OBITUARIES

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

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...

Jerry Michael Dockins

Jerry Michael Dockins

Oct 27, 2017

Jerry Michael Dockins, 55, passed away on Friday, October 27, 2017 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete with Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel, Chaffee

Georgia Anna Kielhofner

Georgia Anna Kielhofner

Oct 27, 2017

Oran

Georgia Anna Kielhofner, 87 of Oran, Missouri died Friday, October 27, 2017 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.  She was born November 4, 1929 in New Hamburg, Missouri to Cletus and Clara Gosche Bucher.  She married Albert Kielhofner on October 12, 1949 and he preceded her...

Don Ray Ward

Don Ray Ward

Oct 23, 2017

Don Ray Ward, 69, of Oran passed away Monday, October 23, 2017 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

He was born on July 24, 1948 in Hiram, Missouri to the late Folk and Bessie Wheeling Ward.

Don was a retired self-employed carpet installer. He loved to watch Nascar, Cardinals baseball...

Shirley Beggs

Shirley Beggs

Oct 22, 2017

Shirley Ann Beggs, 77 of Cape Girardeau, Missouri died Sunday, October 22, 2017 at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was born May 17, 1940 in Kelso, MO to Edward J. and Ellen V. Smith Martin.

She was a lab assistant at Southeast Hospital. She was a member...

Nedra Coonts

Nedra Coonts

Oct 22, 2017

Nedra D. Coonts, 81 of Scott City died Sunday, October 22, 2017 at her home. She was born on April 6, 1936 to William and Harriet Burson Brant in Campbell, Missouri.  She married Dallis Coonts on December 20, 1953.  He preceded her in death on February 26, 1999.

She...

Betty Mckinley

Betty Mckinley

Oct 22, 2017

Betty Jo McKinley passed away peacefully on Sunday, October 22, 2017 at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born to Glen H. and Pearl Collins Gentry on March 10, 1927. A beloved mother and grandmother, Betty’s love of family and faith in God sustained her for 90...

Robert Taylor Gaines

Robert Taylor Gaines

Oct 19, 2017

Robert Taylor Gaines, 94, of Oran, MO passed away Thursday, October 19, 2017 at his family home.

He was born on Sept. 20, 1923 in Portageville, MO to the late Robert Bert and Della Taylor Gaines. He married Emma Eftink on Feb. 21, 1950 and she survives of the...

Elsie Louise Walter

Elsie Louise Walter

Oct 19, 2017

Elsie Louise Walter, 81, of Oran died Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017 at her home.

She was born on July 6, 1936 in Helena, Montana to the late John and Ione O’Brien. She married George J. Walter on Aug. 14, 1954 in Hernando, Mississippi and he preceded her in death...

Earnest Petty

Earnest Petty

Oct 18, 2017

Earnest Carl Petty Jr., 56, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, at his sister's home in Oran, Missouri. There will be no services. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel of Scott City is in charge of arrangements.

Conrad Klusmeier, Sr.

Conrad Klusmeier, Sr.

Oct 17, 2017

Conrad Paul Klusmeier, Sr., 82, went to his heavenly father on October 17, 2017. He was the son of Conrad and Adaline Farmer Klusmeier from Lynnville, Indiana. Paul was born August 1, 1935 and raised in Lynnville and attended Evansville College. He loved to fish, hunt, collect guns and pistols over his lifetime. Paul loved...

Evelyn Leona Chong

Evelyn Leona Chong

Oct 14, 2017

Evelyn Leona Chong, 84, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, October 14, 2017 at St. Francis Medical Center.

She was born on March 27, 1933 in Rockview, MO to the late Stanley and Rhoda Ross Shumpert. She married Loo Shee Chong on February 7, 1965 and he preceded her...

Gendron Mcfall

Gendron Mcfall

Oct 13, 2017

Gendron McFall, 91, of Scott City died Friday, October 13, 2017 at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born December 2, 1925 in Elizabethtown, Illinois to George W. and Gertrude McDaniel McFall. Gendron was a truck driver and was a veteran of the U.S. Navy during World War II. He is survived by four sons, Robert (Betty)...

Willow Moser

Willow Moser

Oct 9, 2017

Willow Ellowen Moser left her parents loving arms on October 9, 2017 and flew on angel wings, to her Heavenly Father and loved ones in heaven. She was born on September 15, 2017 to Nathan and Elizabeth Kluesner Moser.

Willow was a courageous heart warrior long before her birth....

Dolores Mier

Dolores Mier

Oct 5, 2017

Dolores Mier, 90, of Jackson formerly of Oran passed away Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 4, 1927, in Scott City to the late Virgil “Hoppy” and Barbara Diebold Hopkins. Dolores was a director of Birthright in Cape Girardeau. She was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic...

Larry Biggs

Larry Biggs

Oct 5, 2017

Larry Allen Biggs, 55 of Scott City died Thursday, October 5, 2017 at his home. He was born November 10, 1961 in Chaffee, Missouri to Sharon Allen and Imogene Gendron Biggs. He married Milissa Mary Foulk on August 4, 1986.

He worked for Foeste Masonry.

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Mary Webb

Mary Webb

Oct 2, 2017

Mary Virginia Webb, 81 of Benton, Missouri died October 2, 2017 at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was born October 22, 1935 in Thayer, Missouri to Rufus and Mamie Blackwell Ary.

She worked for Buss Fuse in St. Louis. She was a member of Unity...

Suzanne Stovall

Suzanne Stovall

Oct 1, 2017

Suzanne Stovall, 78 of Cape Girardeau, Missouri died Sunday, October 1, 2017 at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.   She was born January 30, 1939 to Henry and Elsie Sheata Bollinger.

She is survived by a son, Byron (Melissa) Stovall of Cape Girardeau, Missouri and three grandchildren.

Charles Fred Arnold

Charles Fred Arnold

Sep 28, 2017

Charles Fred Arnold, 69, of Messler, MO passed away Thursday, September 28, 2017 at his home after his battle with lung and bone cancer.

He was born on Oct. 24, 1947 in Perkins, MO to the late A. Paul and Annabelle Head Arnold. He married Linda Eftink on Oct....

Linda Carter

Linda Carter

Sep 27, 2017

Linda Mae Carter, 69 of Charleston, Missouri died Wednesday, September 27, 2017 at the Estates of Bertrand, Bertrand, Missouri. She was born August 21, 1948 in Charleston to George and Rita Sisk Vinson.

She was a member of Elm Street Baptist Church in Charleston.

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