Obituaries

Apr 3, 2025

Winifred "Wyn" Roehm Hirsch Ward, 93, died Thursday, April 3, 2025, at the Chateau Girardeau. She was born July 22, 1931, in Detroit, Michigan, to Dr. Harold and Lucile Wickham Roehm. Wyn's first marriage was to Robert Hirsch. They had four children, Lucile, Ellen, Christian, and Margaret. Tragically, Margaret Ione and Christian Robert died in an airplane accident in...

Apr 1, 2025

Bonnie Metheny, 98, of Oak Ridge, Missouri passed away peacefully to her eternal home Tuesday, April 1, 2025, at the Villas in Jackson, Missouri. Bonnie was born on December 16, 1926, in Fornfelt (Scott City), Missouri, to her parents Thomas and Velma Bradley Clark. Bonnie married Thelbert Lee Metheny in Arkansas on August 25, 1944. They had three sons:...

Mar 31, 2025

Linda Kay Watkins, 77, of Jackson passed away Monday, March 31, 2025, at the Jackson Manor. She was born September 13, 1947, in St. Louis, daughter of Riley and Lois Noll Morris. She and Vernon Watkins Jr. were married in 1967. He passed away on March 2, 2019. Linda was a licensed cosmetologist. She worked as a baker and...

Mar 30, 2025

Judy Johnson Niswonger, 73, of Jackson passed away Sunday, March 30, 2025, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born on March 2, 1952, in Savannah, Georgia, daughter of Marshall Myers and Winifred Chadwick Johnson. She and Don Niswonger were married on November 24, 1984, in Savannah. Judy was a 1970 graduate of Robert Groves High...

Mar 30, 2025

Deborah L. Asher, 71, of Jackson passed away Sunday, March 30, 2025, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

She was born November 22, 1953, in Advance, daughter of Leonard and Maud Newell Garner. She and Gary Asher were married February 14, 2005.

Debbie was a 1972 graduate of Zalma High School. She worked...

Mar 29, 2025

Carl James Bollinger, 86, of Patton, passed away Saturday, March 29, 2025, at the Monticello House in Jackson.

He was born October 31, 1938, in Fredericktown, Missouri, to Everett and Eula Nelson Bollinger.  Carl attended Patton / Sedgewickville Schools and graduated from Perryville High School.  He honorably served in the Missouri National Guard.

Carl and...

Mar 28, 2025

Thomas Henry Strickland, 81, of Jackson passed away Friday, March 28, 2025, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

He was born November 5, 1943, in Cape Girardeau, son of Jack and Venita Masterson Strickland Sr.  He and Judy Kinsey were married July 29, 1967, in Cape Girardeau.

Thomas was a 1966 graduate of...

Mar 27, 2025

"Well done, good and faithful servant." Matthew 25:23a. Doris Louise Hecht Sullivan went to greet her Lord and Savior on March 27, 2025, having led a life of love, service and devotion to Jesus and all who knew her. Doris learned a life of service from her parents, Louise and William Hecht, on the family farm in Altenburg, Missouri....

Mar 24, 2025

With a heart full of love and a life well-lived, Billy Eugene Sullivan joined his heavenly family on March 24, 2025, at the age of 90. He left behind a legacy of laughter, warmth, and family and friends who will forever cherish his intelligence, quick wit, and limitless friendliness. He leaves behind his loving wife, Doris, their four children,...

Mar 22, 2025

Marian Elaine Preusser, 94 of Shawneetown, passed away Saturday, March 22, 2025, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau.

She was born January 5, 1931, in Frohna, Missouri, to Elmer M. and Flora M. Oswald Popp. She was baptized and confirmed at Concordia Lutheran Church in Frohna, also the church of her marriage to Nelson Victor Preusser,...

Mar 20, 2025

Dianna Miller, 72, of Jackson, passed away Thursday, March 20, 2025, at Mercy Hospital Southeast in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 19, 1952, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Walter and Bonnie Rose Link Johnston. Dianna was a 1970 graduate of Ilmo-Fornfelt High School. She was a longtime resident of Scott City and Jackson. She married Paul Terry Kester I,...

Mar 20, 2025

Michael Bryan Miller, 77, of Jackson passed away Thursday March 20, 2025, at Mercy Hospital Southeast in Cape Girardeau. He was born October 11, 1947, in Cape Girardeau, son of Thomas Bryan "T.B." and Mildred Irene Stearns Miller. He and Cathy Stroder were married April 29, 1972, in Marble Hill. Michael was a graduate of Jackson High School. He...

Mar 17, 2025

Wanda Garland, 75, of Sedgewickville passed away March 17, 2025, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born on March 17, 1950, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Troy and Rosalie Bollinger Proffer. She and James "Frank" Franklin Garland were married on March 22, 1974, in Jackson. Wanda graduated from Jackson High School. She worked for the...

Mar 14, 2025

Jerry Lloyd Henson, devoted husband, loving father, proud grandfather, and dedicated community leader, of Parkville, Missouri, passed away on March 14, 2025 at the age of 83. He was born on October 25, 1941, in Jackson, Missouri. Jerry was married to the love of his life, Sammie (Statler) Henson, for 60 wonderful years, raising two daughters, Sindie and Merry,...

Mar 13, 2025

Donna Schmidt, 92, of Jackson, passed away Thursday, March 13, 2025, at Independence Care Center in Perryville, Missouri.

She was born February 8, 1933, in Niota, Illinois, daughter of Charles and Juanita Boyle Kachle.   She was a graduate of Navoo High School in Navoo, Ill.

Donna and Richard “Dick” G. Schmidt were married December 26,...

Mar 12, 2025

Joann L. Bollinger, 89, of Jackson, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at the Villas of Jackson in Jackson. She was born March 27, 1935, in Marble Hill, Missouri, to Webster "Webb" and Ina Cook Rhodes. Joann was a 1953 graduate of Patton High School. Her first marriage was to Don Kremer on June 13, 1954. They had...

Mar 11, 2025

James "Jim" Blakemore Robison, 79, sadly passed away after a brief illness on March 11, 2025. Born on June 29, 1945, in Memphis, TN to E.L. "Jim" Robison & Betty Jane Blakemore Robison. Jim grew up in Kennett, MO where he graduated High School. He furthered his education at SEMO in Cape Girardeau where he graduated in 1968.

Mar 11, 2025

Berniece Ann Beussink Ziegler, 83, of Jackson, passed away Tuesday, March 11, 2025, surrounded by family, at the Monticello House in Jackson. The youngest of nine children, she was born May 9, 1941, in Leopold, Missouri, to Herman and Mary Holzum Beussink. Berniece graduated from St. John's Catholic School in Leopold. She met her future husband, Jerome Ziegler, at...

Mar 11, 2025

Darlene Ruth Kamp, 87, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, March 11, 2025, at The Villas of Jackson. She was born November 30, 1937, in Chicago, Illinois, daughter of Raymond and Dorothy "Dolly" Witt Wiedbush. She and Charles R. Kamp were married on September 25, 1957, in Chicago. They had been married 50 years when he passed away on December...

Mar 11, 2025

Barbara Ann Duncan, 90, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, March 11, 2025, at The Villas of Jackson. She was born May 13, 1934, in Gosnell, Arkansas, daughter of Ere Roy and Effie May Hassell Pruitt. She and Samuel Robert Duncan were married December 7, 1951, at Calvary Baptist Church in Blytheville, Arkansas by the Rev P.H. Jernigan. Barb's husband...