Obituaries
Recent Obituaries in Jackson & Cape Girardeau, MO
Browse recent obituaries and death notices for the Jackson & Cape Girardeau, MO area. Each tribute honors a life lived and reflects the diverse traditions, cultures, and stories that shape our community.
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Ethel Grace (Gallup) Borgfield
Nov 4, 2021
Ethel Grace Borgfield, 84, of Jackson, passed away Thursday, November 04, 2021 at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born September 28, 1937 in Patton, Missouri, daughter of John Virgil and Grace Crites Gallup. She and Cletus Leon Borgfield were married June 1, 1957 in Patton. Ethel was a 1955 graduate of Patton High School. She...
Richard Loos
Nov 3, 2021
Richard “Dick” Lloyd Loos, 81, of Cape Girardeau, passed away Wednesday, November 3, 2021 at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau.
He was born December 22, 1939 in Jackson, son of William and Bertilla Marie “Tillie” Heisserer Loos. He and Margaret “Margie” Zahner were married November 5, 1977.
Dick attended Immaculate Conception school in Jackson. Since...
Jerry D. Green
Nov 3, 2021
Jerry D. Green, 80, of Sedgewickville, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021, at his home. He was born August 27, 1941, in Whitewater to Herbert and Alta Chapman Green. He and Martha S. "Sue" Thiele were united in marriage on May 27, 1961, at Sedgewickville Lutheran Church. Jerry was a lifelong cattle farmer near Sedgewickville and worked many...
James Edwin Owens
Nov 2, 2021
James E. Owens, 79, of Jackson, died Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home in Jackson. A private funeral service will be held at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. Interment will follow at Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield. Arrangements were made by McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.
Randy C Shultz
Nov 1, 2021
Randy C. Shultz, 63, passed away Monday, November 1, 2021, at his home in Gordonville.
He was born August 5, 1958, to Charles and Fern Peetz Shultz. He and Kimberly Brugger were married October 8, 1983, at Zion United Methodist Church, west of Gordonville.
He was a 1976 graduate of Jackson High School.
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Leon Wayne Tuschhoff
Oct 31, 2021
Leon Wayne Tuschhoff, 83, of Jackson, passed away Sunday, October 31, 2021 at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born September 19, 1938, in Cape Girardeau, son of Joseph D. and Lucy Petzoldt Tuschhoff. Leon was a 1956 graduate of Jackson High School. He enlisted in the United States Army in 1958 and was honorably discharged in 1962....
Paul E. Pender
Oct 29, 2021
Paul E. Pender, 83, of Chaffee, passed away Friday, October 29, 2021, at his home.
He was born September 21, 1938, in Cape Girardeau, to Ray and Pearl Worley Pender. He and Lillian Tacket were married in April, 1960. Three children were born to their union, Kathy, Christopher, and Pamela. They had been married 59 years when...
Orville Ahrens
Oct 29, 2021
Orville A. Ahrens, 81, of Jackson, passed away Friday, October 29, 2021, at his home near Tilsit.
The youngest of three children, Orville was born January 3, 1940, in Jackson, to Walter and Ruby Aufdenberg Ahrens. He was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Tilsit. He attended the church’s elementary school and Poplar Ridge School....
Mildred (Grossheider) Seboldt
Oct 29, 2021
Mildred Lorraine Seboldt, daughter of Robert F. and Laura Feuerhahn Grossheider, was born August 7, 1929 in Gordonville, MO. She became a member of God's family through the washing of holy baptism on August 25, 1929 and made a public confession of her faith in Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior at her confirmation at Zion Lutheran Church,...
Ella Dee (Martin) Keith
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...
Boyd Dewayne Simpkins
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...
Chuck W. Koehler
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...
Tom G. Hanners
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...
Brenda S. (Mann) Shirley
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...
Frances Kay (Driskell) Farrow
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...
John Marshal Gooch
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...
Janet Marie (Berkbigler) Kester
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....
Robert Raymond Medlock
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.
...Dorothy Marie (Schreiner) Siebert
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...
Lester A. Maevers
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...
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