Obituaries

Sep 12, 2018

Holly Ann Thomas, 56, of Oak Ridge, passed away Wednesday, September 12, 2018, at her home.

She was born January 7, 1962, in Cape Girardeau, to Floyd “Pete” and LaVerne Lichtenegger Puchbauer.  She and David Thomas were married March 6, 1982, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Pocahontas, Missouri, also the church of her baptism and confirmation. ...

Sep 7, 2018

Mychal Douglas “Silky” Byrd, 40, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, sustained extensive injuries in a motor vehicle accident, on July 29, 2018, near mile marker 94, at Ramsey Creek, on I-55 in Cape Girardeau.  Complications from the injuries resulted in his death on Friday, September 7, 2018, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.

He was born December 10,...

Sep 7, 2018

Roy Adolph Pohlman, 81, of Perryville passed away Friday, September 7, 2018 at Independence Care Center in Perryville.

He was born June 15, 1937, in Apple Creek, a son of Christian and Meta Zoellner Pohlman. He and Audrey Hobeck were married December 7, 1956.

Roy was a lifelong member of Trinity Lutheran in Friedheim, where...

Sep 7, 2018

Edward H. “Ebs” Richter, age 87, of New Wells, passed away Friday, September 07, 2018 at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau where he had been a resident since January of 2017.

He was born February 8, 1931, in Altenburg, Missouri, son of Hugo E. and Bertha Weber Richter.  He and Pauline A. Meyr were married...

Sep 4, 2018

Ada Ella “Toots” Turley, age 90, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, September 4, 2018 at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

She was born December 11, 1927, in Bonne Terre, Missouri, daughter of Carl D. and Ada E. Cook Thomasson.  She and Robert E. Turley were married April 11, 1946.  He passed away January 25, 2009.

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Aug 31, 2018

Mildred Marie Schott, 97, of Jackson, passed away Friday, August 31, 2018, at Monticello House in Jackson.

She was born June 10, 1921, in Biehle, Missouri, to Frank and Bertha Schott Wingerter.  Mildred completed elementary school at the former St. Maurus Elementary School and then worked five years at the former shoe factory in Perryville.

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Aug 27, 2018

Juanita Lucy Russell, age 101, of Oak Ridge and better known as “Granny”, passed away Monday, August 27, 2018 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau.

She was born February 2, 1917 in Cape Girardeau  to George and Ruby Drum Cobble.  She was married to James Russell and he preceded her in death April 27, 1969.

Aug 25, 2018

Glenda I. “Punkie” Bollinger, 92, of Jackson, died Saturday, August 25, 2018, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home in Jackson.

She was born August 25, 1926, near Oak Ridge, Missouri, to John H. and Lydia A. Wedekind Ludwig.  She and John W. “Bill” Bollinger were married January 19, 1946.  Three children were born to their union, and they...

Aug 24, 2018

Betty Jeanette Wichern, age 85, of Shawneetown passed away Friday, August 24, 2018 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

She was born June 13, 1933 in Pell City, Alabama, daughter of Charlton King and Myrtle Irene McAlister Davis. She and John Walter Wichern were married September 25, 1958.

Jeanette was a long time...

Aug 22, 2018

Sanford Charles Freeborn, Jr., 74, of Cape Girardeau, passed away Thursday, August 23, 2018, at the home of his daughter in Jackson.

He was born February 25, 1944, in Gowanda, New York.

Sanford was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, serving honorably from February 19, 1965 to October 18, 1968, during the Vietnam War. ...

Aug 20, 2018

Virginia G. Lewis, 99, of Cape Girardeau, passed away Monday, August 20, 2018.

She was born June 9, 1919, in Sikeston, Missouri, to Robert P. and Helen R. Hollister Stubblefield.  She and Earl G. Lewis, Sr., were married December 24, 1939, in Cape Girardeau.  They had been married nearly 63 years when Earl passed away September 20,...

Aug 19, 2018

Arlene Blanchett, 93 years old, of Cape Girardeau, passed away Sunday August 19, 2018 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau.

She was born July 28, 1925, in Minneola, Kansas, daughter of Richard Eugene and Mignon N. Riley Hall and was one of twelve children of that union.  She and Samuel Robert “Bob” Blanchett were married January...

Aug 19, 2018

Peggy Lee Ellison, age 86, of Perryville, Missouri passed away Sunday, August 19, 2018 at Chateau Girardeau Nursing Home in Cape Girardeau.

She was born October 27, 1931, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, daughter of Tom and Virgil Lardis Quirk.  She and Walt Ellison were married July 12, 1957.

Loving survivors include her husband of 61...

Aug 18, 2018

Sally Pierce, age 75 of Jackson passed away, Saturday, August 18, 2018 at her home.

She was born February 1, 1943 daughter of Joe and Helen Squibb Galbraith. She and Walter M. “Walt” Pierce were married June 7, 1974. He preceded her in death January 21, 2015.

Sally was a member of New McKendree United...

Aug 17, 2018

Mark Alan Siegel, 56, of Old Appleton, passed away Friday, August 17, 2018 at his home.

He was born December 10, 1961 in Hammond IN. to Robert and Dolores Kotul Siegel.  He and Michele D’Alessio were married September 18, 1992 in Livingston NJ.

Mark was a member of Lake Side Worship Center in Gordonville and...

Aug 16, 2018

Harold A. Ruseler, 87, of Jackson, passed away Thursday, August 16, 2018, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau.

He was born October 15, 1930, in Friedheim, Missouri, to Arthur and Anna C. Dickman Ruesler.  He and Rose Mary Bohnert were married October 20, 1956, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim, also the church of his baptism...

Aug 15, 2018

Surrounded by her family, Linda Camille Rapp, 70, passed away peacefully Wednesday, August 15, 2018, at her home in Jackson. She was born April 20, 1948, in Bollinger County, Missouri, to Samuel Daniel “Bud” and Dorothy Morris Updegraff.   She and James B. “Jim” Rapp were married December 11, 1982, in Jackson. Raised in Bollinger County, Linda was a 1965...

Aug 14, 2018

Michael William Scott, Sr, age 68, of Jackson, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, August 14, 2018 at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, surrounded by his loving family.

Mike was born October 6, 1949 in St. Louis, Missouri, the eldest of seven children born to William H. and Jeannette C. (Hertweck) Scott,

He joined...

Aug 13, 2018

Cecil “Mark” Conrad, age 80 passed way Monday, August 13, 2018 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau with his family at his side.

He was born March 30, 1938 at Sedgewickville, Mo son of Lauren Vern and Naomi Conrad Conrad. He married Helen “Bonnie” Ford February 18, 1958.

Mark worked in the Automobile...

Aug 12, 2018

Lois Galdys Marie Wendel, 81, of Jackson, passed away Sunday, August 12, 2018 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

Lois was born April 10, 1937 in Uniontown, Mo the daughter of the Late August Edward and Lydia Christina Jungclaus Kassel.  She and Clinton Wendel were married June 29, 1937 he passed away July 27, 2000.