OBITUARIES

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

Ervin "Webb" Leon Scheeter

Ervin "Webb" Leon Scheeter

Oct 25, 2014

Ervin "Webb" Leon Scheeter, age 90, of New Hamburg, MO passed away on Saturday, October 25, 2014 at Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, MO. He was born on April 17, 1924 in New Hamburg, MO to the late Otto and Mamie Westrich Scheeter. Ervin married Frances Cecilia Kluesner on June 30, 1951 in Chaffee, MO. He was a veteran of...

Helen Louise Raines

Helen Louise Raines

Oct 24, 2014

Helen Louise Raines of Kelso, MO, 96 years and 8 months of age, died peacefully on Friday, October 24, 2014 at the Lutheran Home. After a difficult birth she took her first breath on February 24, 1918 weighing just three pounds. Her mother, Rosalia Hess passed on the next day. Her grandparents, John B and Matilda Hess raised her as...

Joyce Mae Arensmann

Joyce Mae Arensmann

Oct 22, 2014

Joyce Mae Arensmann, 82 of Chaffee died Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, MO. There will be no services. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel of Scott City is in charge of arrangements.

Carrie Renee Phillips Holder

Carrie Renee Phillips Holder

Oct 21, 2014

On Tuesday, October 21, 2014, Carrie Phillips Holder lost her long battle with her health peacefully surrounded by close friends and family members in her home where she wished to be. She was born on May 22, 1971 in Chaffee to Bill and Jewell Keller Phillips. She is survived by her husband, Randy Holder of Scott City; a daughter, Abbey...

Richard Arthur Washburn

Richard Arthur Washburn

Oct 19, 2014

Richard Arthur Washburn, 63 of Scott City died Sunday, October 19, 2014 at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO. He was born August 8, 1951 in St. Louis, MO to Leonard Arthur and Arletta Stull Washburn. He worked at Do It Best Corp. He served in the U.S. Army during Vietnam. He is survived by his mother, Arletta Washburn...

Emma L, Burton

Emma L, Burton

Oct 19, 2014

Emma L. Burton, 84 of Scott City died Sunday, October 19, 2014 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, MO. She was born April 16, 1930 in Cape Girardeau, MO to Robert and Maude Beckett Diamond. She married Lloyd McFall on March 17, 1946, he preceded her in death on September 24, 1970. She later married Fred Gerlach who also...

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....