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Lyam Wyatt Fitzgerald
Apr 29, 2018
Lyam Wyatt Fitzgerald, one month old, of Jackson, passed away Sunday, April 29, 2018 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.
He was born March 28, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, son of Timothy Fitzgerald and Macy Rinacke.
Loving survivors include his parents, paternal grandparents, Derrick (Crystal) Cummins of Canalou, Missouri;...
Sarah (Westerhold) Schulte
Apr 27, 2018
Sarah J. Schulte, 90, of Jackson, passed away Friday, April 27, 2018, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau.
She was born July 8, 1927, in Cape Girardeau County to Martin W. and Amelia Altenthal Westerhold. She and Leo Schulte were married May 11, 1946, at the rectory of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Jackson. They had...
Marjorie Mae (Hartle) Risha
Apr 27, 2018
Marjorie Mae Risha, 92, of Cape Girardeau passed away Friday, April 27, 2018 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau.
Graveside services were held at Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson, MO on Sunday, April 29, 2018 with Rev. Ed Rothenberger officiating.
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Steven Alexander Whitney
Apr 26, 2018
Steven Alexander “Whit” Whitney, age 71, of Jackson, passed away Thursday, April 26, 2018, at his home with his Bible by his side.
He was born August 28, 1946, in New York, NY, son of Tony and Bonzella Skinner Whitney. Steven was a veteran having been inducted into the United States Army July 14, 1964 and honorably...
Wayne Alfred Fritsche
Apr 26, 2018
Wayne Alfred Fritsche, age 72, of Shawneetown, passed away Thursday, April 26, 2018 with his three children at his side.
He was born February 28, 1946, in Perryville, Missouri, son of Alfred E. and Amanda G. Lohmann Fritsche.
Wayne was baptized and confirmed at Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar, Missouri and was a member of...
Esther B. (Bingenheimer) Mcclard Nobus
Apr 24, 2018
Esther McClard Nobus, 92, of Jackson, died Tuesday, April 24, 2018, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home, where she resided the past 10 years.
She was born February 9, 1926, in Jackson, to William F. and Gusta Sievers Bingenheimer. She and Ollie McClard were married March 24, 1951. Five children were born to their union, and they had...
Roger Lee Adams
Apr 21, 2018
Roger Lee Adams, 63, of Jackson, passed away Saturday, April 21, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau.
He was born December 16, 1954, in Cape Girardeau, to Robert J. and Linda C. Williams Adams. He and Connie Biri were married December 16, 1976.
Roger was a 1973 graduate of Jackson High School. He worked...

James E. “Jim” Whitnel
Apr 20, 2018
James E. "Jim" Whitnel, 74, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Cypress, Illinois, passed away Friday, April 20, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau.
He was born August 7, 1943, in Cypress, Illinois, to Almus Glen and Juanita Stewart Whitnel. He and Rosanna "Rosie" Dotson were married June 15, 1963.
Together, Jim and Rosie owned...
Ginny Jones
Apr 17, 2018
Virginia Lee "Ginny" Jones, 92, of Jackson passed away April 17, 2018 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
She was born October 12, 1925, in Jackson, daughter of Christian D. and Kathryn Koch Wolters. She and Harold Everett Jones were married April 14, 1956.
Ginny was confirmed and married in the Evangelical Church...
Beverly Ann Lewis
Apr 16, 2018
Beverly Ann Lewis, 78, of Cape Girardeau passed away Monday, April 16, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
She was born March 13, 1940, in Cape Girardeau to Thomas Norval and Martha Kurre Carr. She and Jerry Lewis were married June 2, 1957, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau.
Beverly was...
Mollie Wright
Apr 11, 2018
Mollie Mae Wright, age 85, of Jackson passed away Wednesday, April 11, 2018 at the Monticello House in Jackson.
She was born June 25, 1932, in Millersville, Missouri, daughter of Robert Francis and Maggie Mae Moore Haupt. She and Harold Lee Wright were married November 15, 1955. Harold passed away February 1, 2002.
Mollie was...

Dorothy Jean (Fowler) Jones
Apr 9, 2018
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Billy Gene and Dorothy Jean Fowler Jones of Scottsdale, formerly of the Advance, Missouri, area, passed away in Arizona on Wednesday, July 3, 2019, and Monday, April 9, 2018, respectively.
Billy was born March 21, 1931, to Bill and Ruth Hitt Jones, and Dorothy was born Jan.27, 1934, to George and Bertie Pohlman Fowler....
Barbara (Hoffman) Kasten
Apr 9, 2018
Barbara Kasten, of Merritt Island, Florida, passed away the morning of Monday, April 9, 2018, at Carle Hospital in Urbana, Illinois.
Barb was a 1941 “Christmas baby”, born in Buffalo, New York, to Floyd W. and Janet Cook Hoffman. On April 8, 1967, in Santa Monica, California, she married Robert R. “Ron” Kasten, son of the late...
James Riggs
Apr 5, 2018
James Ezra Riggs, 82, of Jackson passed away Thursday, April 5, 2018 at the Monticello House in Jackson.
He was born December 3, 1935, in Ridgely, Tennessee, son of Barney and Pauline (James) Riggs. He and Betty Sue Long were married August 17, 1957 in Braggadocio, Missouri.
He graduated from Arkansas State University in 1953...

Roger Syverson
Apr 4, 2018
Roger A. Syverson, 71, of Jackson died Wednesday, April 4, 2018, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
Cremation will be accorded by McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. There will be no services.
Jason Holweg
Mar 30, 2018
Jason J. Holweg, 42, of Allenville, Missouri, passed away Friday, March 30, 2018.
He was born June 21, 1975, in Mokane, Missouri, to Raymond and Tammy Crowden Holweg. He and Natasha Calhoun were married February 23, 2004, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Jason attended Delta High School. He was most recently employed at T & W...
Joe Alsdorf
Mar 30, 2018
Joe Alsdorf, 67, of Friedheim, Missouri, went home to his heavenly father on Friday, March 30, 2018. He was doing what he loved most, helping a family friend on his farm in Friedheim.
Joe was born May 2, 1950, in Newburgh, New York to Joseph and Doris Terwilliger Alsdorf. He was a football and wrestling star at...
James “Jim” Schweer
Mar 29, 2018
James B. "Jim" Schweer, age 61, of St. Louis, formerly of Jackson passed away Thursday, March 29, 2018 at Evelyn's House Hospice Facility in St. Louis, Missouri.
He was born November 19, 1956, in Sikeston, Missouri, son of Harold "Skeeter" and JoAnn Matz Schweer. He and Gina Hertlein were married May 3, 1986.
Jim was...

Michelle Henley
Mar 29, 2018
Michelle Henley, 46, of Benton, passed away Thursday, March 29, 2018 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.
Cremation will be accorded by McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. There will be no services.
Julius “Jay” Biester
Mar 28, 2018
Julius "Jay" Biester, age 91, of Cape Girardeau passed away Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau.
He was born June 14, 1926, in Tilsit, son of Henry W. and Faye Phillips Biester. He and Judith McIntyre were married November 14, 1963 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson.
Jay was...
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