OBITUARIES

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

John H. Weissmueller

John H. Weissmueller

Jul 22, 2015

John Henry Weissmueller, 91 of Kelso, Missouri died July 22, 2015 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born April 30, 1924 in Kelso to Lawrence and Ella Pobst Weissmueller. He married Martha Agnes Elfrink on January 17, 1948. John was retired from General Sign Company and from farming the homestead. He was a veteran of the...

Rick Weber

Rick Weber

Jul 20, 2015

Richard Fred "Rick" Weber Jr., 62, of Kelso died Monday, July 20, 2015, at his home. He was born Dec. 1, 1952, in Cape Girardeau, to U.S. Army Cpl. Richard F. and Mary Ann Ressel Weber Sr. He and Charlene McClain were married Nov. 19, 1983, in Kelso. After his father came home from the Korean War, the family located...

Matt Moore

Matt Moore

Jul 18, 2015

J. Matthew "Matt" Moore, 42 of Scott City died Saturday, July 18, 2015 at his home. He was born March 5, 1973 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri son of Bobby Gene and Mary Bell Moore. He worked for Penzel Construction as a laborer until he became disabled. He graduated from Scott City High School and attended Arkansas State University. He was...

Michael Wayne Green

Michael Wayne Green

Jul 17, 2015

Michael Wayne Green, age 46, of Oran, Missouri passed away on Friday, July 17, 2015 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born on July 14, 1969 in Kokomo, Indiana to Richard and Shirley Tinsley Green. Michael married Joie Tomlin on December 21, 1991 and she survives. He worked as a maintenance man for the City...

Barney Heisserer

Barney Heisserer

Jul 16, 2015

Bernard August "Barney" Heisserer, 83, of Kelso died Thursday, July 16, 2015, in Scott City due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born March 28, 1932, to August and Rosalia Glastetter Heisserer. He and Alta Irene James were married Dec. 29, 1951, in Kelso. She preceded him in death June 6, 2010. Bernard was a dock foreman...

Rita Hodge

Rita Hodge

Jul 14, 2015

Rita Diane Hodge, age 67, of Oran, Missouri passed away on Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was born on April 28, 1948 in Bell City, Missouri to the late Jesse and Lillian Reynolds Warren. Rita married Bobby Dariel Hodge on Oct. 28, 1995 and he survives. Survivors include her husband Bobby...

Virginia Perry

Virginia Perry

Jul 12, 2015

Virginia Estelle Perry, 88, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, July 12, 2015 at the Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was born September 25, 1926 in Baltimore, Maryland to Joseph Auld and Myrtle Cecilia Duvall Harrison. She was employed as a factory worker. She was a member of Cape First in Cape Girardeau. She served in church for...

Betty Keesee

Betty Keesee

Jul 10, 2015

Betty Francis Keesee, 80, of Scott City died Friday, July 10, 2015, at Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, Missouri. She was born Sept. 15, 1934, in Oran, Missouri, to William A. and Hazel Marie Smith Menz. She and Glenn Bennett Keesee were married Nov. 21, 1978, in Scott City. He preceded her in death May 16, 1999. Betty was a...

General Mason

General Mason

Jul 9, 2015

General Leon Mason, age 78, of Oran, Missouri passed away on Thursday, July 9, 2015 at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born on February 2, 1937 in Dover, Arkansas to the late Mart and Hattie Anderson Mason. General married Shirley Wagoner on September 14, 1954. He retired from Tri-Con Industry in Cape Girardeau, Missouri as a quality...

Margaret Meier

Margaret Meier

Jul 9, 2015

Margaret Meier, age 79, of Advance, Missouri passed away on Thursday, July 9, 2015 at the family home in Advance, Missouri. She was born on April 3, 1936 in Biggsville, Illinois to the late Eugene and Margaret Stubs Beachum. Margaret married Clois Hicks in December 1954 and he preceded her in death on October 2, 1976. She was a retired...

Ron Baker

Ron Baker

Jul 7, 2015

Ronald Dean Baker, 59 of Scott City died July 7, 2015 in Silverthorne, CO. He was born February 16, 1956 in Artesia, CA to Edward David and Sarah Alice Lee Baker. He married Brenda Louvine Davidson on Sept. 20, 1980 in Scott City, MO. Ron was owner of Bakers Service Center in Scott City and he taught Auto Body Repair...

Jimmy Clarence Abernathy

Jimmy Clarence Abernathy

Jul 5, 2015

Heaven earned another angel on Sunday, July 5, 2015, Jimmy C. Abernathy. He lived 76 amazing years. He was born on April 10, 1939 in Morley, MO to the late Mack Pearl and Jessie Lee Black Abernathy. He met the love of his life in high school, Maxine Randol and they got married on April 4, 1959 at Morley First...

Billie Ray

Billie Ray

Jul 4, 2015

Maria Yvonne "Billie" Ray was born in Poplar Bluff, Missouri on July 24, 1951. She entered Heaven's gate at the age of 63 on the 4th of July, 2015 with her children and loved ones surrounding her. Billie was one of two children born to the late Bill and Grace Fitchpatrick. She is survived by her brother, Markel C. Fitchpatrick...

Naomi Simmons

Naomi Simmons

Jul 3, 2015

Naomi Collier Simmons, 89 of Scott City, Missouri went to be with the Lord on Friday, July 3, 2015 while surrounded by family. She was born February 5, 1926 in Scott County, Missouri, the eldest daughter to Freeman and Esther Mitchell Collier. She and Joseph Wilson Simmons were united in marriage on February 9, 1948. He preceded her in death...

Janie L. Rauch

Janie L. Rauch

Jun 23, 2015

Janie Lynn (Connell) Rauch, age 63, of Chaffee, Missouri passed away on Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was born on June 8, 1952 in Arlington, TN to the late Ferdinand T. and Dorothy M. Land Connell. She married William "Bill" Rauch on August 18, 1972. Janie retired from JC Penny having worked there...

Kenny Enderle

Kenny Enderle

Jun 22, 2015

My sweet Angel, my best friend, has left me today, Kenny Enderle, 59, of Scott City, went Home Monday, June 22, 2015, at St. Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born October 21, 1955 in Scott City, Missouri to and Benjamin (Benny) Franklin and Glendola Shell Enderle. He and Lisa Roy wed on April 12, 1997. Kenny was a...

Beulah Marie Lusk

Beulah Marie Lusk

Jun 18, 2015

Beulah Marie Lusk, 78, of Greenville, Mo., formerly of Scott City, Mo., passed away Thursday, June 18, 2015 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, Mo. She was born Feb. 3, 1937 in Bell City, Mo. the daughter of Jimmie and Sylvia Morris Lee. She and Francis "Joe" Lusk were married on March 17, 1956 at Scott City, he preceded...

Jerry E. Wagoner

Jerry E. Wagoner

Jun 17, 2015

Jerry E. Wagoner, age 93, of Oran, Missouri passed away on Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at the Convalescent Center in Sikeston, Missouri. She was born on December 18, 1921 in Oran, Missouri to the late Howard and Pearl Spears Evans. She married Hershal R. Wagoner on November 9, 1940 and he preceded her in death on September 30, 2003. Jerry...

Leon Bucher Jr.

Leon Bucher Jr.

Jun 16, 2015

Leon J. "Sonny" Bucher Jr., age 79, of Rockview, Missouri passed away on Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at the family home in Rockview. He was born on April 28, 1936 in New Hamburg, Missouri to the late Leon Joseph and Clara Turner Bucher Sr. He married Margie G. Green on October 17, 1957 and she survives. Leon was a veteran...

James E. Davidson

James E. Davidson

Jun 15, 2015

James E. Davidson, 81 of Cape Girardeau formerly of Scott City died June 15, 2015 at his home. He was born February 24, 1934 in Jonesboro, AR to Ralph C. and Raye Marie Ryan Davidson, Sr. He married Joan Pribble in 1958. He later married Glenda Steele in 1983. She preceded him in death in 2007. He was employed as...