OBITUARIES

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

Leonard Herman Nothdurft

Leonard Herman Nothdurft

Nov 25, 2017

Leonard H. Nothdurft, 95, of Whitewater, Missouri passed away Saturday, November 25, 2017 at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau.

He was born on August 14, 1922 in Whitewater to the late Herman and Edith Wilferth Nothdurft. He married Stella M. Crader on April 24, 1947 and she preceded...

Alan Ray Westrich

Alan Ray Westrich

Nov 24, 2017

Alan Ray Westrich, 56, of Oak Ridge, died Friday November 24, 2017 at his home. He was born March 23, 1961 in Cape Girardeau, the son of Quentin Stephen and Barbara Jean Spies Westrich. He married, Susan Marie Wright on February 7, 2003 at Benton, Missouri.

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Anna Graham

Anna Graham

Nov 23, 2017

Anna Faye Graham, 79 of Scott City died Thursday, November 23, 2017 at her home. She was born April 23, 1938 in Dyess, Arkansas to Clarence Williams and Zelma Walley Shempert. She married Roy Graham on October 16, 1962. He preceded her in death on July 27, 2007.

She...

Viola Mary Trankler

Viola Mary Trankler

Nov 22, 2017

Voila Mary Trankler, 95, of New Hamburg, peacefully went to meet our heavenly

father on her 95th birthday, Wednesday, November 22, 2017 at the Lutheran Home, Cape Girardeau.

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Marina Roslia Georger

Marina Roslia Georger

Nov 20, 2017

Marina Roslia Georger, 86, of Chaffee passed away Monday, November 20, 2017 at Fountain Blue Lodge in Cape Girardeau.

She was born on Feb. 4, 1931 in Kelso, Missouri to the late Charles and Louise Schoen Georger.

Marina was a retired Registered Nurse...

Clara Ann Underwood

Clara Ann Underwood

Nov 20, 2017

Clara Ann Underwood, 76, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Nov. 20, 2017, at her home.

She was born Sept. 3, 1941, in Hartman, Arkansas, to Roy Melvin and Hazel Juanita Wood Sexton. She married Elvis Underwood on Feb. 10, 1996.

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James Balchunis

James Balchunis

Nov 19, 2017

James Joseph Balchunis, 58 of Chaffee, MO died Sunday, November 19, 2017 at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, MO. He was born May 7, 1959 in Panama City, FL to John Walter and Stella Helen Norris Balchunis.

He is survived by two brothers, John and Robert Balchunis and his...

Billy Goodman

Billy Goodman

Nov 15, 2017

Billy Leslie Goodman was born April 2, 1927 in Fornfelt, MO to Elves Lesley Goodman and Ethel Viola (Young) Goodman. He died in Sacramento, CA November 15, 2017.  He was educated in Illmo schools and joined the Marine Corps in 1945, retiring as a Gunnery Sergeant in 1965.  In 1952, he married Helen Ann Bonskowski, who...

Vickie Williams

Vickie Williams

Nov 15, 2017

Vickie Marie Williams, 33 of Scott City, Missouri died Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was born April 3, 1984 in Chaffee, Missouri to Michael and Carol Pulliam Eads.

She is survived by her Mother, Carol Eads of Benton; her father,...

John Niederkorn

John Niederkorn

Nov 14, 2017

Johnathan “John” “JB” Robert Niederkorn, 44 of Chaffee, Missouri died Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at his home. He was born July 14, 1973 in Cape Girardeau to Robert John and Marilyn Jo Messmer Niederkorn. He married Deanna Renee Schuessler April 9, 1994 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

John was the...

Lois Mary Eastwood

Lois Mary Eastwood

Nov 9, 2017

Lois Mary Eastwood, 88, of Chaffee passed away Thursday, November 9, 2017 at Southeast Hospital.

She was born on September 26, 1929 in New Hamburg to the late Otto Charles and Mamie Westrich Scheeter. She married J.C. Eastwood on January 13, 1951 and he preceded her in death on November 2, 2006.

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Ivan "Ij" Lesch Jr.

Ivan "Ij" Lesch Jr.

Nov 9, 2017

Ivan “IJ” Lesch Jr., 68, of Delta, Missouri passed away Thursday, November 9, 2017 at Southeast Hospital.

He was born on October 22, 1949 in Allenville, Missouri to the late Ivan Edward and Retha Gertrude Lands Lesch. He married Carolyn Sue Gramlisch on September 14, 1968 and she survives...

Oraville "Gene" Cummins

Oraville "Gene" Cummins

Nov 6, 2017

Oraville E. “Gene” Cummins, 80, of Chaffee went to join his wife Elizabeth and his heavenly father on Monday, November 6, 2017 surrounded by his loving family.

He was born on November 11, 1936 in Fornfelt, Missouri to the late Oravill Perry “Wiggles” and Bernice Katherine Coombes Cummins. He married Mary Elizabeth Davenport on May...

Ruby Louise Scherer

Ruby Louise Scherer

Nov 4, 2017

Ruby Louise Scherer, 88, of Scott City, died Saturday, November 4, 2017 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau.

She was born February 13, 1929 in Scott City, the daughter of Arthur H. G. and Ella Ida Bretzel Roth. She married F. M. Scherer on February 18, 1950 in Fornfelt, he preceded her in death...

Jerry Lee Ayers

Jerry Lee Ayers

Nov 4, 2017

Jerry Lee Ayers, 67, of Chaffee passed away Saturday, November 4, 2017 at St. Francis, Medical Center.

He was born on April 11, 1950 in Cape Girardeau to the late Marion and Dorothy Seabaugh Ayers. He married Sharon Schrum on March 29, 1974 and she survives of the home.

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Helen Keesee

Helen Keesee

Oct 30, 2017

Helen Louise Keesee, 94 of Scott City died Monday, October 31, 2017 at the Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was born June 6, 1923 in Jonesboro, Illinois to William and Bertha Hinkle Mayberry. She married Harold Edmund Keesee on September 12, 1945. He preceded her in death on April 13, 1972.

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Mary Elizabeth Cummins

Mary Elizabeth Cummins

Oct 30, 2017

Mary Elizabeth Davenport Cummins, 78, of Chaffee went home to her heavenly father on Monday, October 30, 2017 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

She was born on February 17, 1939 in Dexter to the late Sherman William and Florence Evelyn Goodman Davenport. She married Oravill (Gene) Cummins on May 25, 1957 and...

Catherine Deloris Morrill

Catherine Deloris Morrill

Oct 28, 2017

Catherine Deloris Morrill, 80, of Oran passed away Saturday, October 28, 2017 at Ratcliff Nursing Home in Cape Girardeau, MO.

She was born on April 26, 1937 in Illmo, MO to the late Alvin and Vera McGhee Held. She married Norman Louis Morrill on March 3, 1956 and he...

Carl King

Carl King

Oct 27, 2017

Carl King, 83, of Scott City, passed away Friday October 27, 2017 at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau.

He was born November 22, 1933 at Mineral Point, MO, the son of Theodore and Nellie Day King. He married Janice Lewis on July 10, 1953 in Richwoods, Mo. She preceded...

Jerry Edward Tankersley

Jerry Edward Tankersley

Oct 27, 2017

Jerry Edward Tankersley, 75 of Perkins, Missouri died Friday, October 27, 2017 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.  He was born December 8, 1941 in Bessville, Missouri to Ernest and Mildred Lincoln Tankersley.  He married Linda Hogg on May 19, 1961 and she survives of the home.

He was a retired forklift...