OBITUARIES

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

Cody Allan Mcswain

Cody Allan Mcswain

May 20, 2014

Cody Allan McSwain 26, of Scott City died Tuesday, May 20, 2014 in Cape Girardeau County, MO. He was born June 18, 1987 in Cape Girardeau, MO to Danny and Sherry Rhyme McSwain. He was Assistant Manager at Auto Zone and was previously employed at Plaza Tire in Scott City as Assistant Manager. He enjoyed jeeping, motorcycles and sportscars. He...

Christopher Boeving O'Gara

Christopher Boeving O'Gara

May 17, 2014

Christopher Boeving O'Gara, 65 of Chaffee died Friday, May 17, 2014 at his home. He was born July 29, 1947 in Kennett, MO to Charles Joseph and Carleen Marjorie Boeving O'Gara. He was a truck driver and a veteran of the U.S. Army. Services will be private.

Laura Mae Sanford

Laura Mae Sanford

May 13, 2014

Laura Mae Sanford, 94 of Scott City died Tuesday, May 13, 2014 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, MO. She was born October 6, 1919 in Morley, MO to Herman Elzie and Ada Marina Burns Humphrey. She married James Leroy Sanford on January 4, 1936 in Jackson, MO. He preceded her in death on May 4, 2006. She was...

Gilbert Woodrow Mabrey

Gilbert Woodrow Mabrey

May 13, 2014

Gilbert Woodrow Mabrey, age 92, of Chaffee, formerly of Allenville, MO passed away Tuesday, May 13, 2014 at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born on June 17, 1921 in Cape Girardeau, MO to the late George and Hazel Snider Mabrey. He married Ruby A. Eakins on January 8, 1940 and she preceded him in death on...

Aileen Tuschoff

Aileen Tuschoff

May 9, 2014

Aileen Mae (Redpath) Tuschoff, 88, of Arnold, MO, formerly of Scott City died Friday, May 9, 2014 at Marymount Nursing Home in Eureka, MO. She was born March 9, 1926 in Pine Bluff, AR to Merle E. and Gladys N. Walls Redpath. She married Hilbert O. Tuschoff on July 3, 1965. He preceded her in death on April 4, 2004...

Arabella Kluesner

Arabella Kluesner

May 9, 2014

Arabella Stella Kluesner, 92 of New Hamburg, MO died Friday, May 9, 2014 at her home two weeks after her husband Norbert. She was born September 1, 1921 to Leo and Emeline Josephine Uhrhan Menz. She married Norbert Peter Kluesner on November 27, 1945 in New Hamburg. He preceded her in death on April 24, 2014. She was a member...

Jack Evans

Jack Evans

May 9, 2014

Jack Allen Evans, 74 of Scott City died Friday, May 9, 2014 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, MO. He was born July 10, 1939 in Allenville, MO to J.R. and Isabell Slinkard Evans. He married Mary Lynn Gibbs on December 4, 1967. He was a Tech at Southwestern Bell and is a member of the Elks Club in...

Lawanda Burden

Lawanda Burden

May 8, 2014

Lawanda Burden, age 85, of Cape Girardeau, Mo, passed away Thursday, May 8, 2014 at the family home in Cape Girardeau, MO. She was born on July 10, 1928 in Harrisburg, AR to the late Milton and Bessie Kilgo Aaron. She married Robert Donald Burden on June 4, 1949 in Hernando, MS and he preceded her in death on Dec....

Charlotte Sue Coplin

Charlotte Sue Coplin

May 7, 2014

Charlotte Sue Lutes Coplin, age 48, of Morley, Mo, passed away Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, MO. She was born on August 20, 1965 in Sikeston, MO to the late Billy D. and Shelby J. Houchins Lutes. She married James Coplin on June 23, 1984 and he survives. She was a retired C.M.T for...

John Robert Todt

John Robert Todt

May 5, 2014

John Robert Todt, age 62, of Astatula, FL, passed away Monday, May 5, 201 at the Cornerstone Hospital. He was born on January 31, 1952 in Chaffee, MO to the late Harold and Rita Margrabe Todt. He moved to the Orlando area in 1971 and has worked in the building products industry for over 30 years. He is survived by...

Raymond Wesley Gray

Raymond Wesley Gray

May 3, 2014

Raymond "Wesley" Gray, 55, of Scott City, died Saturday, May 3, 2014 at his home. He was born in St. Louis, Mo. on July 4, 1958, the son of Raymond Junior and Estella Josephine Biggs Gray. He married Bobbie Jean Moore on September 22, 1979. Wesley was a vocalist and drummer for the local band TUFA for about 20 years,...

George Clark

George Clark

May 2, 2014

George Samuel Clark, 90 of Scott City, MO formerly of Terre Haute, Ind., died May 2, 2014 at his home. He was born October 14, 1923 in Courtland, Kansas to George Nathan and Hazel Catherine Lynn Clark. He married Ruby May Webster on June 21, 1974 in Terre Haute, Ind. George was an engineer at WTHI-TV channel 10. He served...

George Woodrow Hopper, Jr

George Woodrow Hopper, Jr

Apr 29, 2014

George Woodrow Hopper, Jr., 57 of Commerce died April 29, 2014 at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau, MO. He was born March 26, 1957 in Cape Girardeau, MO to George Woodrow and Laura Ina Hester Hopper, Sr. George worked for V.I. P. Industries and he was a member of Commerce Baptist Church in Commerce, MO. He was preceded in death...

Margaret Ann Williams

Margaret Ann Williams

Apr 28, 2014

Margaret Ann Williams, age 67, of Sikeston, MO passed away at East Prairie Nursing Center in East Prairie, MO on Monday, April 28, 2014. She was born on August 12, 1946 in Cairo, IL to the late John and Marie Smith Rose. Margaret was a retired waitress. She was a member of Oran First Baptist Church. Survivors include one son,...

Mildred Burnett

Mildred Burnett

Apr 27, 2014

Mildred Rose Burnett, age 90, of Sikeston, MO passed away at Golden Living Center in Bloomfield, MO on Sunday, April 27, 2014. She was born on March 10, 1924 in Benton, MO to the late Otto Louis and Mary Josephine Dohogne Schlitt. She married Jack T. Burnett on May 13, 1978 and he preceded her in death on September 3,...

Norbert Peter Kluesner

Norbert Peter Kluesner

Apr 24, 2014

Norbert Peter Kluesner , 93 of New Hamburg, MO died April 24, 2014 at his home. He was born November 20, 1920 in St. Joseph, TN to John Henry and Elizabeth Reischman Kluesner. He married Arabella Stella Menz on November 27, 1945 at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in New Hamburg. Norbert was a Farmer and Carpenter. He was a member...

William Clifton Hancock

William Clifton Hancock

Apr 23, 2014

William Clifton Hancock, 82 of Scott City died April 23, 2014 at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, MO. He was born July 17, 1931 in Houston, Mo to Ensul Clifton and Mary Helen Potts Hancock. He married Mary Joan Yager on August 26, 1956 in Aztec, New Mexico. William was a welder and blue print instructor for Surplus...

Michael Crites

Michael Crites

Apr 23, 2014

Michael Crites, 54 of Scott City died Thursday, April 23, 2014 at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.

Margaret Louise Horsley

Margaret Louise Horsley

Apr 22, 2014

Margaret L. Horsley, age 73, of Morley, MO passed away at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau on Tuesday, April 22, 2014. She was born on October 21, 1940 in Memphis, TN to the late Clyde Wesley and Minnie Frances Fleming Collins. She married Billy Horsley on November 3, 1956 and he survives. Survivors include her husband, Billy of...

Iona Welter

Iona Welter

Apr 21, 2014

Iona C. Welter, 94 of Benton, MO died April 21, 2014 peacefully at home surrounded by her family. She was born August 30, 1919 in Benton, MO to Albert V. and Ella Devine Bollinger. She married Paul Andrew Welter on September 13, 1942 in San Diego, CA. He preceded her in death on May 4, 1964. Iona was worked for...