OBITUARIES

Apr 27, 2012

David Sylvester Williams, 79, of Scott City died Friday, April 27, 2012, at his home. He was born Aug. 24, 1932, in Sikeston, Mo., to John G. and Katie Ann Biby Williams. He married Janice Hope McCormick on Dec. 19, 1969, in Chaffee, Mo. She preceded him in death Aug. 25, 2000. David was a heavy equipment operator with West...

Apr 26, 2012

Roger C. Hanshew, 60, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, April 26, 2012, at his home. He was born Jan. 15, 1952, in Artesia, Calif., to the late Ray Murl and Dorothy Maxine Taylor Hanshew. Roger worked on a press line 25 years at Thorngate Ltd. in Cape Girardeau. Survivors include a son, Shawn Hanshew of Cape Girardeau; three grandchildren, Abigail...

Apr 25, 2012

Ellen Teresa Siebert, 91, of Chaffee died Wednesday, April 25, 2012, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 13, 1920, in Ste. Genevieve, Mo., to Frank and Olivia Roth Arnold. She and John J. Siebert were married Oct. 20, 1941. He preceded her in death April 13, 1978. Ellen was a member of St. Ambrose Catholic...

Apr 25, 2012

Lester "Pooge" Gramlisch, 78, of Chaffee died Wednesday, April 25, 2012, at Chaffee Nursing Center. He was born Dec. 23, 1933, in Chaffee, to John and Mary Annie Sadler Gramlisch. He and Mary Helen Masterson were married Aug. 14, 1959. She preceded him in death March 6, 1990. Lester was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He was a retired...

Apr 25, 2012

Brian Donald Fletcher Gibbs, 66, of Plano, Texas, died Wednesday, April 25, 2012, in Plano. He was born Sept. 17, 1945, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, to Peter Donald Newell and Ingrid Viola Aalto Gibbs. He married Dianna Simpson on July 1, 1989, in Scott City. Brian was a self-employed venture capitalist. He attended Magee High School and the University...

Apr 23, 2012

Roger Dale Felty, 64, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, April 23, 2012, at Southeast Hospital. He was born Aug. 6, 1947, in Arbor, Mo., to the late Marvin Dale and Norma Brown Felty. Roger was in the U.S. Air Force and served in the Vietnam War. He was a retired brakeman with Burlington Northern Railway Co. in Chaffee, Mo. He...

Apr 23, 2012

Vyron Glynn Yount, 86, of Chaffee died Monday, April 23, 2012, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 27, 1925, in Chaffee, to Marshall Leslie and Bulah Margaret Huffman Yount. He married Dixie Jewell Brock on Sept. 3, 1943. Vyron was a pastor 12 years at First Christian Church in Chaffee, retiring in February 2012....

Apr 22, 2012

Violet Glastetter, 89, of Oran died Sunday, April 22, 2012, at the family home. She was born Aug. 22, 1922, in Oran, to Adam and Anna Eftink Hooker. She married Lester Glastetter on July 26, 1941. Violet was a retired machine operator from International Hat Factory in Oran. She was a member of Guardian Angel Catholic Church, St. Ann Sodality,...

Apr 22, 2012

Loretta Jean Bom, 71 of Benton died April 22, 2012 at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, MO. She was born January 12, 1941 in Tulare, California to Andrew and Vera Davis Shively. She married Robert D. Bom on February 14, 1959 in East Praire, MO. Loretta was a seamstress for Columbia Sportswear and Thorngate. She is survived by her...

Apr 20, 2012

Carolyn L. O'Howell, 72, of Scott City died Friday, April 20, 2012, at Chaffee Nursing Center, in Chaffee, Mo. She was born Nov. 6, 1939, at Fornfelt, daughter of John A. and Ruby J. Smith Rogers Sr. She married Ray W. O'Howell Sr. on Feb. 11, 1961, at Des Plaines, Ill. He preceded her in death March 13, 1984. Carolyn...

Apr 18, 2012

Dora Lee Fisher February 14, 1934 - April 18, 2012

Dora Lee "Momma Dora" Fisher, 78, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, April 18, 2012, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Feb. 14, 1934, in Los Angeles, daughter of Angelo Charles and Beatrice Barbara Iovino Grandi. Dora was a self-employed child care provider. She was a member of St....

Apr 12, 2012

Michelle Nicole Bundy, 25, of Jackson died Thursday, April 12, 2012, at her home after a battle with epithelioid angiosarcoma. She was born Sept. 27, 1986, in Cape Girardeau, to Richard Dewane and Sandra Kay Blankenship Bundy. Survivors include her parents, Richard and Gloria Bundy of Scott City, James and Sandra Harris of Fruitland; a daughter, Addisyn Eubanks of the...

Apr 11, 2012

Maxine Messmer, 76, of Kelso died Wednesday, April 11, 2012, at her home. She was born April 27, 1935, in Fornfelt, to Eugene and Bessie Irene Stone Burton. She married Norval Joseph Messmer on Feb. 13, 1954, in Kelso. He preceded her in death Aug. 4, 1990. Maxine is survived by two sons, Jeff (Tammy) Messmer and Tracy (Gayle) Messmer...

Apr 4, 2012

Ruth Bernice Nations Carroll, 93, of Chaffee died Wednesday, April 4, 2012, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 19, 1919, in Morley, Mo., to Braxton Edward and Minnie Bell Stanley Nations. She married Leonard N. Carroll Oct. 12, 1946, in Mayfield, Ky. He preceded her in death Oct. 3, 2003. She was a graduate of...

Apr 1, 2012

Theon Louis "Junior" Schlosser, of Scott City died Sunday April 1, 2012, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 1, 1932, at Illmo, the son of Theon John and Ella Irene LeDure Schlosser. He and Patricia Anne Drury were married Nov. 5, 1955, in Cape Girardeau. Theon owned and operated Schlosser TV Sales and Service...

Mar 30, 2012

Linda Kay Pikey, 65, of Scott City died Friday, March 30, 2012, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 21, 1946, at Cape Girardeau, the daughter of Buford Edward and Beatrice Evelyn Rubel Kinder. She married Thomas Nelson Pikey on Nov. 25, 1964. Linda was a homemaker and member of First Assembly of God Church...