OBITUARIES

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

Jimmy Simms

Jimmy Simms

Dec 11, 2014

Jimmy Lynn Simms, 50 of Scott City died Thursday, December 11, 2014 at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, MO. He was born April 25, 1964 in Cape Girardeau, MO to Russell and Kathryn Daniels Simms. Jimmy attended Kelly High School and lived most of his life in Commerce. He loved watching Nascar, Boxing and eating fish. He is survived by...

Danny Halter

Danny Halter

Dec 9, 2014

Danny Jay Halter, 59 of Scott City died December 9, 2014 at the York Place, LLC in Bertrand, MO. He was born February 10, 1955 in Richmond, IL to Lorena Frances Halter. He is survived by his mother, of Scott City; a son, Raymond J. Halter of Jackson; a daughter, Lacey Allred of San Lorenzo, CA; a brother, David Halter...

Gracie Renee Palmer

Gracie Renee Palmer

Dec 9, 2014

Gracie Renee Palmer, of Chaffee, MO passed away at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, MO on Tuesday, December 9, 2014. She was born on November 23, 2014 in Cape Girardeau, MO to Jessie Renee Horman and Joshua Evan Palmer. Survivors include her parents; maternal grandmother, April Schrempf of St. Louis, MO; maternal grandfather, Larry Horman of Chaffee, MO;...

Sara Irene Guzman

Sara Irene Guzman

Dec 9, 2014

Sara Irene Guzman, age 60, of Oran, MO passed away at the family home in Oran, MO on Tuesday, December 9, 2014. She was born on July 19, 1954 in St. Louis, MO to the late William Ray and Nelda Maxine Hanks Shaffer. Sara married Raymond Guzman on July 10, 1970 and he survives. She was a school bus driver...

Bud Owens

Bud Owens

Nov 30, 2014

Ronnie "Bud" Ervin Owens 69, of Scott City died Sunday, November 30, 2014 at his home. He was born February 16, 1945 in Randles, MO to Charley Alvin and Mattie Cook Owens. He married Sue Nix on August 21, 1965. He worked at Florsheim and later at Major Custom Cable in Fruitland. He is survived by his wife; a son,...

Karen Sue Coram

Karen Sue Coram

Nov 29, 2014

Karen Sue Coram, age 63, of Lowndes, MO passed away on Saturday, November 29, 2014 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO. She was born on September 6, 1951 in Anniston, MO to the late Herbert Scott and Mary Edwards Burton. Karen married Elvis Coram on December 31, 1968 and he survives. Survivors also include one son, Randy Coram of...

Mary Bohn

Mary Bohn

Nov 27, 2014

Mary Alice Lynn-Bohn passed away Thursday, November 27, 2014 at her home in Scott City, with her family present. She was born October 15, 1927 in Ancell, Mo. , the only child of Peter and Ruby Sanford Rudy. In 1946, she married Charles W. Lynn, with whom she had four children. He preceded her in death in 1964. She later...

Dolores E. Trost Nation

Dolores E. Trost Nation

Nov 26, 2014

Dolores E. Trost Nation, age 68, of Chaffee, MO passed away at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, MO on Wednesday, November 26, 2014. She was born on August 16, 1946 in Chaffee, MO to the late Buford and Adella Kiefer Trost. Delores married Richard Nation on May 1, 1965 in Chaffee and he survives. She was a teacher...

Opal Liles

Opal Liles

Nov 26, 2014

Opal Liles, age 97, of Oran, MO passed away at the Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee on Wednesday, November 26, 2014. She was born on March 30, 1917 in London, AR to the late Lonnie and Izada Waldo Anthony. Opal married Charlie Liles on Jan. 6, 1936 at Eufaula, OK and he preceded her in death on Oct. 16, 1994....

Brenda Kay Bles

Brenda Kay Bles

Nov 25, 2014

Brenda Kay Bles, 64, of Scott City died Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014, at her home. She was born Sept. 29, 1950, in Fornfelt (Scott City) to James Charles and Edith Marie Sturm Whitworth. Brenda was a beautician at Virginias Hair Care and a member of First Baptist Church, both in Scott City. Survivors include three sons, Mike (Beth) Bles of...

Kenny Blankenship

Kenny Blankenship

Nov 24, 2014

Kenneth Leroy "Kenny" Blankenship, 81 of Benton, Mo died Monday, November 24, 2014 at his home. He was born January 10, 1933 in Fornfelt, Mo to Edgar and Alma Brant Blankenship. He married Norma Lee Ridings on May 10, 1952. He worked as a semi-truck salesman for Harris Truck & Trailer, Cooney Equipment for 41 years then later retiring from...

Martha Gilpin

Martha Gilpin

Nov 24, 2014

Martha Louise Gilpin, 86 of Commerce died Monday, November 24, 2014 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, MO. She was born September 9, 1928 in Illmo, MO to Claude and Mabel Loftin Sanders. She married Herschel O'Dell Gilpin on September 9, 1948 in Piggott, AR. He preceded her in death on January 7, 2009. She was a member of...

John Garms

John Garms

Nov 24, 2014

John A Garms, 87 of Scott City, MO died Monday, November 24, 2014 at his home. He was born June 8, 1927 at Oak Hill, MO to John F. and Norah M. Kohrmann Garms. He was first married to Rosa May Guillory of Port Barre, LA on Dec. 1, 1950. He later married Helen M. Arnold on Oct. 15, 1977...

John Gilmer

John Gilmer

Nov 23, 2014

William Clinton "John" Gilmer, Jr. died Sunday, November 23, 2014 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born November 25, 1940 at Cape Girardeau, the son of William Clinton and Bertha Enelia Johnston Gilmer, Sr. He married Mary Michele Glazier on December 15, 1965 in Paragould Ark. John was a retired conductor with the Southern Pacific -...

Joel A. Niswonger

Joel A. Niswonger

Nov 20, 2014

Joel Albert Niswonger, 53 of Scott City died November 20, 2014 at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, MO. He was born January 23, 1961 in Cape Girardeau, MO to John Albert and Vivian Doris Eldridge Niswonger. He married Brenda Kay Davis on August 6, 1980. She preceded him in death on November 30, 1999. He was a self-employed...

Bonnie Rose Cope

Bonnie Rose Cope

Nov 18, 2014

Bonnie Rose Cope, 82 of Scott City died Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at her home. She was born on February 11, 1932 in Bonne Terre, MO to Arvil D. and Ada Dunwoody Link. She married Walter Johnston, Jr on September 2, 1950; he preceded her in death on July 21, 1986. She later married Daniel Cope on December 24, 2008....

Thelma Louise Dalton

Thelma Louise Dalton

Nov 18, 2014

Thelma Louise Dalton, age 83, of Chaffee, MO passed away at the Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee on Tuesday, November 18, 2014. She was born on August 8, 1931, in Sikeston, MO, to the late Henry and Irene Cline Cooper. Thelma worked as a machine operator at Florsheim Shoe Factory in Chaffee and as a cook at Chaffee Head Start....

Virginia A. Phillips

Virginia A. Phillips

Nov 15, 2014

Virginia A. Phillips, age 93, of Morley, MO passed away at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, MO on Saturday, November 15, 2014. She was born on March 3, 1921, in Chaffee, MO, to the late Sylvester and Anna Elizabeth Owens Matthews. Virginia retired as a manager at Blue Cross Blue Shield in St. Louis, MO then moved back...

Grace Catherine Menz

Grace Catherine Menz

Nov 13, 2014

Grace Catherine Menz, 95 of Scott City died Thursday, November 13, 2014 at the Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, MO. She was born September 9, 1919 in Fornfelt, MO to Charles A. and Lavada Harmon Miller. She married Silverius Francis "Spats" Menz on April 24, 1944 in Scott City, MO. He preceded her in death on Jan. 24, 2002. She...

Ralph S. Heisserer

Ralph S. Heisserer

Nov 13, 2014

Ralph S. Heisserer, 89, of Oran, Missouri, passed away November 13, 2014, at the Veteran's Home in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born June 1, 1925 at Oran, Missouri, son of the late Raymond G. and Alma C. Dirnberger Heisserer. On May 8, 1948 he married Mary Lou Enderle at St. Augustine Church in Kelso, Missouri and she preceded him...