OBITUARIES

Dec 24, 2015

James Robert Lee, 76 of Scott City passed away at his home on Thursday, December 24, 2015 in the company of family and friends. He was born February 10, 1939 in Swinton, Missouri to James Robert “Jimmie” and Sylvia Helen Morris Lee. He married Mary Jane Held on April 24, 1965 at St. Joseph church...

Dec 23, 2015

Ila "Louise" Hodgkiss, 68 of Scott City died Wednesday, December 23, 2015 at her home.   She was born August 8, 1947 in Patton, Missouri to Samuel Price and Ila Hitt Marshall. She married Thomas Hodgkiss, Jr. on January 23, 1982 in Cape Girardeau, MO.

She was a clerk for...

Dec 23, 2015

Dennis “Joe” Crader, age 66, of Chaffee, MO passed away on Wednesday, December 23, 2015 at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, MO. He was born on December 7, 1949 to the late Buford and Violet C. Standley Crader. He was a truck driver for Kelso Supply Company in Kelso, MO for 23 years. Survivors include two sisters, Margie...

Dec 20, 2015

Brian Keith Sauceda, age 45, of Oran, MO passed away on Sunday, December 20, 2015 at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, MO. He was born in Chaffee, MO on July 7, 1970 to Vidal and Katherine Louise Daniels Sauceda Jr. He was a member of Victory Life Center in Oran, MO. He worked as a cashier at a...

Dec 17, 2015

Ricky Lee Harper, 53 of Benton, Missouri died Thursday, December 17, 2015 at his home after he lost his battle with ALS. He was born April 25, 1962 in Wyatt, Missouri to Leland Fletcher and Willadean Hester Templeton Harper. He married Sheila Rose Essner on August 8, 1992.

He was a farmer and a member of St....

Dec 16, 2015

Charles “Charley” J. Hensley, of Ironton, Missouri formerly of Scott City returned to his heavenly home on Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at the Missouri Baptist Home in Ironton, Missouri. He was born December 5, 1927 in Blodgett, Missouri to Ollie and Mabel Jobe Hensley. He had just celebrated his 88th birthday. He graduated from Fornfelt High School in 1946. He...

Dec 12, 2015

Joyce R. Estes, age 78 of Chaffee, MO passed away on Saturday, December 12, 2015 at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, MO. She was born in Chaffee, MO on March 26, 1937 to the late Elode Schultz Bishop. She married Carl E. Estes Sr. on July 17, 1959 and he survives. She was a member of the First Assembly of...

Dec 11, 2015

Hattie Elizabeth Bennett, age 82 of Scott City, MO passed away on Friday, December 11, 2015 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, MO. She was born in Rector, AR on May 17, 1933 to the late Leslie and Effie Jackson Noland. She married Verlin Hayes and he preceded her in death. She later married Paul Bennett and he...

Dec 9, 2015

Joshua Kendell Pardue, age 30 of Cape Girardeau, MO passed away on Wednesday, December 9, 2015 due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born in Nashville, TN on November 29, 1985 to Lawrence Kendell and Charlotte Pardue. He worked for Duby Plastering in Chaffee, MO. He was a member of Bethel Church of Nazarene in Nashville, TN....

Dec 6, 2015

Susan Marie Reed, 60 of Dutchtown, Missouri died Sunday, December 6, 2015 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was born on June 14, 1955 in Cape Girardeau to the late Earl Leon and Virginia Marie Estes Obermann, Sr.. She was assistant manager at Dutchtown Used Furniture. She served in the U. S. Navy. She is survived...

Dec 4, 2015

Patricia Marie Kjer, 71, of Scott City died Friday, December 4, 2015 at Cape Girardeau. She was born on December 8, 1943 in Franklin County, Mo., the daughter of Mary E. Greenwood Thress. She married James D. Kjer on October 19, 1981 and he preceded her in death on Sept. 23, 1992. Pat had worked on the assembly line at...

Dec 3, 2015

Imogene Whorton, 87, of Delta passed away Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015, at Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, Missouri. She was born July 30, 1928, near Oran, Missouri, to the late John and Ruth Moore Pippin. She married Harold Whorton on Aug. 25, 1948, and he preceded her in death Oct. 20, 1981. Imogene was a member of First Baptist...

Nov 25, 2015

John Gus Auer, 45, of Scott City died Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau.                He was born on August 23, 1970 at Fairfield, Calif., the son of John Bernard and Mary Ellen Corne Medel Auer. He married Denean Shirrell on October 23, 2000 at Benton, Mo. John was a member of the Independent Electrical Contractors...

Nov 22, 2015

James T. Johnson, 91, of Commerce, died Sunday, Nov.22,2015 at Heartland Care & Rehab in Cape Girardeau. He was born November 26, 1923, in Orient, South Dakota, to Ed and Connie Phelps Johnson. James and Golda Virginia Koch were married April 21, 1946. He was a farmer and member of St. Paul Methodist Church in Commerce and a veteran of...

Nov 22, 2015

Shirley Ann Childers, age 73, of Chaffee, MO passed away on Sunday, November 22, 2015 at the family home in Chaffee, Missouri. She was born in Rockview, Missouri on June 15, 1942 to the late Tony and Ida Earhart Carroll. She married Jerry A. Childers on March 19, 1988 and he survives. Shirley was owner and operator of Shirley’s Salon...

Nov 22, 2015

Pauline Wise Jacobs, 94 of Cape Girardeau, Missouri formerly of Commerce died Sunday, November 22, 2015 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 22, 1921 in Commerce to Walter “Pete” and Elsie Sanders Wise. She married Marion Leslie Jacobs on July 26, 1941. He preceded him in death on November 17, 1990. She is survived...

Nov 19, 2015

Larry G. Rogers, age 61 of Seattle, WA formerly of Chaffee, MO died unexpectedly November 19, 2015 in Seattle, WA. He was born in Macon, MS on April 26, 1954 to the late James Roby and Phyllis Rae Jones Rogers. Larry grew up in Chaffee and graduated high school in 1972 where he was president of his class all four...

Nov 19, 2015

Jere A. Tenkhoff, age 78, of Oran, MO passed away on Thursday, November 19, 2015 at the family home in Oran, Missouri. He was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on December 16, 1936 to the late Germain Anthony and Gertrude Shegley Tenkhoff. He married Carolyn Pobst on May 6, 1961 and she survives. Jere was a veteran of the United...

Nov 17, 2015

Carla Gean Lutes, age 48, of Dexter, MO formerly of Oran, MO passed away on Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County in Dexter, Missouri. She was born in Poplar Bluff, Missouri on October 23, 1967 to the late Jim and Edna Fry Willson. She married Robert Lutes November 2010 and he survives. Carla was a...

Nov 14, 2015

William "Bill" G. Senciboy Sr., age 65, of Perkins, MO passed away on Saturday, November 14, 2015 at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on January 27, 1950 to the late Truman and Christine Ann Scheffer Senciboy. He married Sandra Smith in 1972. Bill was a veteran of the United States...