OBITUARIES

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

Frances A. Hess

Frances A. Hess

Jan 20, 2013

Frances A Hess, age 101 went to be with her Lord on January 20th, 2013. She was born on August 31, 1911 in the township of Kelso, Mo. She lived most of her life in Scott City, Mo. She worked as a seamstress and a homemaker; she enjoyed flowers, gardening and quilting. She is survived by three sons, Francis Westrich...

Ervin Felton

Ervin Felton

Jan 20, 2013

Ervin Felton, 82 of Marion, IL died January 20, 2013 at Parkway Manor of Marion, IL. He was born September 5, 1930 in Chicago, IL to Walter Ervin and Agnes LeClair Felton. He married Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Holder on February 4, 1956. She preceded him in death on March 21, 1976. Ervin was a machinist for Alcatel-Lucent Telephone Company. He...

Sister M. Timothy Scharenborg

Sister M. Timothy Scharenborg

Jan 20, 2013

Sister M. Timothy Scharenborg, 79, died Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013, at DuPage Convalescent Center in Wheaton, Ill. She was born Mary Frances in Leopold, Mo., daughter of Henry and Josephine Scharenborg. She attended Leopold Elementary School and graduated from St. Mary's High School in Cape Girardeau in 1951. Scharenborg was employed at the old Saint Francis Hospital until 1955, when...

Pete Underwood

Pete Underwood

Jan 18, 2013

Louie Luther "Pete" Underwood 89, of Scott City, MO passed away Friday January 18, 2013 at 12:00 p.m. at the home of his son. He was born May 15, 1923 in Fornfelt, MO to Lula and Luther Underwood. Rest in Peace Louie "Pete" Underwood. Thank you for your service! Underwood, Louie Luther Seaman, Second Class, Serial No. 337 61 09,...

Wanda Lee Burton

Wanda Lee Burton

Jan 17, 2013

Wanda Lee Burton, age 78, of Chaffee, MO passed away Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013 at Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, Mo. She was born in Frostburg, MD on August 19, 1934 to the late Carl and Hazel Lashbaugh Folk. Wanda married Junior Lee Burton on July 16, 1953 and he preceded her in death on May 16, 1992. She worked...

William C. Dickherber

William C. Dickherber

Jan 16, 2013

William Charles Dickherber, 58, of Benton died Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 20, 1954, in St. Louis, to George and Mildred Ueltzen Dickherber. He and Catherine Ann Tillman were married Feb. 17, 1979. William was store manager at JCPenney in Sikeston, Mo., and a member of Sikeston Chamber of Commerce. Survivors...

Dannie Wilson Dick

Dannie Wilson Dick

Jan 14, 2013

Dannie Wilson Dick, 72, formerly of Graves County Ky., passed away Monday, January 14, 2013 at his home in Lutz, Florida. He was born November 23, 1940 at Lynnville, Kentucky, son of Dennis Melvin and Christine Wilson Dick. He and Barbara Jean Ferrell were married on May 29, 1970. Dannie was an avid sports fan who loved to watch the...

Sue Pettit

Sue Pettit

Jan 14, 2013

Sue Pettit Elberta Marie "Sue" Pettit, 71 of Scott City died January 14, 2013 at her home. She was born April 1, 1941 in Selkirk, MI to Edward and Dorothy Thomas Pettit. Sue worked for Rhodes in Scott City. She is survived by a sister, Evelyne Branan of Flint, MI ; special friend, Pete Underwood and many other friends. Memorial...

Harold Dickerson

Harold Dickerson

Jan 13, 2013

Bear Dickerson Harold Dean "Bear" Dickerson, 60, formerly of Scott City, passed away Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013, in Ann Arbor, Mich., after a brief battle with cancer. He was born March 2, 1952, at Dexter, Mo., to Cloyd Dean and Mildred Markland Dickerson. Bear worked at National Lock and as a truck driver the past 20 years. He is survived...

Ralph Williams

Ralph Williams

Jan 10, 2013

Ralph "Pete" Williams, age 87, of Morley, MO passed away Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013 at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. He was born in Morley, MO on July 9, 1925 to the late Harry Albert and Alice Dickerson Williams. Pete married Jeannie E. Keefer on May 13, 1961 and she survives. He was a member of the...

Charlotte Sue Williams

Charlotte Sue Williams

Jan 10, 2013

Charlotte "Sue" Williams, 61 of Benton, MO died Thursday, January 10, 2013 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, MO. She was born August 4, 1951 in Wolf Island, MO to James Willis and Mamie Claire Moore Hendrix. She married Frederick Clyne "Rick" Williams on June 29, 1974 in East Prairie, MO. She is survived by her husband; a son,...

Shelia Windeknecht Eno

Shelia Windeknecht Eno

Jan 9, 2013

Shelia Rene Windeknecht Eno, age 55, of Russellville, passed away Wednesday, January 9, 2013, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. She was born October 1, 1957, at Cape Girardeau, Missouri, to Bobby G. and Mildred Bogenpohl Windeknecht. She married Jon Eno in 1986, they were married for 26 years and will be sadly missed. She was a respiratory...

Rodney Wilson Bradshaw

Rodney Wilson Bradshaw

Jan 7, 2013

Bell City, Mo> Rodney Bradshaw, age 45, of Bell City, MO passed away Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. He was born in St. Louis, MO on July 15, 1967 to the late Herbert W. and Mary Martha Green Bradshaw. Rodney married Karen Henson on March 19, 2012 after being together for nine years and she survives. He was a self-employed carpenter....

Phyllis Riegert

Phyllis Riegert

Jan 5, 2013

Phyllis J. Riegert, age 71 of Delta passed away Saturday, January 5, 2013 at the family home. She was born at Delta on April 23, 1941 to the late Robert Leonard and Orpha Mary Dysinger Brown Sr. Phyllis worked as a machine operator for Florsheim Shoe Factory in Chaffee. She retired as a caregiver for Regency Management in Cape Girardeau....

Watson Hester

Watson Hester

Jan 5, 2013

Watson H. Hester, age 70, of Delta passed away Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013 at the family home. He was born at Delta on June 8, 1942 to the late Watson Russell and Immogene Sanford Hester. Watson married Velma Glency on Oct. 6, 1967 and she survives. He is a member of the Arbor General Baptist Church and also belonged to...

Winifred Bollinger

Winifred Bollinger

Jan 4, 2013

Winifred I. Bollinger, 89, of Oran passed away Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, at the Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, Mo. She was born Sept. 19, 1923, at Painton, Mo., to the late Lavis and Roena Hampton Gray. She married A. "Buck" Bollinger on Nov. 17, 1942. He preceded her in death Oct. 8, 1992. She was a member of the...

Ruby & Willard "Shorty" Phillips

Ruby & Willard "Shorty" Phillips

Jan 2, 2013

Ruby Phillips, age 83, passed away at Chaffee Nursing Center on December 30, 2012. Willard "Shorty" Phillips, age 89, passed away January 2, 2013 at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, MO. Ruby was born on December 3, 1929 in Tyroza, Arkansas to the late Oscar and Nina Robertson Sr. Willard was born in Bragg City, Missouri on July...

Patricia Ann Blankenship

Patricia Ann Blankenship

Jan 2, 2013

Patricia Ann Blankenship, 65 of Scott City died January 2, 2013 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, MO. She was born November 8, 1947 in Kelso, Missouri to Theon Frank "Mouse" and Marie Bertha Schoen Schaefer. She married Roy Wayne Blankenship on January 18, 1964 in Jackson, MO. She was a cook for Scott City and St. Joseph Schools....

William Marshall Woods

William Marshall Woods

Jan 2, 2013

William Marshall Woods, 64 of Chaffee died January 2, 2013 at his home. He was born October 25, 1948 in Fornfelt, MO to Levi Arden and Pauline McCormick Woods, Sr. He married Julie Ann Shelton on December 31, 1971 in Chaffee, MO. William was a line technician at Proctor & Gamble. He was a member of VFW Post 3127 in...

Frederick H. Neal

Frederick H. Neal

Jan 2, 2013

Frederick H. Neal, 74, of Oran died Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013, at his home. He was born Sept. 28, 1938, in Oran, to Frank and Estelle Fowler Neal. He attended Oran public schools and graduated from Oran High School in 1956. After high school, he was employed by St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad Co. as an agent-telegrapher, a position he held...