OBITUARIES

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

Ruth Sullivan

Ruth Sullivan

Oct 8, 2015

Ruth Sullivan, age 98, of Chaffee, MO passed away on Thursday, October 8, 2015 at the Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, Missouri. She was born in Grandin, Missouri on July 30, 1917 to the late Spencer and Sally Crowe Bacon. She married Sam P. Sullivan on April 1, 1936 and he preceded her in death on November 11, 1966. Ruth...

Maudie Louise Schmitt

Maudie Louise Schmitt

Oct 8, 2015

Maudie Louise Schmitt, age 92, of Chaffee, MO passed away on Thursday, October 8, 2015 at the Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, Missouri. She was born in Parma, Missouri on September 14, 1923 to the late Robert and Blanche Knupp Biby. She married Linus Schmitt on October 31, 1942 and he preceded her in death on December 5, 1976. Maudie...

James A. Tyler

James A. Tyler

Oct 7, 2015

James A. Tyler, age 76, of Chaffee, MO passed away on Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at the family home in Chaffee, Missouri. He was born in Fornfelt, Missouri on August 10, 1939 to the late Ernest Clayton and Jennie Christina Sanders Tyler. He married Barbara Howell at Trinity United Methodist Church in Oran, Missouri on October 5, 1968 and the...

Andy J Conn

Andy J Conn

Oct 2, 2015

Andy J "Two Dogs" Conn, age 55, of Rockview, MO passed away on Friday, October 2, 2015 near New Hamburg, Missouri. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri on October 20, 1959 to Donald Jackson and Beulah May Sisco Conn. He and Robin Rister were better than married on August 8, 2003 and she survives. Andy was project manager for...

John Douglas Mccallister

John Douglas Mccallister

Oct 2, 2015

John Douglas McCallister, better known as "Red" to many, age 76, of Gordonville, MO passed away on Friday, October 2, 2015 at the family home surrounded and supported by his family. He was born in Oran, Missouri on September 4, 1939 to the late Earl Douglas and Grace Alice McCarty McCallister. He married Patricia Joy Johnson on April 4, 1964...

Levi Woods, Jr.

Levi Woods, Jr.

Oct 1, 2015

Levi Arden Woods, Jr., 68 of Scott City died Thursday, October 01, 2015 at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born October 20, 1946 in Fornfelt, Missouri to Levi Arden and Pauline B. McCormick Woods, Sr. He served in the U. S. Army during Vietnam, the 65th engineering battalion and the 25th Infantry division at Cu...

Brian Keith Ourth

Brian Keith Ourth

Sep 28, 2015

Brian Keith Ourth, age 57, of Delta, MO passed away on Monday, September 28, 2015 near Scott City, Missouri. He was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on May 17, 1958 to the late Gregory Martin and Grace Mae Biby Ourth. He married Genni Miller on November 5, 1999 and she survives. Brian was owner and operator of Brian Ourth Tree...

Eva Glueck

Eva Glueck

Sep 26, 2015

Eva Marie Glueck, 91, of Kelso, died Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015, at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 9, 1923, in Benton, Missouri, to Joseph and Christine Essner LeGrand. She and Raymond Glueck were married June 3, 1944, at St. Denis Catholic Church in Benton. He preceded her in death in 1962. Eva was a longtime faithful...

Louis Harrison Culver

Louis Harrison Culver

Sep 25, 2015

Louis Harrison Culver, age 88, of Cape Girardeau, MO passed away on Friday, September 25, 2015 at the Monticello House in Jackson, Missouri. He was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on September 17, 1927 to the late Ernest Ray and Harriet Irene Reser Culver. He married Lois Harriet Chockley on March 28, 1954 and she survives. Louis was a veteran of...

Ronald Louis Gilmer

Ronald Louis Gilmer

Sep 20, 2015

Ronald Louis Gilmer, age 71, of Perryville, MO formerly of Chaffee, MO passed away on Sunday, September 20, 2015 at ClaRu DeVille Nursing Center in Fredericktown, MO. He was born in Chaffee, MO on August 12, 1944 to Louis and Marietta Mantel Gilmer. He and Christine Gilmer married on January 10, 1966. Ronald was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include...

Joy Griswell

Joy Griswell

Sep 20, 2015

Joy Griswell, age 73, of Dyersburg, TN formerly of Cape Girardeau, MO passed away on Sunday, September 20, 2015 at Reelfoot Manor Nursing and Rehab in Tiptonville, TN. She was born in McNairy, TN on February 3, 1942 to the late Alvin and Ocie Loraine Smith Griswell. Joy was of the Pentecostal faith. Survivors include two daughters, Janice Elaine (Brian...

Gary "Coop" Welter

Gary "Coop" Welter

Sep 20, 2015

Gary Louis "Coop" Welter, Sr., 75 of Kelso died September 20, 2015 at his home. He was born July 2, 1940 in Kelso, Missouri to Joseph Michael and Theresa Heuring Welter. He married Janet Sue Harrell on April 27, 1963 in Chaffee, MO. He was the Department Manager at Drury Company. He was a member of St. Augustine Catholic Church...

Peggy Rulo

Peggy Rulo

Sep 19, 2015

Peggy Marie Rulo, 54 of Benton, Missouri died September 19, 2015 at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. She was born October 22, 1960 in St. Louis to James Marlin and Sharon Lee Santhuff Byassee. She married Lynnie Andrew Rulo on April 13, 1979 in Benton, Missouri. She was a truck driver for Big Lake Transportation and was...

Claire Prass

Claire Prass

Sep 19, 2015

Claire Elizabeth Prass, 87, of Scott City, went to her final reward on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center Compassionate Care, with her immediate family and sister, Alice Langston and two nieces, Karen Shirrel and Patty Holloway by her side. She was born in Thebes, Illinois on Jan. 11, 1928 and was one of 13 children. Claire...

Jerry Warren Sr.

Jerry Warren Sr.

Sep 19, 2015

Jerry Warren Sr., age 52, of Cape Girardeau, MO passed away on Saturday, September 19, 2015 at his home in Cape Girardeau, MO. He was born in Chicago, IL on June 10, 1963 to the late Billy Ray and Rose Marie Carpenter Warren Sr. Jerry was a retired self-employed electrician. Survivors include a son Jerry Warren Jr. of Cape Girardeau,...

Robey J. Legrand

Robey J. Legrand

Sep 19, 2015

Robey J. LeGrand, age 86, of Oran, Missouri passed away on Saturday, September 19, 2015 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, MO. He was born in Oran, Missouri on March 2, 1929 to the late John Phillip and Anna Margaret Schulte LeGrand. Robey married Etber Bernard on December 29, 1948 and she survives. Prior to retiring as plant...

Roy Calvin Gottlob

Roy Calvin Gottlob

Sep 13, 2015

Roy Calvin Gottlob, 89 of Scott City died Sunday, September 13, 2015 at the Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, Missouri. He was born March 12, 1926 in East St. Louis, Missouri to Joseph Henry and Jessie Idaffe Mayfield Gottlob. Roy was known around Scott City as Walking Roy. Roy served in the US Army during World War II. He was...

Anna Dirnberger

Anna Dirnberger

Sep 9, 2015

Anna Marie Dirnberger, 94 of Chaffee died Wednesday, September 09, 2015 at her home. She was born November 20, 1920 in Kelso, Missouri to Louis Anthony and Catherine Theresa Heisserer Burger. She married Harold Dirnberger on November 23, 1942 in Kelso, MO. He preceded her in death on October 14, 1983. She was a seamstress for Buckstein Pants Factory. She...

Raymond Merritt, Jr.

Raymond Merritt, Jr.

Sep 7, 2015

Raymond Edwin Merritt, Jr., 57 of Scott city died Monday, September 7, 2015. He was born March 20, 1958 in Berwynn, Illinois to Raymond Edwin and Glennis Webb Merritt. He married Christina Marie Gillis on February 15, 2000. He was a self-employed painter. He is survived by his wife, Christina; his mother, Glennis Kunke of Las Vegas, NV; two sons,...

Erline Whitesell

Erline Whitesell

Sep 6, 2015

Erline Whitesell, age 86, of Chaffee, Missouri passed away on Sunday, September 6, 2015 at the family home in Chaffee, Missouri. She was born in Puxico, Missouri on November 28, 1928 to the late Cecil Lawrence and Esther Lillian Murdock Whitesell. Erline was a retired machine operator for Thorngate Ltd in Chaffee, Missouri. She was a member of the First...