OBITUARIES

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

Dorothy Leene Paxton

Dorothy Leene Paxton

Nov 4, 2019

Dorothy Leene Paxton born on February 17, 1931, went home to be with our Lord on Monday, November 4, 2019 at the age of 88 years.

Mrs. Paxton never met a stranger; she was the best cook in the world. She was loved by so many and loved everyone, she spent her whole life loving going to...

Paul Albee

Paul Albee

Nov 3, 2019

Paul Dennis Albee Paul Dennis Albee of Oran, Missouri, passed away on Sunday, November 3, 2019 at the age of 74. Dennis was born on October 27, 1945 to Wilbur “Pete” and Dorothy (Butler) Albee in Kansas City, Missouri. He graduated from Dexter High School in 1963. On August 21, 1966, he married Donna Jean Carr. They raised one...

Rhonda Mclemore Zacharias

Rhonda Mclemore Zacharias

Nov 1, 2019

Rhonda McLemore Zacharias, 56, died peacefully in the morning sun on Friday, November 1, 2019. Formerly of Scott County, Mo., Rhonda lived her final days surrounded by family at Seasons Hospice Center in Naperville, Ill.

Rhonda was diagnosed with Stage 4 rectal cancer in February 2018. Though this disease is what eventually took her life, it will...

Kenneth Paul Gaebler Sr.

Kenneth Paul Gaebler Sr.

Oct 31, 2019

Kenneth Gaebler Sr., son of the late Lester Gaebler, LeVern Gibson Gaebler, and Dorothy King was born on December 26, 1945 in St. Louis, Missouri and departed this life on Thursday, October 31, 2019 at the Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, Missouri at the age of 73 years.

Mr. Gaebler was a veteran of the United States...

Rev. Alvie Lee Surface

Rev. Alvie Lee Surface

Oct 30, 2019

REV. ALVIE LEE SURFACE

Rev. Alvie Surface, son of the late Homer Surface and Cora Bass Surface was born on September 2, 1933 in Delta, Missouri and went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at the St. Clare Hospital in Fenton, Missouri surrounded by his family at the age of 86 years....

Anna Adams

Anna Adams

Oct 30, 2019

Anna Marie Adams, 82 of Scott City, Missouri died Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at the Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, Missouri. She was born January 17, 1937 in Ancell, Missouri to Andrew and Philomena Hamm Glueck. She married Ronald Dean Adams on February 12, 1966. He preceded her in death on Feb. 14, 2014.

She was a...

Kevin Ressel

Kevin Ressel

Oct 29, 2019

Kevin Joseph Ressel, 58 of Nesbit, Mississippi died Tuesday, October 29, 2019 in Memphis, Tennessee. He was born November 9, 1960 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri to Lucas John and Alice Alma Glastetter Ressel. He married Yvonne Lesh on April 30, 1988 in Memphis. She preceded him in death on Oct. 9, 2013.

Kevin was a plant foreman...

Dorothy Janice Margrabe

Dorothy Janice Margrabe

Oct 24, 2019

Dorothy Margrabe, was born on August 2, 1930 in Kansas and departed this life on Thursday, October 24, 2019 at the Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, Missouri at the age of 89 years.

Mrs. Margrabe was a member of the First Baptist Church in Chaffee, homemaker, and former Certified Nursing Assistant.

She was united in...

Elizabeth Reischman Hartman

Elizabeth Reischman Hartman

Oct 24, 2019

Elizabeth Reischman Hartman, daughter of the late, Joseph Spooler and Lena Koenig Spooler was born on April 12, 1923 in Glennon, Missouri and departed this life on October 24, 2019 at the Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, at the age of 96 years.

Mrs. Hartman was a cook for many years at the Catholic and Public Schools...

Henry Boyd Gilliland

Henry Boyd Gilliland

Oct 21, 2019

Henry Boyd Gilliland, son of Miller and Bessie Lee Rodgers Gilliland was born on November 28, 1937 in Morley Township in Missouri and departed this life on October 21, 2019 in Morley, Missouri at the age of 81 years.

He was united in marriage to Donna Jean Irwin on April 10, 2010 and she preceded him in...

Christopher "Chris" D. Whitaker

Christopher "Chris" D. Whitaker

Oct 16, 2019

Chris Whitaker son of Marilyn Lawson Lindy of Chaffee and the late DeVere Whitaker was born on January 2, 1964 in Torrance, California. He departed this life on Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at the Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri at the age of 55 years.

Chris was a former supervisor for Carr Textile in Sikeston,...

Albert H. Eftink

Albert H. Eftink

Oct 13, 2019

Albert Herman Eftink, 98, of Chaffee, Missouri passed away at Chaffee Nursing Center on October 13, 2019. Albert was born December 13, 1920 in Portageville, Missouri to the late John H. and Josephine (Glastetter) Eftink. He married Martha Mary Klipfel on August 12, 1947, and she survives in Chaffee. Albert was a self-employed farmer all of his life and...

Carol Collins

Carol Collins

Oct 12, 2019

Carol Faye Collins, daughter of Ella Mae Beklund Menz and the late Tony K. Menz born on June 25, 1942 in Arbor, Missouri passed away in her home in Delta, Missouri on October 12, 2019 at the age of 77 years. She was surrounded by her loving family.

Carol was co-owner and operator of Knight Oil Equipment,...

Lucille Halter

Lucille Halter

Oct 11, 2019

Lucille Halter On Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, Lucille Modglin Halter departed this life at Chateau Girardeau Skilled Nursing Facility at the age of 95 years. She was born Nov. 28, 1923, in Thebes, Illinois, to William Albert and Dora Emilia Baumunk Modglin. She and Albert Leo Halter were united in marriage July 14, 1948. He preceded her in death...

James Stuckey

James Stuckey

Oct 11, 2019

James William Stuckey, 88 of Ponder, Texas formerly of Benton, Missouri died Friday, October 11, 2019 at his home. He was born May 4, 1931 in Commerce, Missouri to Clarence Stewart and Violet Shay Riggs Stuckey. He married Ruth Ellen James on December 29, 1954 in Benton, Missouri and she preceded him in death on January 17, 2012.

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Ida Rowland

Ida Rowland

Oct 8, 2019

Ida Joan (Vandeven) Rowland, 78, Poplar Bluff, MO, died on October 8, 2019 at her home. Visitation will be 10am to 12pm on Saturday, October 19, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 123 N. 8 th St, Poplar Bluff, MO 63901, where the Mass of Christian Burial will begin at 12pm. In lieu of flowers, contributions are suggested to Sacred...

Georgia Dannenmueller

Georgia Dannenmueller

Oct 5, 2019

Georgia Marie Duncan Dannenmueller, 86 of New Hamburg, Missouri died Saturday, October 5, 2019 at the Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was born January 2, 1933 in New Hamburg to Joseph and Mamie Scherer Dirnberger. She married Roscoe Matthew Duncan on August 16, 1952 and he preceded her in death on March 1, 1986. She later...

Bonnie Carden

Bonnie Carden

Oct 4, 2019

Bonnie Sue (Anditon) Carden was born December 8, 1939 in Guys, Tennessee to the late George Ferris Anditon and Hattie Roslyn (Gray) Anditon. She departed this life on Friday, October 4, 2019 at her residence in Delta, Missouri at the age of 79 years.

Bonnie was formerly employed by St. Francis Medical Center where she held various...

Marie Westrich

Marie Westrich

Oct 4, 2019

Ida Marie Westrich, passed away at her home in Kelso on Friday October 4, 2019 at the age of 86. She was born on April 6, 1933 at Chaffee, the daughter of Jesse H. and Clarisse Mae Campbell Carnell. She married James Stephen Westrich on January 24, 1953 at New Hamburg.

She worked as the operating room...

Harold Kielhofner

Harold Kielhofner

Oct 2, 2019

Andrew Harold Kielhofner, 93, of Oran, Missouri passed away at Mercy Hospital in St. Louis on October 2, 2019.

Harold was born October 9, 1925 in Chaffee, Missouri to the late Andrew and Regina (Halter) Kielhofner. He married Luella Mary Hamm on April 10, 1948, and she survives in Cape Girardeau.

Harold was a self-employed...