OBITUARIES

Obituaries in Scott City, Chaffee, Benton, Oran, and Surrounding Areas in Missouri

Rita Hodge

Rita Hodge

Jul 14, 2015

Rita Diane Hodge, age 67, of Oran, Missouri passed away on Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was born on April 28, 1948 in Bell City, Missouri to the late Jesse and Lillian Reynolds Warren. Rita married Bobby Dariel Hodge on Oct. 28, 1995 and he survives. Survivors include her husband Bobby...

Virginia Perry

Virginia Perry

Jul 12, 2015

Virginia Estelle Perry, 88, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, July 12, 2015 at the Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was born September 25, 1926 in Baltimore, Maryland to Joseph Auld and Myrtle Cecilia Duvall Harrison. She was employed as a factory worker. She was a member of Cape First in Cape Girardeau. She served in church for...

Betty Keesee

Betty Keesee

Jul 10, 2015

Betty Francis Keesee, 80, of Scott City died Friday, July 10, 2015, at Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, Missouri. She was born Sept. 15, 1934, in Oran, Missouri, to William A. and Hazel Marie Smith Menz. She and Glenn Bennett Keesee were married Nov. 21, 1978, in Scott City. He preceded her in death May 16, 1999. Betty was a...

General Mason

General Mason

Jul 9, 2015

General Leon Mason, age 78, of Oran, Missouri passed away on Thursday, July 9, 2015 at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born on February 2, 1937 in Dover, Arkansas to the late Mart and Hattie Anderson Mason. General married Shirley Wagoner on September 14, 1954. He retired from Tri-Con Industry in Cape Girardeau, Missouri as a quality...

Margaret Meier

Margaret Meier

Jul 9, 2015

Margaret Meier, age 79, of Advance, Missouri passed away on Thursday, July 9, 2015 at the family home in Advance, Missouri. She was born on April 3, 1936 in Biggsville, Illinois to the late Eugene and Margaret Stubs Beachum. Margaret married Clois Hicks in December 1954 and he preceded her in death on October 2, 1976. She was a retired...

Ron Baker

Ron Baker

Jul 7, 2015

Ronald Dean Baker, 59 of Scott City died July 7, 2015 in Silverthorne, CO. He was born February 16, 1956 in Artesia, CA to Edward David and Sarah Alice Lee Baker. He married Brenda Louvine Davidson on Sept. 20, 1980 in Scott City, MO. Ron was owner of Bakers Service Center in Scott City and he taught Auto Body Repair...

Jimmy Clarence Abernathy

Jimmy Clarence Abernathy

Jul 5, 2015

Heaven earned another angel on Sunday, July 5, 2015, Jimmy C. Abernathy. He lived 76 amazing years. He was born on April 10, 1939 in Morley, MO to the late Mack Pearl and Jessie Lee Black Abernathy. He met the love of his life in high school, Maxine Randol and they got married on April 4, 1959 at Morley First...

Billie Ray

Billie Ray

Jul 4, 2015

Maria Yvonne "Billie" Ray was born in Poplar Bluff, Missouri on July 24, 1951. She entered Heaven's gate at the age of 63 on the 4th of July, 2015 with her children and loved ones surrounding her. Billie was one of two children born to the late Bill and Grace Fitchpatrick. She is survived by her brother, Markel C. Fitchpatrick...

Naomi Simmons

Naomi Simmons

Jul 3, 2015

Naomi Collier Simmons, 89 of Scott City, Missouri went to be with the Lord on Friday, July 3, 2015 while surrounded by family. She was born February 5, 1926 in Scott County, Missouri, the eldest daughter to Freeman and Esther Mitchell Collier. She and Joseph Wilson Simmons were united in marriage on February 9, 1948. He preceded her in death...

Janie L. Rauch

Janie L. Rauch

Jun 23, 2015

Janie Lynn (Connell) Rauch, age 63, of Chaffee, Missouri passed away on Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was born on June 8, 1952 in Arlington, TN to the late Ferdinand T. and Dorothy M. Land Connell. She married William "Bill" Rauch on August 18, 1972. Janie retired from JC Penny having worked there...

Kenny Enderle

Kenny Enderle

Jun 22, 2015

My sweet Angel, my best friend, has left me today, Kenny Enderle, 59, of Scott City, went Home Monday, June 22, 2015, at St. Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born October 21, 1955 in Scott City, Missouri to and Benjamin (Benny) Franklin and Glendola Shell Enderle. He and Lisa Roy wed on April 12, 1997. Kenny was a...

Beulah Marie Lusk

Beulah Marie Lusk

Jun 18, 2015

Beulah Marie Lusk, 78, of Greenville, Mo., formerly of Scott City, Mo., passed away Thursday, June 18, 2015 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, Mo. She was born Feb. 3, 1937 in Bell City, Mo. the daughter of Jimmie and Sylvia Morris Lee. She and Francis "Joe" Lusk were married on March 17, 1956 at Scott City, he preceded...

Jerry E. Wagoner

Jerry E. Wagoner

Jun 17, 2015

Jerry E. Wagoner, age 93, of Oran, Missouri passed away on Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at the Convalescent Center in Sikeston, Missouri. She was born on December 18, 1921 in Oran, Missouri to the late Howard and Pearl Spears Evans. She married Hershal R. Wagoner on November 9, 1940 and he preceded her in death on September 30, 2003. Jerry...

Leon Bucher Jr.

Leon Bucher Jr.

Jun 16, 2015

Leon J. "Sonny" Bucher Jr., age 79, of Rockview, Missouri passed away on Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at the family home in Rockview. He was born on April 28, 1936 in New Hamburg, Missouri to the late Leon Joseph and Clara Turner Bucher Sr. He married Margie G. Green on October 17, 1957 and she survives. Leon was a veteran...

James E. Davidson

James E. Davidson

Jun 15, 2015

James E. Davidson, 81 of Cape Girardeau formerly of Scott City died June 15, 2015 at his home. He was born February 24, 1934 in Jonesboro, AR to Ralph C. and Raye Marie Ryan Davidson, Sr. He married Joan Pribble in 1958. He later married Glenda Steele in 1983. She preceded him in death in 2007. He was employed as...

Harold Pobst

Harold Pobst

Jun 14, 2015

Harold Stephen Pobst, age 94, of Oran, Missouri passed away on Sunday, June 14, 2015 at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born on December 26, 1920 in Oran, Missouri to the late Michael and Louisa Menz Pobst. He married Berniece Gluckhertz on September 27, 1941 and she survives. Harold was a retired self-employed farmer. He showed...

Shirley Ann Boham

Shirley Ann Boham

Jun 11, 2015

Shirley Ann Boham, 79 of Kelso, MO died June 11, 2015 at the Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau, MO. She was born July 18, 1935 in Kelso, MO to Walter Leo and Augusta Regina Dumey Dohogne. She worked for G & M Trailers. She was a member of St. Augustine Catholic Church in Kelso, Ladies Sodality of Church and...

Adalee Cecelia Hasenkamp

Adalee Cecelia Hasenkamp

Jun 5, 2015

AdaLee Cecilia Hasenkamp, 80, of Benton, died Friday, June 5, 2015 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born December 18, 1934, in New Hamburg, daughter of Otto and Maime Westrich Scheeter. She and Clayton Edward Hasenkamp were married May 28, 1960. AdaLee worked in the circulation department at the Standard Democrat Newspaper. She was a member...

Ghia Marie Hester

Ghia Marie Hester

May 30, 2015

Ghia Marie Hester, age 42, of Delta, Missouri passed away on Saturday, May 30, 2015 at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was born on February 20, 1973 in North Kingstown, Rhode Island to David Keith and Nancy Marie Brucker Hester. Ghia was a member of the Arbor General Baptist Church in Arbor, Missouri. She was a Reservation Agent...

Joann Dennison

Joann Dennison

May 28, 2015

JoAnn Dennison, age 78, of Elsberry, Missouri formerly of Chaffee, Missouri passed away on Thursday, May 28, 2015 at the Elsberry Health Care Center in Elsberry. She was born on January 19, 1937 in Chaffee, Missouri to the late William Henry and Mandy Cook McClain. She married Charles Dennison and he survives. JoAnn was a cook at a nursing home...