OBITUARIES

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

Freddie Brockmeyer

Freddie Brockmeyer

Nov 25, 2013

Freddie H. Brockmeyer, 73 of Scott City died November 25, 2013 at his home. He was born August 29, 1940 in St. Louis County, MO to Herman and Margaret Meyer Brockmeyer. He married Sue Kinder on January 28, 1961 in Scott City, MO. Freddie was a floor installer and maintenance man for Scott City Apartments. He was a member of...

Junior Ted Ing

Junior Ted Ing

Nov 22, 2013

Junior Ted Ing, 85, of Chaffee passed away surrounded by loved ones at 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22, 2013, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Junior was born Sept. 16, 1928, in Brownwood, Mo., to the late Lige and Lenny Goodman Ing. Junior loved trucks and he owned and operated his own dump truck business for many years. After giving his...

Herman J. Vetter

Herman J. Vetter

Nov 19, 2013

Herman J. "Chick" Vetter was born on February 26, 1920 in Bell City, MO son of Albert John Vetter and Dora Margrett Dirnberger. He passed from this life on November 19, 2013. Herman Vetter lived on the family farm in Painton, MO for the majority of his life and recently lived in the Missouri Veterans Home at Cape Girardeau, Mo....

Michael Ray Sheppard

Michael Ray Sheppard

Nov 16, 2013

Michael Ray Sheppard, 66, of Scott City passed away Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 27, 1947, in Tillemooke, Ore., to the late Jack London and Jewel Ann McDaniel Sheppard. Michael and Martha Horrell were married June 10, 1972. He worked for J.A. Jones Construction Co. He was a veteran...

Willliam Dallas Shaffer

Willliam Dallas Shaffer

Nov 16, 2013

William Dallas Shaffer, 85, of Oran, MO passed away on Saturday, November 16, 2013 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, MO. He was born in Gideon, MO on December 21, 1927 to the late Claude Dallas and Tressie Mae Petty Shaffer. William was a Cpl. in the United States Army from 1953-1955. He was a retired laborer for...

Kaylee Dawn Cox

Kaylee Dawn Cox

Nov 15, 2013

Kaylee Dawn Cox was stillborn on November 15, 2013 at St. Francis Medical Center. Survivors include her parents,Brian Lee Cox and Sheila Kay Reynolds both of Delta,MO; paternal grandparents, Jim Cox and Sandie Hewitt both of Stockton, MO; maternal grandparents, Kelvin Bevell of Dewitt, AR, Claudette Radford of Delta, MO, Danny and Linda Hale of Cape Girardeau, MO; three sisters,...

Dorothy Faye Smiley

Dorothy Faye Smiley

Nov 14, 2013

Dorothy Faye Smiley, 87, of Chaffee, MO passed away on Thursday, November 14, 2013 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, MO. She was born in Mineral Wells, TX on April 16, 1926 to the late John Marion and Minnie Christian Mallory. Dorothy married Robert Lester "Bob" Smiley on August 25, 1945 and he preceded her in death on Sept....

John Marion Webb

John Marion Webb

Nov 14, 2013

John Marion Webb, age 44, passed away on Thursday, November 14, 2013 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, MO. He was born in St. Louis, MO on April 12, 1969 to Gary Oral and Mary Virginia Ary Webb. He married Sue Stephens on Dec. 12, 1993 and she survives of Benton, MO. John was a truck driver. Survivors...

James Edward Mosley

James Edward Mosley

Nov 13, 2013

James Edward Mosley, 59, of Chaffee, MO passed away on Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, MO. He was born in Dekoven, KY on May 18, 1954 to the late James C. and Lucy Mae Padgett Mosley. James married Deborah Diane Carter on March 15, 1975 in Cape Girardeau, MO and she survives. Prior...

William Harold Laub

William Harold Laub

Nov 11, 2013

William Harold "Bill" Laub, 86, of Benton passed away peacefully at his home Monday, Nov. 11, 2013, surrounded by family. He was born March 25, 1927, at Benton, to Jake and Virginia Kirby Laub. He and Iva Mae Bohannon were married April 3, 1948, in Kewanee, Mo. She preceded him in death May 1, 2002. Bill attended Benton High School....

Evelyn Waddle

Evelyn Waddle

Nov 9, 2013

Evelyn Ann Waddle 69, of Whitewater, Mo. entered the gates of heaven Saturday November 9, 2013 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born October 28, 1944 at Randles, Mo. the daughter of Tony Kirby "Chub" and Ella Mae Beckland Menz. She and Michael Lee "Mike" Waddle were married April 6, 1984 at Arbor, Mo. Evelyn had owned...

Patricia Ann Kelsey

Patricia Ann Kelsey

Nov 8, 2013

Patricia Kelsey Patricia Ann Kelsey, 80, of Scott City, passed away Friday, November 8, 2013 in the Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 26, 1933 in Illmo, Mo. the daughter of William "Ralph" and Velma "Juanita" Lambert Carlton. She and Ronald Lee Kelsey were married on Sept. 22, 1950 at Piggott Ark. He preceded her in...

George T. Schott

George T. Schott

Nov 6, 2013

George Thomas Schott, age 80, of Oran, MO passed away on Wednesday, November 6, 2013 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, MO. He was born in Oran, MO on March 30, 1933 to the late George Lucas and Mable Cowger Schott. George married Sylvia Faye Vivrett on June 15, 1985 and she survives. He worked in logistics with...

Jesse Elsworth Rhymer

Jesse Elsworth Rhymer

Nov 6, 2013

Jesse Elsworth "Jet" Rhymer, 93 of Scott City died Wednesday, November 6, 2013 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, MO. He was born January 21, 1920 in East Cape Girardeau, IL to James Rollie & Kathryn Elizabeth Knupp Rhymer. He married Barbara Belle Lance on July 28, 1945 in Cape Girardeau, MO. Jesse was retired from Lone Star...

Sherry Lynne Jacobs

Sherry Lynne Jacobs

Nov 3, 2013

Sherry Lynne Jacobs passed away Nov. 3, 2013 at Woodland Hills Nursing Home in Marble Hill, Mo., after a long illness. She will be sadly missed by many family and friends. She was born Oct. 17, 1965 in Cape Girardeau to Herman Asbury and Lavana "Faye" Ziegler Jacobs. Sherry was a hairdresser for 22 years, a 1984 graduate of Scott...

Rita Clara Kluesner

Rita Clara Kluesner

Nov 1, 2013

Rita Clara Kluesner, 81, of Chaffee died Friday, Nov. 1, 2013, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 9, 1932, in Kelso, to Paul and Anna Scherer Glastetter. She and Alfred Joseph Kluesner were married June 25, 1955. She was a member of St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Chaffee, Daughters of St. Ambrose, Ladies Auxiliary...

Bernard Anthony Tenkhoff

Bernard Anthony Tenkhoff

Oct 30, 2013

Bernard Anthony "Barney" Tenkhoff, 92, of Oran died Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 9, 1921, in Cape Girardeau, to Leo and Mary M. Metz Tenkhoff. He married Betty Elaine Watkins Feb. 17, 1947. She preceded him in death Nov. 11, 2000. Bernard was part owner and then owner of EW...

Robert Konrad Heisserer

Robert Konrad Heisserer

Oct 28, 2013

Robert Konrad Heisserer, 37, of Indiapolis, IN passed away on Monday, October 28, 2013 at while in Calgary, Alberta Canada on a business trip. Robert was born in Cape Girardeau, MO, on August 12, 1976 to Karl Michael and Barbara Diane Curtis Heisserer, the oldest of six sons. He married Sandra Hartmann on June 30, 2001 in Cincinnati, OH and...

Donald R. Slinkard

Donald R. Slinkard

Oct 24, 2013

Donald R. Slinkard, age 73, of Whitewater, MO passed away on Thursday, October 24, 2013 in Cape Girardeau, MO. He was born in Jackson, MO on July 14, 1940 to the late Boyd Loren "Dick" and Hattie Fern Allen Slinkard. Donald married Carol Marie Picou on Nov. 12, 1966 in St. Marys, MO and she survives. He was a member...

Richardson Copeland

Richardson Copeland

Oct 20, 2013

Richardson Copeland Sr., age 68, of Morley, MO passed away on Sunday, October 20, 2013 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, MO. He was born in Chickasaw, MS on July 24, 1945 to the late Mathis Paul and Josie Dodd Copeland Sr. Richardson married Shelby Jo Houchins on Feb. 16, 1982 in Morehouse, MO and she preceded him...