed away Monday, February 8, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

Born December 19, 1945, on the family farm in Leopold, Missouri, to Henry and Tillie Koenig Thele, he was one of 13 siblings.  He and Brenda Sue Crites were married August 7, 1965. They had been married...

Feb 5, 2021

Mary Jo Donna Way, age 59, of Cape Girardeau passed away Friday, February 5, 2021 at her home.

She was born April 2, 1961 in Cape Girardeau to Joseph D. and Mary “Marty” Fulton King. She and Donald T. Way were married July 25, 1980 in Cape Girardeau.

Mary Jo was a 1979 graduate of...

Feb 4, 2021

Anita L. Longman, 86, of Jackson passed away Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 11, 1934, in Herrin, Illinois, daughter of Anthony and Severina Beotti Catani. She and Kenneth Longman were married Sept. 12, 1953, in Herrin, Illinois. He passed away Nov. 26, 2002. Anita was a member at...

Feb 4, 2021

Danny E. Putz, 57, of Jackson, passed away Thursday, February 4, 2021, at his home. He was born March 15, 1963, in Cape Girardeau, to Edward and Lavon Parrish Putz.  He and Michelle Nagel were married March 24, 2001. Danny was a 1981 graduate of Jackson High School.  He was self-employed in the logging industry, and was also a...

Feb 3, 2021

McRichard “Bud” Burford, 80, of Burfordville, passed away Wednesday, February 3, 2021, in Marble Hill, Missouri. He was born February 22, 1940, in Cape Girardeau, to Paul A. and Edna E. McDaniel Burford.  He and Judy Meyr were married September 25, 1965, in Jackson. Bud attended Gravel Hill Grade School and was a 1957 graduate of Jackson High School.  ...

Feb 3, 2021

Beth Ann Smith, 52, of Millersville passed away Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.

She was born May 25, 1968, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Eddie and Linda Talley Owen. She and Robert W. Smith were married Nov. 26, 1988, at Millersville Baptist Church.

Beth graduated from Scott City High...