OBITUARIES

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

Jamie Elaine Koch

Jamie Elaine Koch

Oct 18, 2014

Jamie Elaine Koch, age 48, of Chaffee, MO passed away Saturday, October 18, 2014 at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, MO. She was born on March 3, 1966 in Cape Girardeau, MO to Jimmy Eldon and Janie Ellen Thomure Mier. Jamie married Robert Keith Koch on June 21, 1986 in Chaffee, MO. She was a member of St. Ambrose Catholic Church...

Jesse "Buster" Fuller

Jesse "Buster" Fuller

Oct 17, 2014

Jesse Neal "Buster" Fuller, 88 of Chaffee, MO died Friday, October 17, 2014 at his home. He was born March 7, 1926 in Truman, AR to John H. and Sarah Ellen Avery Fuller. He married Notra Cline on May 15,1948, she preceded him in death on January 2, 2001. He later married Marceline Penrose on March 12, 2003. He was...

Terry Lynn Groves

Terry Lynn Groves

Oct 16, 2014

Terry Lynn Groves, 69 of Springville, TN formerly of Scott City died Thursday, October 16, 2014 at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau, MO. He was born September 24, 1945 in Wyatt, Missouri to George Wallace and Mattie Virginia Brashear Groves. He married Kathryn Ann McClendon on June 17, 1967 in Charleston, MO. He was a machine operator for Proctor &...

Angela Smith

Angela Smith

Oct 15, 2014

Angela Marie Smith, 33 of Blodgett, MO died Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at her home. She was born September 10, 1981 in St. Louis, MO to Roger Keith and Vivian Hester Whitener. She married Reuben William Smith on September 9, 1997. She was a member of Unity Baptist Church in Benton. She is survived by her husband, Reuben; her mother,...

Calvin Eifert

Calvin Eifert

Oct 14, 2014

Calvin John Eifert, 91 of Scott City died Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, MO. He was born on June 30, 1923 to John and Sophie Ketler Eifert. He married Dorothy Gene Gerrard on June 4, 1949. She preceded him in death on May 2, 1976. Calvin was a Morse code telegrapher for Frisco Railroad....

Martha J. Adams

Martha J. Adams

Oct 13, 2014

Martha Jane Beggs Adams, 86, of Chaffee, Missouri died Monday, October 13, 2014. She was born August 18, 1928, in Chaffee, Missouri, the daughter of Beulah Williams Beggs and Julius Francis Beggs. Her mother died a few days later and her grandparents, Lillie Dale White Williams and Myrtle Frank Williams, raised her. She was raised with her uncles Tom Williams...

Elsie Elizabeth Eifert

Elsie Elizabeth Eifert

Oct 11, 2014

Elsie Elizabeth Eifert, 92, of Scott city, died Saturday October 11, 2014 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born on August 6, 1922 in Fornfelt, MO, the daughter of Daniel and Pauline Will Eifert. Elsie became a Christian at her baptism at Eisleben Lutheran Church and was later confirmed in the faith on May 24, 1936. Elsie...

Charlcie White

Charlcie White

Oct 5, 2014

Charlcie Loretta White, 87 of Bethalto, IL formerly of Scott City, MO died October 5, 2014 at Bethalto Care Center in Bethalto, IL. She was born April 23, 1927 in Gideon, MO to William Reece and Edith Thiele Baker. She married Charles Patrick White on September 23, 1967 in Granite City, IL. He preceded her in death on May 22,...

Ronald E. Williams

Ronald E. Williams

Oct 3, 2014

Ronald Elison Williams, 83, of Jackson died Friday, Oct. 3, 2014, at the Jackson Manor Nursing Home in Jackson. He was born July 5, 1931, in Sikeston, Missouri, to Marion Otis and Lillie A. Mott Williams. He married Kimiko Koshino, and she preceded him in death. He later married Bettie L. Kindred Deason on Feb. 14, 2004, in Sikeston. He...

Clara Thurston

Clara Thurston

Oct 1, 2014

Clara Thurston, age 78, of Cape Girardeau, MO passed away on Wednesday, October 1, 2014 at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, MO. She was born on December 11, 1935 in Lowndes, MO to the late Luther Martin and Katie Mell Withers Wallace. She married Denver Thurston on March 10, 1956 and he preceded her in death on November 10,...

Charles Alfred Bonifield

Charles Alfred Bonifield

Sep 29, 2014

Charles Alfred Bonifield, age 79, of Oran, MO passed away on Monday, September 29, 2014 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, MO. He was born on October 12, 1934 in Charleston, MO to the late Charles Duard and Elizabeth Carlisle Bonifield. He married Hattie Hodges on February 12, 1988 and she survives. Alfred was a member of the United...

Zeta Simms

Zeta Simms

Sep 26, 2014

Zeta Marie Simms, age 74, of Chaffee, MO passed away on Friday, September 26, 2014 at the Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, MO. She was born on January 24, 1940 in Cape Girardeau, MO to the late Edward and Louise W. Hessee Ackman. She married Russell Simms on October 15, 1975 and he preceded her in death on December 11,...

Thomas Lee Roslen

Thomas Lee Roslen

Sep 26, 2014

Thomas Lee Roslen, age 53, of Morley, MO passed away on Friday, September 26, 2014 at the family home in Morley, MO. He was born on November 22, 1960 in Dexter, MO to Charley and Rudella Grimes Roslen. He married Debbie Hopper on June 3, 1995 and she survives. Thomas was a veteran of The United States Army. He was...

Helen Umphenour

Helen Umphenour

Sep 24, 2014

Helen Umphenour, age 78, of Wappapello, MO passed away on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, MO. She was born on January 10, 1936 in Illmo, MO to the late Toy and Icie Webb Walton. Helen married Barton Umphenour on Feb. 14, 1987 and he preceded her in death on June 10, 2006....

Bobbie Henderson

Bobbie Henderson

Sep 22, 2014

Bobbie Lefler Henderson, 83 of Bentonville, AR formerly of Scott City passed away Monday, September 22, 2014 at Northwest Medical Center of Bentonville, AR. She was born January 21, 1931 in Egypt, AR to Oscar and Daisy Haynes Lefler. She married Howard Henderson on Oct. 19, 1951 in Jonesboro, AR. He preceded her in death on March 20, 1988 Bobbie...

Judith Mcguire

Judith Mcguire

Sep 18, 2014

Judith McGuire, age 72, of Puxico, MO passed away on Thursday, September 18, 2014 at the family home in Puxico, MO. She was born on May 19, 1942 in Indianapolis, IN to the late Andrew and Gertrude Rose Staggs. Judy married Ronald Melvin McGuire in the fall of 1990 and he preceded her in death on March 22, 2014. Survivors...

Charles Michael Burger

Charles Michael Burger

Sep 16, 2014

Charles Michael Burger, 69 of Scott City passed away Tuesday, September 16, 2014 at his home with his family by his side. He was born October 3, 1944 in Cape Girardeau, MO to Louis Charles and Anna Marie Enderle Burger. He married Carol Ann Dohogne on June 19, 1965. They were happily married for 49 years. Charlie retired from Drury...

Joy Jean Simmons

Joy Jean Simmons

Sep 16, 2014

Joy Jean Johnson Sander Simmons, 87 of Commerce passed away Tuesday, September 16, 2014 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born on February 26, 1927 to Ed and Connie Phelps Johnson in Orient, SD. She married Elwood Sander on April 1, 1944 and he preceded her in death on February 2, 1955. She later married J.D. Simmons...

Mary Jo Hancock

Mary Jo Hancock

Sep 13, 2014

Mary Joan Hancock, 78, of Scott City, died Saturday September 13, 2014 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born February 25, 1936 in Palisade, Colorado to Joseph and Alberta "Nellie" Nelson Yager. She and William Clifton Hancock were married August 26, 1956 in Aztec, New Mexico and he preceded her in death on April 23, 2014....

Aurelia L. "Rella" Robert

Aurelia L. "Rella" Robert

Sep 10, 2014

Aurelia L. "Rella" Robert, 95 of New Hamburg died September 10, 2014 at the Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, MO. She was born October 31, 1918 in New Hamburg, MO to Martin and Bertha Gerst Glastetter. She married William B. Robert on January 11, 1938 in New Hamburg, MO. He preceded her in death on June 3, 1988. She was...