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Delma Stroder
Nov 29, 2017
Delma Louise Stroder, age 90, of Jackson, MO passed away on Wednesday, November 29, 2017 (her birthday) at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau.
On November 29, 1927, Delma was born and raised in Crump, MO, daughter of Sylvanus and Hester (Proffer) Eakins. She and Carl Wesley Stroder married on February 14, 1947. He preceded her in death...
Joe Lee Whitmore
Nov 28, 2017
Joseph "Joe" Lee Whitmore, 79, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau.
He was born September 15, 1938, in St. Louis, son of John and Marie Clark Whitmore. He and Marilyn Sperling were married June 25, 1988.
Joe was a veteran of the Vietnam War, honorably serving in...
Gladys Votta
Nov 27, 2017
GLADYS F. VOTTA, 93, formerly of North Providence, Rhode Island, passed away Monday, November 27, 2017, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
She was born April 18, 1924, in Providence, Rhode Island, to Frances Mitchell and Gladys Elizabeth Stafford Gaynor. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Patrick Catholich Church in Providence, and was a...
Gustav Preusser
Nov 23, 2017
Gustav Benjamin "Gus" Preusser, 95, of Cape Girardeau, passed away Thursday, November 23, 2017, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau.
He was born September 20, 1922, in Shawneetown, Missouri, to Otto Reinhold and Hattie Eva Hemmann Preusser. He and Virgie E. Steinborn Villhard were married August 10, 1974, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson. They...
Margaret Marie Sides
Nov 21, 2017
Margaret Marie Sides, age 69, of Jackson, passed away Tuesday, November 21, 2017 at her home.
She was born July 10, 1948, near Perryville, Missouri, daughter of Hubert H. and Ruby J. Horn Clayton. She and Mike E. Sides were married October 16, 1966 in Millersville.
Margaret was a 1966 graduate of Jackson High School....
Susan Loughlin
Nov 18, 2017
Susan L. Loughlin, age 80, of Cape Girardeau, passed away Saturday, November 18, 2017 at Chateau Girardeau in Cape Girardeau.
She was born March 6, 1937 in South Bend, Indiana, the daughter of William and Bernadette Martin Loughlin. She married Dr. James A. Buckenmyer.
Susan was raised in Pinellas Park, Florida and South Bend, Indiana....

Tim Lieneke
Nov 16, 2017
Tim Lieneke, age 48, of Cape Girardeau, passed away Thursday, November 16, 2017 at his home.
He was born January 17, 1969, in St. Louis, MO, to Clarence "Fred" Lieneke Jr. and Dixie Lee Handley Lieneke.
Tim was a 1987 graduate of Jackson Sr. High School. He had attended Southeast Missouri State University in Cape...
Jason Michael St. John
Nov 15, 2017
Jason Michael St. John, 38, of Jackson, passed away Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at his home.
He was born May 25, 1979 in Galveston, Texas, to Michael Dayton and Alma Louise Bowman St. John. He and Beth Roethemeyer were married June 14, 2003, at Emanuel United Church of Christ in Jackson.
Jason was a 1997...
Gerald M. Coleman
Nov 11, 2017
Gerald M. "Preacher Man" Coleman, 89 of Jackson, formerly of Scott City, passed on to his heavenly home on Saturday, November 11, 2017 at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 1, 1928 son of William and Cora Sanders Coleman. He and Betty L.Ritchie were married November 3, 1950.
Gerald served in the US Army...
Brent Holt
Nov 11, 2017
Brent W. Holt, age 59, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017.
He was born April 17, 1958, at DuQuoin, Illinois, the son of Homer and Frances Pauline Holt Sr. He and Tonya Sue Watkins were married March 1, 1977.
Brent had recently returned to work at Proctor & Gamble, after being unable...
Vanita Jones
Nov 10, 2017
Vanita Jones, 75, of Jackson, passed away Friday, November 10, 2017, at her home near Pocahontas.
She was born August 17, 1942, in Cape Girardeau, to William R. and Edna Bohnsack Mavers. She and Tom Jones were married September 13, 1964, at Grace United Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau.
Vanita graduated from Jackson High School...
Ronald “Ron” Huffman
Nov 9, 2017
Ronald Gene "Ron" Huffman, age 66, of Cape Girardeau, passed away Thursday, November 9, 2017, from a year-long battle with brain cancer, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau .
He was born May 25, 1951, in Cape Girardeau, to Paul G. and Ella L. Chapman Huffman. He and Karen Meier were married October 8, 2000 at...

Roy Muir
Nov 7, 2017
Roy Gillis Muir, 73, of Jackson, MO, passed away Tuesday, November 7, 2017, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, MO.
He was born December 13, 1943, in Owosso, MI, son of Glenn & Pauline Gibson Muir. He and Marilyn E. Schultz were married in 2006 and she survives.
Roy was employed 15 years for the...
Darris Dalton
Nov 7, 2017
Darris R. Dalton, 74, of Jackson, formerly of Delta, passed away November 7, 2017 at his home surrounded by his family.
He was born December 7, 1942 near Advance, son of Leonard W. and Nelle Rhodes Dalton. He and Martha Ann Below, high school sweethearts, married May 4, 1963 at First Baptist Church of Delta.
...

Virginia Bruhl
Oct 31, 2017
Virginia Charlotte (Heuer) Bruhl, 94, of Pine Bluff, AR formaly of Cape Girardeau and eldest child of John and Iska (Arste) Heuer went home to her Lord October 31st on the eve of All Saints Day. She was preceded in death by her husband Gilbert C. Bruhl. They were married in Illmo, Missouri April 18, 1942. She was also...
Mildred Marie Birk
Oct 30, 2017
Mildred Marie Birk, 93, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Jackson, passed away Monday, October 30, 2017, at Chateau Girardeau in Cape Girardeau.
She was born February 11, 1924, in Sedgewickville, Missouri, to Thomas E. and Elizabeth K. Ellis Bollinger. Marie attended grade school in Sedgewickville, and graduated from the former Patton High School. In 1946, she earned...
Nancy Ponder
Oct 30, 2017
Nancy Ponder, 58, of Jackson passed away Monday, October 30, 2017 at her home surrounded by her loving family and the compassionate care of Saint Francis Hospice.
She was born March 12, 1959 in Indianapolis, Indiana, daughter of William Russell and Martha June Decker Bolton. She and Randy Ponder were married November 22, 1975.
Nancy...

Mildred Marie Birk
Oct 30, 2017
Mildred Marie Birk, 93, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Jackson, passed away Monday, October 30, 2017, at Chateau Girardeau in Cape Girardeau.
Visitation is Sunday, November 5, 2017, from 11 a.m. to service time, at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.
The funeral is Sunday November 5, 2017, at 1 p.m., at the...
Norma Haertling
Oct 30, 2017
Norma B. Haertling, 88, of New Wells passed away October 30, 2017, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau.
She was born February 26, 1929, in Altenburg, Missouri, daughter of Hugo and Bertha Weber Richter. She and Vernon Haertling were married May 23, 1954. He preceded her in death June 1, 2007.
Norma was baptized...
Ted Drum
Oct 29, 2017
Marvin C. "Ted" Drum, 94, of Jackson, passed away Sunday, October 29, 2017, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau.
He was born September 13, 1923, in Daisy, Missouri, to Arnold and Bertie Alice Brown Drum. He and Vergie L. Sebastian were married February 17, 1946, in Oswega, Kansas.
Ted was an honorably discharged...
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