OBITUARIES

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

Jerry Marshall Hayes

Jerry Marshall Hayes

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.

Forrest Albert Crawford

Forrest Albert Crawford

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...

James Allen Lemmink

James Allen Lemmink

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....

James William Schoen

James William Schoen

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...

Ada Juanita Wendel

Ada Juanita Wendel

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...

Patricia Anne Schlosser

Patricia Anne Schlosser

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....

Ada Belle King

Ada Belle King

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,...

Frederick Mason Surman

Frederick Mason Surman

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...

Orilla Pobst

Orilla Pobst

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...

Lorena Mary Essner

Lorena Mary Essner

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...

James Thomas Hensley

James Thomas Hensley

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...

Raymond Paul Bollinger

Raymond Paul Bollinger

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....

D. Jane Bollinger

D. Jane Bollinger

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...

Jayne Griffard

Jayne Griffard

May 19, 2012

Elizabeth Jayne Griffard, 58, of Ste. Genevieve, Mo., formerly of Scott City, died Saturday, May 19, 2012, at Ste. Genevieve County Memorial Hospital. She was born Dec. 15, 1953, at Chaffee, Mo., the daughter of Albert "Jay" and Dorothy Louise Newlin Fowler. She married Joseph Ray Griffard on Dec. 31, 2000, in Scott City. Jayne had worked as a transport...

Dixie Jewell Yount

Dixie Jewell Yount

May 16, 2012

Dixie Jewell Brock Yount, 86, of Chaffee passed away Wednesday, May 16, 2012, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 7, 1926, at Parma, Mo., to Walter and Florence Walker Brock. She married Vyron Yount on Sept. 3, 1943. He preceded her in death April 23, 2012. Dixie was a member of Arbor General Baptist...

Nancy Griffin

Nancy Griffin

May 16, 2012

Nancy Griffin, 70 of Gipsy, MO died May 16, 2012 at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau, MO. She was born on March 26, 1942 in York, PA to David Frey. She married David Griffin on February 14, 1926. She is survived by her husband; a daughter, Vivian Kinder of Benton; a step-son Paul Griffin of Dallas, TX; a step-daughter, Tina...

Linda J. Scott

Linda J. Scott

May 13, 2012

God called a beautiful angel, Linda J. Scott, 58, of Zalma home Sunday, May 13, 2012. She passed away at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. She was born Nov. 12, 1953, at Dexter, Mo., to the late Herbert and Mary Lorretta Edwards Burton. She married Larry Scott on Aug. 6, 1995. Linda was a caretaker at Sikeston Regional Center 23...

Sumantha Jeanne' Nickens

Sumantha Jeanne' Nickens

May 13, 2012

Beloved daughter and mother, Sumantha Jeanne Nickens, 29, of Scott City died Sunday, May 13, 2012, at the home of her mother. She was born Feb. 6, 1983, in Sikeston, Mo., to Laura Faye Nickens and Richard L. Greene. Sumantha was a home health aide with Coventry Health Care. Her home congregation was Church of Christ at Vanduser, Mo. She...

Marie Elizabeth Burger

Marie Elizabeth Burger

May 9, 2012

Marie Elizabeth Burger, 90, of Scott City died Wednesday, May 9, 2012, at her home. She was born May 6, 1922, in rural Illmo, to David Frederick and Amelia Auguste Sander Held. She and Herbert Daniel Burger were married June 1, 1940, in Cape Girardeau. He preceded her in death June 24, 1992. Marie was a lifelong member of Eisleben...

Regina Magdalen Dirnberger

Regina Magdalen Dirnberger

Apr 27, 2012

Regina Magdalen Dirnberger, 98, of New Hamburg, Mo., passed away April 27, 2012, at Jackson Manor in Jackson. She was born Nov. 9, 1913, at Benton, Mo., daughter of Henry and Regina Scherer Compas. She married Linus Philip Dirnberger on Nov. 15, 1932, at Benton. He preceded her in death Nov. 15, 1977, their 45th wedding anniversary. Linus and Regina...