OBITUARIES

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

Gordon Brown

Gordon Brown

Mar 10, 2018

Gordon L. Brown, 79 passed away on March 10, 2018 at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born on June 4, 1938 in Battle Creek, Michigan, the son of Clyde Emanuel and Viola Vesta Martin Brown.

Gordon worked in various places, National Food Stores, Wolverine...

Dale William Frazier

Dale William Frazier

Mar 10, 2018

Dale William Frazier, 69, of Chaffee passed away Saturday, March 10, 2018 at Southeast Missouri Hospital.

He was born on July 28, 1948 in De Soto, Missouri to the late Norvell and Mary Frazier. He married Amelia Rose Wahl and she survives of the home.

Dale was a retired...

Laverne Dodson

Laverne Dodson

Mar 9, 2018

Laverne Berniece Dodson, 73 of Bridgeton, Missouri formerly of Scott City died Thursday, March 8, 2018 at the Jackson Manor in Jackson, Missouri. There will be a private graveside service at St. Augustine Catholic Cemetery in Kelso, Missouri.   Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City was in charge of arrangements.

Wanda Schwartz

Wanda Schwartz

Mar 7, 2018

Wanda Sue Schwartz, 81 of Scott City died Wednesday, March 7, 2018 at her home. She was born June 17, 1936 in Vanduser, Missouri to Thomas Jefferson and Myrtle Mae Cruse Jackson. She married William R. Schwartz on August 22, 1975.

She was a Registered Nurse at St. Francis...

Joseph Gockel

Joseph Gockel

Mar 3, 2018

Joseph Edmond Gockel, Jr., 69 of Scott City died March 3, 2018 at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born October 2, 1948 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri to Joseph Edmond and Aredah Catherine Harvell Gockel. He married Susan Kay Hink on January 21, 1988.

He worked for...

Henry Schiwitz

Henry Schiwitz

Mar 3, 2018

Henry Martin Schiwitz, 93, of Benton passed away Saturday, March 3, 2018, at his home. He was born Jan. 16, 1925, in Commerce, Missouri, the son of Arthur Albert and Mary Pearl Fullerton Schiwitz. He married Ella Dean Freeman on Sept. 20, 1952; she preceded him in death March 19, 2015. Henry was a chief engineer for Cargo Carriers...

Clara Steimle

Clara Steimle

Mar 2, 2018

Clara Lorene Steimle, 101, of New Hamburg, Missouri, passed away Friday March 2, 2018, at the Pacific Care Center in Pacific, Missouri.

She was born on October 5, 1916 in Kelso, Missouri, the daughter of Lawrence and Ella Pobst Weissmueller. She married Charles L. Steimle on October 25, 1941...

James Henry Chronister

James Henry Chronister

Feb 27, 2018

James Henry Chronister October 1, 1936 - February 27, 2018

James “Jim” Henry Chronister, 81, of Chaffee passed away February 27, 2018 at South Baldwin Regional Medical Center in Foley, Alabama.

He was born on Oct. 1, 1936 in Toledo, Ohio to the late Leamon Lee and Louise Campbell Chronister. He married Irmgard...

Tina Marie Nations

Tina Marie Nations

Feb 25, 2018

Tina Marie Dohogne Nations, 58, of Chaffee passed away Sunday, February 25, 2018 with her loving husband at her side.

She was born on April 8, 1959 in Cape Girardeau to John Joseph and Marilyn Davis Dohogne. She married Wayne Nations on June 2, 2012 and he survives of...

Leeroy "Butch" Winfer Abernathy

Leeroy "Butch" Winfer Abernathy

Feb 25, 2018

Leeroy “Butch” Abernathy, 89, of Morley passed away Sunday, February 25, 2018 at Southeast Missouri Hospital.

He was born on March 23, 1928 in Scott County, Missouri to the late Henry William and Levadie Mae Hoxworth Abernathy. He married Betty Ruth Oliver on March 7, 1949 and she preceded him in death on August 2,...

Betty Ann Fenton

Betty Ann Fenton

Feb 24, 2018

Betty Ann Fenton, 82, of Sikeston passed away Saturday, February 24, 2018 at her home.

She was born on February 23, 1936 in Oran to the late Fred and Eunice Brumley DeHart. She married Dr. Thomas P. Fenton on Dec. 20, 1976 and he preceded her in death on...

Doris Mae Owens

Doris Mae Owens

Feb 24, 2018

Doris Mae Owens, 93, of Chaffee passed away Saturday, February 24, 2018 at Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee.

She was born on May 16, 1924 in Falmouth, Kentucky to the late Andrew and Mamie Heilmann. She married James Edward Owens in Jeffersonville, Indiana on June 5, 1943 and he...

Aline Ann Feilner

Aline Ann Feilner

Feb 22, 2018

Aline A. Feilner, 85, of St. Louis went to be with her heavenly father on Thursday, February 22, 2018 at St. Anthony’s Medical Center in St. Louis, Missouri.

She was born on May 27, 1932 in Chaffee, to the late Fred and Mayme Griffin Horman. She married Richard “Dick”...

Donna Sprenger

Donna Sprenger

Feb 22, 2018

Donna Jean Sprenger, 71 of Cape Girardeau, MO died Thursday, February 22, 2018 at the Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was born October 24, 1946 in Cape Girardeau to Alfred E. and Geraldine Kraft Sprenger.

She is survived by two sisters, Barbara Vinson of Benton, Missouri...

Peggy Sue Coomer

Peggy Sue Coomer

Feb 21, 2018

Peggy Sue Coomer, age 70, of Delta, passed away on Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at Southeast Hospital surrounded by family.

She was born on July 30, 1947 in Jackson to Tony and Ella Mae Beklund Menz. She married Bill Coomer in Advance, Missouri on March 11, 1988 and he...

Gail Dumey

Gail Dumey

Feb 19, 2018

Gail Renee Dumey, 56, of Chaffee, passed away Monday, February 19, 2018 at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

She was born on May 15, 1961 in Cape Girardeau to the late Philip A. and Doris Jean Klipfel Walter. She married Randy Dumey on July 27, 1979 and he survives of the home.

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Betty Lou Metz

Betty Lou Metz

Feb 19, 2018

Betty Lou Metz, 87, of Oran passed away peacefully on Monday, February 19, 2018 at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau, with family members by her side.

She was born on Oct. 28, 1930 in Cape Girardeau at the old St. Francis Hospital, to the late Emil and Norma...

Andrew Dirnberger

Andrew Dirnberger

Feb 18, 2018

Andrew Michael Dirnberger, 70 of Benton, Missouri died Sunday, February 18, 2018 at the Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born May 13, 1947 in Cape Girardeau to Claude William and Hattie Rebecca Brock Dirnberger. He married Janet Sue Bollinger on June 25, 1966.

He...

Lee Holland

Lee Holland

Feb 17, 2018

Lee Michael Holland, 47 of Benton, Missouri died Saturday, February 17, 2018 at the Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born July 17, 1970 in Memphis, Tennessee to Ken and Patricia Hodges Holland.

He was a member of St. Denis Catholic Church in Benton, Missouri....

Lora Kinnison

Lora Kinnison

Feb 14, 2018

Lora Rachelle Kinnison, 43 of Cape Girardeau, Missouri died Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. She was born August 3, 1974 in Cape Girardeau to Larry Wayne and Janet Elaine Bain Null. She married Dale Gerard Kinnison on September 9, 2008.

She is...