OBITUARIES

Jun 21, 2012

Thomas Allen "Tom" Pace, 64 of Scott City died Thursday, June 21, 2012 at The Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau, MO. He was born October 17, 1947 in New Madrid County, MO to Samuel Harvey and Deloma Mae Parks Pace. He married Sandra Kay Kassel on August 1, 1975 in Cape Girardeau, MO. He was owner/operator of Fireside Mercantile...

Jun 20, 2012

Beatrice Lee Dudley, 98, of Chaffee, MO, passed away at the Chaffee Nursing Center on Wednesday June 20, 2012. She was born in Zalma, MO on December 21, 1913, to the late Buford Harrison and Iva Crites Fowler. She married Clarence Earl Dudley on April 28, 1930 and he preceded her in death on June 26, 1982. Beatrice was a...

Jun 20, 2012

Donald William Harris Sr., 71, of Scott City died Wednesday, June 20, 2012, at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 3, 1941, in Mineral Point, Wis., to William and Dorothy Gibbons Harris. He and Joyce Turner were married Dec. 27, 1985, in Sheboygan, Wis. She preceded him in death Dec. 23, 2010. Survivors include a son, Donald...

Jun 16, 2012

Longtime area artist Bill L. Davis, 83, of Scott City died Saturday, June 16, 2012, at his home. He was born July 4, 1928, in Cape Girardeau, son of Charles Homer and Ida Adeline Kern Davis. He and Gloria Rose Held were married Sept. 24, 1950, at Eisleben Lutheran Church in Scott City and were blessed with two children. Bill...

Jun 16, 2012

Maxine Stabbs, 74, of Benton died Saturday, June 16, 2012, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 29, 1938, in Charleston, Mo., daughter of Leo F. and Seena L. Chandler Hale. She and Lawrence A. Stabbs were married July 14, 1956, and he preceded her in death. Maxine worked as a caregiver, and was of...

Jun 15, 2012

Rose Marie Welter August 28, 1934 - June 15, 2012

Chaffee, MO> Rose Marie Welter, 77, of Chaffee, MO, passed away at the Chaffee Nursing Center on Friday June 15, 2012. She was born on August 28, 1934, to the late Anton and Agnes Enderle Welter at their home near Chaffee. Rose was a member of St. Ambrose Catholic...

Jun 13, 2012

Oran, MO> Rita H. Todt, 87, of Oran, MO, passed away at Chateau Girardeau on Wednesday June 13, 2012. She was born in Chaffee, MO, on February 20, 1925, to the late Robert J. and Mary Griffin Margrabe. She married Harold J. Todt on June 1, 1948 and he preceded her in death on September 24, 1985. Rita was an...

Jun 13, 2012

Jerry Marshall Hayes, 58 of Benton died June 13, 2012 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, MO. He was born August 1, 1953 in Flint, MI to Albert Snowden and Virgie Marie Neldon, Hayes. He was a machine operator for Botkin Lumber Company. There will be no services.

Jun 9, 2012

Forrest Albert Crawford, 55 of Scott City died June 9, 2012 in Franklin, KY. He was born December 20, 1956 in Wyatt, MO to Forrest Eugene and Janice Hope McCormick Crawford. He married Margrette Ann Hoggard on August 4, 1984. He was a truck driver for Single Source Logistics and a veteran of the U. S. Air Force. Forrest is...

Jun 9, 2012

James Allen Lemmink, 42 of Benton, MO died June 9, 2012 at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, MO. He was born November 24, 1969 in Rockford, IL to James Robert and Virginia May Carr Lemmink. He married Doris Hughes on April 17, 1999 in Scott City, MO. James was a mechanic for Midwest Chassis and owner of Auto Works....

Jun 9, 2012

James William Schoen, 80 of Scott City died June 9, 2012 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, MO. He was born May 21, 1932 in Illmo, MO to Robert Donnat and Mary Louise Sturm Schoen. He married Shirley Ann Green on August 5, 1959. She preceded him in death on September 7, 1986. He worked in construction. He served...

Jun 7, 2012

Ada Juanita Wendel, 87, of Jackson died Thursday, June 7, 2012, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 19, 1924, in Randles, to August John and Elizabeth Clementine "Lizzie" Menz Schlosser. She married Ray Wendel Sr. Feb. 15, 1942, in Oran, Mo. He preceded her in death April 19, 1999. Ada was employed at the hat factory...

Jun 6, 2012

Patricia Anne "Sis" Schlosser, 78 of Scott City passed away June 6, 2012 at her home. She was born November 14, 1933 in Kelso, MO to Lambert and Lorraine Dohogne Drury. She married Theon Louis "Junior" Schlosser on November 5, 1955 in Cape Girardeau, MO. He preceded her in death on April 1, 2012. Patricia was a member of St....

Jun 2, 2012

Chaffee, MO Ada B. King, 92, of Chaffee, MO, passed away at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau, MO on Saturday June 2, 2012. She was born in Delta, MO, on December 28, 1919, to the late John and Dora Gilder Surlet. She married Duree E. King on Feb. 14, 1953 and he preceded her in death on May 3,...

May 27, 2012

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Fred M. Surman Jr., 87, of Chaffee passed away at the family home Sunday, May 27, 2012. Surman was born in Memphis, Tenn., on Jan. 5, 1925, to the late Frederick and Bernice Muns Surman Sr. He married Wanda Potts on Dec. 27, 1947, at Marion, Ark., and she preceded him in death Feb. 7, 2007. Fred...

May 27, 2012

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Orilla "Rilla" Pobst, 84, of Chaffee passed away at the family home Sunday morning, May 27, 2012. Rilla was born in New Hamburg, Mo., on Jan. 8, 1928, to the late Otto and Mamie Westrich Scheeter. She married A.J. Pobst on Sept. 9, 1950, and he survives. She was a member of Guardian Angel Catholic Church in...

May 26, 2012

Lorena Mary Essner, 89, of Kelso, Mo., died May 26, 2012, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 28, 1922, in Illmo, to Anton Joseph and Anna Theresa Ostendorf Diebold. She married Vincent Stephen Essner on May 4, 1946, in Kelso. She was a member of St. Augustine Catholic Church, St. Ann's Ladies Sodality and...

May 25, 2012

James Thomas Hensley 89, of Benton, MO died May 25, 2012 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, MO. He was born May 1, 1923 in Benton, MO to Thomas Marshall and Eva Mae Davidson Hensley. He married Hazel Vera Riley on November 5, 1949 in Hartford, IL. She preceded in him death on September 13, 1996. James was a...

May 20, 2012

Raymond Paul Bollinger, 91, "The Oldest Man in Benton" passed away Sunday, May 20, 2012, at his home in Benton. He was born Aug. 18, 1920, in Benton, to Charles and Adelia Westrich Bollinger. He and Bernadette Seiler were married Sept. 24, 1946. Raymond was a retired carpenter and was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S....

May 19, 2012

BELL CITY, Mo. -- D. Jane Bollinger, 79, of Bell City died Saturday, May 19, 2012, at Jackson Manor. Bollinger was born Dec. 18, 1932, to the late Charles and Maude Overbey Cossou. She was a retired secretary for Bell City High School. She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Bell City. Survivors include a son David...