OBITUARIES

Dec 6, 2017

Gary Andrew Tucker, 71 of Cape Girardeau, Missouri Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at the Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau.

He was born August 30, 1946 in Dutchtown, Missouri to Clarence Leo and Ercie Mae Lynn Tucker.

He worked as a printer.

Dec 4, 2017

William Dale Rogers, 61, of Benton died Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, at the Portageville Health Care Center in Portageville, Missouri.

He was born Sept. 7, 1956, in East St. Louis, Illinois, to Dale and Lula Belle O’Guin Rogers.

He was owner/operator of B...

Dec 3, 2017

Lillian V. Blattel, 88, of Cape Girardeau, died Sunday December 3, 2017 at Fountainbleau Lodge. She was born in Illmo, Missouri to Clarence L. and Alma R. Hoffman Jackson. She and James G. Blattel were married July 15, 1946 in Fornfelt, Missouri. He preceded her in death on March 30, 2011. Mrs. Blattel was employed at the shoe factory, St....

Dec 3, 2017

Walter Wayne Gordon, 95, of Chaffee passed away Sunday, December 3, 2017 at his home surrounded by his loving family.

He was born on April 16, 1922 in Rolla, Missouri to the late George Walter and Minnie Bell Sharp Gordon. He married Jewell Kelley on Aug. 18, 1948 and...

Nov 28, 2017

Lee Cook, 88, of Oran passed away Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau.

He was born on December 31, 1928 in Lamar, Arkansas to the late Boyd Wallace and Beulah Lee Cowell Cook. He married Judy Ann Householder on Feb. 10, 1951 and she survives...

Nov 25, 2017

Obituary is a courtesy of Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel Sandra (Sandy) Jean Oliver was born on August 24, 1940 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She grew up in the town of Illmo, Missouri, (Scott City). Sandy was the only daughter of a single mother, Mozelle Oliver, but grew up surrounded by her large extended family. She was...

Nov 25, 2017

Leonard H. Nothdurft, 95, of Whitewater, Missouri passed away Saturday, November 25, 2017 at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau.

He was born on August 14, 1922 in Whitewater to the late Herman and Edith Wilferth Nothdurft. He married Stella M. Crader on April 24, 1947 and she preceded...

Nov 24, 2017

Alan Ray Westrich, 56, of Oak Ridge, died Friday November 24, 2017 at his home. He was born March 23, 1961 in Cape Girardeau, the son of Quentin Stephen and Barbara Jean Spies Westrich. He married, Susan Marie Wright on February 7, 2003 at Benton, Missouri.

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Nov 23, 2017

Anna Faye Graham, 79 of Scott City died Thursday, November 23, 2017 at her home. She was born April 23, 1938 in Dyess, Arkansas to Clarence Williams and Zelma Walley Shempert. She married Roy Graham on October 16, 1962. He preceded her in death on July 27, 2007.

She...

Nov 22, 2017

Voila Mary Trankler, 95, of New Hamburg, peacefully went to meet our heavenly

father on her 95th birthday, Wednesday, November 22, 2017 at the Lutheran Home, Cape Girardeau.

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Nov 20, 2017

Marina Roslia Georger, 86, of Chaffee passed away Monday, November 20, 2017 at Fountain Blue Lodge in Cape Girardeau.

She was born on Feb. 4, 1931 in Kelso, Missouri to the late Charles and Louise Schoen Georger.

Marina was a retired Registered Nurse...

Nov 20, 2017

Clara Ann Underwood, 76, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Nov. 20, 2017, at her home.

She was born Sept. 3, 1941, in Hartman, Arkansas, to Roy Melvin and Hazel Juanita Wood Sexton. She married Elvis Underwood on Feb. 10, 1996.

Nov 19, 2017

James Joseph Balchunis, 58 of Chaffee, MO died Sunday, November 19, 2017 at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, MO. He was born May 7, 1959 in Panama City, FL to John Walter and Stella Helen Norris Balchunis.

He is survived by two brothers, John and Robert Balchunis and his...

Nov 15, 2017

Billy Leslie Goodman was born April 2, 1927 in Fornfelt, MO to Elves Lesley Goodman and Ethel Viola (Young) Goodman. He died in Sacramento, CA November 15, 2017.  He was educated in Illmo schools and joined the Marine Corps in 1945, retiring as a Gunnery Sergeant in 1965.  In 1952, he married Helen Ann Bonskowski, who...

Nov 15, 2017

Vickie Marie Williams, 33 of Scott City, Missouri died Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was born April 3, 1984 in Chaffee, Missouri to Michael and Carol Pulliam Eads.

She is survived by her Mother, Carol Eads of Benton; her father,...

Nov 14, 2017

Johnathan “John” “JB” Robert Niederkorn, 44 of Chaffee, Missouri died Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at his home. He was born July 14, 1973 in Cape Girardeau to Robert John and Marilyn Jo Messmer Niederkorn. He married Deanna Renee Schuessler April 9, 1994 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

John was the...

Nov 9, 2017

Lois Mary Eastwood, 88, of Chaffee passed away Thursday, November 9, 2017 at Southeast Hospital.

She was born on September 26, 1929 in New Hamburg to the late Otto Charles and Mamie Westrich Scheeter. She married J.C. Eastwood on January 13, 1951 and he preceded her in death on November 2, 2006.

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Nov 9, 2017

Ivan “IJ” Lesch Jr., 68, of Delta, Missouri passed away Thursday, November 9, 2017 at Southeast Hospital.

He was born on October 22, 1949 in Allenville, Missouri to the late Ivan Edward and Retha Gertrude Lands Lesch. He married Carolyn Sue Gramlisch on September 14, 1968 and she survives...

Nov 6, 2017

Oraville E. “Gene” Cummins, 80, of Chaffee went to join his wife Elizabeth and his heavenly father on Monday, November 6, 2017 surrounded by his loving family.

He was born on November 11, 1936 in Fornfelt, Missouri to the late Oravill Perry “Wiggles” and Bernice Katherine Coombes Cummins. He married Mary Elizabeth Davenport on May...

Nov 4, 2017

Ruby Louise Scherer, 88, of Scott City, died Saturday, November 4, 2017 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau.

She was born February 13, 1929 in Scott City, the daughter of Arthur H. G. and Ella Ida Bretzel Roth. She married F. M. Scherer on February 18, 1950 in Fornfelt, he preceded her in death...