OBITUARIES

Oct 16, 2021

Kathryn Miller, daughter of the late Benjamin and Annie (Eudaly) Caul was born January 5, 1931

in Blodgett, Missouri and departed this life on Saturday, October 16, 2021 at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 90 years.

Mrs. Miller attended Rockview Methodist Church in Rockview Missouri. She liked to...

Oct 16, 2021

Billy Tankersley, son to the late Earnest and Mildred Lincoln Tankersley was born on October 2, 1938 in Bessville, Missouri and departed this life on October 16, 2021 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 83.

He married Judy Halter on August 7, 1970. He worked for Florsheim shoe factory.

Bill was a beloved...

Oct 16, 2021

Shirley Barber, daughter to the late John and Dorothy Louise Gramlisch Menz was born on May 18, 1951 in Chaffee, Missouri and departed this life on October 16, 2021at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 70.

She worked for Visiting Nurses Association.

She is survived by two sons, Dale...

Oct 11, 2021

Virginia Bertha Sides, daughter to the late Ulrich and Alma Amanda Pobst Uhrhan was born on June 2, 1934 in New Hamburg, Missouri and departed this life on October 11, 2021 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 87 years.

She was a seamstress.

She is survived by...

Oct 11, 2021

Norma Burke December 20, 1943 - October 11, 2021

Norma Jean Chapman Burke

Norma Burke, daughter of the late Herschel Chapman and Augé Eva Lee Andrews was born on December 20, 1943 in Anna, Illinois and departed this life on Monday, October 11, 2021 at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the...

Oct 8, 2021

John Albert Schott

John A. Schott, son of the late John Nikolas Schott and Catherine Louise Burger was born on February 6, 1937 in Oran, Missouri and departed his life on Friday, October 8, 2021 at the Saint Francis Medical Center Emergency Room at the age of 84 years,

Mr. Schott graduated from...

Oct 7, 2021

Lora C. Felty, daughter to the late George and Elizabeth Seay Seemann was born on February 1, 1951 in Houston, Texas and departed this life on October 7, 2021 at her home in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 70 years.

She was a former surgical tech at Southeast Hospital.

She is survived by...

Oct 6, 2021

Charles Stanford Frey, 82 of Scott City died Wednesday, October 06, 2021 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 26, 1939 in Sikeston, Missouri to Stanford Theodore and Lillie Susan “Alma” Miller Frey. He married Linda Jo Peetz on May 21, 1966. She preceded him in death on September 9, 1999. He was a manager for...

Oct 5, 2021

Franklin E. “Bud” Nall, Jr., age 58, died at 2:00 pm on October 5 th , 2021 of a heart attack in his home in Chaffee.

He was born on Sept 30, 1963 in San Bernardino County to Franklin E. Nall, Sr. and Velma Jean Nall. Bud was a resident of Benton and Bloomfield for many years....

Oct 4, 2021

Angela Trapp, daughter of the late Fred Schleinger and Camilla Schleinger was born on August 30, 1969 in Chaffee, Missouri and departed this life on Monday, October 4, 2021 at the Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 52 years.

Mrs. Trapp was a homemaker, of the Baptist Faith, and a resident of Chaffee....

Oct 3, 2021

Gary Sparks, 50 of Cape Girardeau, Missouri died Sunday, October 3, 2021.  He was born November 8, 1970 in Rockford, Illinois to Gary Eugene and Caroline Dabbs Sparks.

He is survived by a daughter, Shiana Nicole Dow and two brothers, Billy and Mark Sparks.

Memorial visitation will be form 9:00 am – 11:00 am on...

Oct 2, 2021

Robert Hagan, Jr., 66 of Scott City died Saturday, October 2, 2021 at the Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, Missouri.  He was born February 13, 1955 in Cape Girardeau, MO to Robert and Helen Crader Hagan, Sr.

Robert was a machine operator for Scott County for which he retired from. He enjoyed his position at the County,...

Oct 1, 2021

Harold D. Williams, son of the late Harold Junior Williams and Eva Mae Cowart was born on August 14, 1960 in Okolona, Mississippi and departed this life on Friday, October, 1, 2021 in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 61 years.

Wickey was along time farmer, but ended his career as a contract painter of 25 years....

Oct 1, 2021

Thomas Gerald Murrah, of Benton Missouri, son to the late James and Evelyn Berry Murrah was born September 7, 1938 in Jackson, Mississippi and departed this life on October 1, 2021 at his home at the age of 83 years. He married Judy Dennis on February 20, 1971 and she survives of the home. Thomas was a mechanic for Wiethop...

Sep 30, 2021

Wanda Lee Dickerson, daughter to the late Adolph and Laura Griffith Sprenger was born November 23, 1946 in Daisy, Missouri and departed this life on September 30, 2021 at Cotton Point Living Center in Matthews, Missouri at the age of 74 years.

She was a former seamstress for Thorngate.

Wanda is survived by a daughter...

Sep 29, 2021

Bonnie Rose Crawford, 84 of Scott City, Missouri died Wednesday, September 29, 2021 at The Arbors at Capetown in Cape Girardeau.  She was born October 25, 1936 in Malden, Missouri to F.W.  and Bertha Holifield Brandt.  She married Carrell Gene Crawford on March 2, 1957 in Malden.

She was a secretary for Anderson Air Activities in Malden...

Sep 28, 2021

Jacqueline Sue Backfisch, 72 of Scott City died Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.  She was born August 5, 1949 in Charter Oak, Missouri to Albert Franklin and Hazel June Tharp Baldwin. She married Robert Antone Backfisch on January 14, 1967. He preceded her in death on March 2, 2017.

She was...

Sep 25, 2021

Mary June Simmons, of Chaffee, Missouri, daughter of the late Rev. Watis Harrell and Pauline Chance, was born February 23, 1942 in Brownwood, Missouri and departed this life on Saturday, September 25, 2021 at the Hunter Acres Nursing home in Sikeston, Missouri at the age of 79 years.

Mrs. Simmons was a member of the Assembly of...

Sep 23, 2021

Adam Finley Walker, son of Mary Ellen & John R. Bryan and biological father Charles Walker III was born on October 2, 1990 in Paducah, Kentucky and departed this life on Thursday, September 23, 2021 at the Missouri Delta Medical Center Emergency Room in Sikeston, Missouri at the age of 30 years.

Adam was a Delivery Driver...

Sep 22, 2021

Frances Smith of Benton, Missouri September 28, 1942 - September 22, 2021

Frances Lee Smith

Frances Lee Smith, daughter of the late Pete Januska and Eva Leon Januska was born on September 28, 1942 in Harrisburg, Illinois and departed this life on Wednesday, September 22, 2021 at her residence in Benton at the age of...