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Walter "Dusty" Rhodes

November 14, 1921 — September 21, 2012

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Walter "Dusty" Rhodes

Walter "Dusty" Rhodes, 90 of Cape Girardeau died September 21, 2012 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born November 14, 1921 in Williamsville, MO to Walter Lacey and Mary Ellen Cook Rhodes. He married Alice Virginia Elliott on March 27, 1948 in Jennings, MO. Walter was a longtime civil servant for the Defense Department and accomplished watchmaker in St. Louis for many years. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He is survived by his wife, Alice of Cape Girardeau; two daughters, Susan Kelley of Fort Collins, CO and Dusty Hayden of Wappapello, MO; a sister, Mary Ellis of Tucson, AZ; two grandchildren, Erin Fulton and Rhodes Kelley; three great grandchildren. His body was donated to Washington University School of Medicine.

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