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Angela Marie Mansker
(Obituary ~ 09/01/15)
Angela Marie Mansker, age 43, passed away on Monday, August 31, 2015 at her residence in Dexter, Mo. She was born on November 29, 1971 in St. Louis, Mo.; daughter of Louis Almon and LaVella Jean Smith Mansker. Angela worked for VIP Industries, was the March of Dimes Poster Child in 1991 and was of the Baptist Faith...
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Julie Kay VanderMierden
(Obituary ~ 09/01/15)
Julie Kay VanderMierden, 52, of Marble Hill, Mo., died unexpectedly at her home on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015. Born at Advance, Mo., she was the daughter of the late Clarence "Sonny" Thompson and Mary McMillen Thompson. She married Henry John VanderMierden on Jan. 19, 1985, at St. Anthony's Church in Glennon, Mo...
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Paul R. Wheatley
(Obituary ~ 09/03/15)
Paul Ray Wheatley, son of the late Elbert Wheatley and Lela Duck Wheatley Marquis, was born on Nov. 1, 1938, in Portageville, Mo., and died on Aug. 30, 2015, in Dexter at the age of 76. Mr. Wheatley had worked in management for Kroger and was a resident of Dexter...
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Raymond L. Hood
(Obituary ~ 09/03/15)
Raymond L. Hood of Saint Charles, Mo., died Friday, August 28, 2015, at the age of 89. He was the son of the late Fenton and Thela Hood. He is survived by his wife, Gloria Hood; seven children, Terry (Shirley) Hood, Della (Kent) Ostendorf, James "Jim" (Lisa) Tooloose, Rita Tooloose, Colette (Dean) Ferrell, Jeff (Beth) Hood and Phillip Hood; one niece, Sherry (Ralph) Murphy; six grandchildren, Shanon (Brian) Wahoff, Ensign Christopher (Lesleay) Hood, Brian (April) Ostendorf, Jennifer (Andrew) Dour, Kyle Allen and Tyler Hood; two step-grandchildren, Logan (Tiffany) Monroe and Dakota Monroe; great-grandfather of six with one on the way; two brothers, Porter Hood (Paula Courtney) and Dean (Aizhen) Hood and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.. ...
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Eddie L. Gay
(Obituary ~ 09/03/15)
Eddie Lee Gay, was born March 3, 1930, and died at the Golden Living Center in Malden on Aug. 30, 2015, at the age of 85. Arrangements are under the direction of Watkins and Sons Funeral Home of Dexter.
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Doris F. Mowery
(Obituary ~ 09/03/15)
Doris F. Mowery, died on Aug. 30, 2015, at her residence in Bloomfield, at the age of 70. Services have not been scheduled at this time. Arrangements are being handled by the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.
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Pearl "Midge" Island
(Obituary ~ 09/05/15)
Pearl "Midge" Island, daughter of the late John Henry And Mary Irene Cagle Mayner, was born in St. Louis, Mo., on March 30, 1950, and died at her home in Dexter on Sept. 3, 2015, at the age of 65. Miss Island lived most of her life in Dexter where she had worked as a CNA nurse in area nursing homes. ...
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Kenneth L. Stroup
(Obituary ~ 09/08/15)
Kenneth L. Stroup, 83, of Advance, died peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Sept. 6, 2015. He was born June 16, 1932, in Ellington, Mo., the son of Woodrow and Opal Bell Fears Stroup. Kenneth and Melba D. Dunivan were united in marriage for 54 years. They were married on June 16, 1956, in Kinder. She preceded him in death on Nov. 4, 2010...
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Betty Mae Moore
(Obituary ~ 09/08/15)
Betty Mae Moore, daughter of the late Raymond Gaines and Virgie Lane Gaines, was born on July 17, 1946, in Dexter and died on Sept. 7, 2015, at the Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau at the age of 69. Mrs. Moore was of the General Baptist faith. She had been employed at the International Hat Company in Dexter as a machine operator for 35 years and was a resident of Dexter...
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Sandra Durham
(Obituary ~ 09/08/15)
Sandra Durham, daughter of Kit Eby, was born May 10, 1941, in Dayton, Ohio and died on Sept. 3, 2015, in Dexter. Sande was a resident of the Dexter area for many years since retiring in the 1990's. Prior to moving to Missouri, she raised her sons in the far northwestern suburban Chicago area. ...
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Joyce Ann Mickey
(Obituary ~ 09/08/15)
Joyce Ann Mickey, daughter of the late Cecil Ray Burch and Lucille Bilderback Burch was born on Sept. 4, 1944, in rural Essex and died on Sept. 5, 2015, at the SoutheastHEALTH Center of Stoddard County at the age of 71. Mrs. Mickey was a member of the Bernie Church of Christ. She was a resident of Bernie and a home-maker...
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Charles L. Kight
(Obituary ~ 09/08/15)
Charles L. Kight, son of the late Charles C. and Bertha Garrett Kight, born in Stoddard County, Mp. on Sept. 24, 1934, and died at his home in Bell City, Mo. on Sept. 5, 2015, at the age of 80. Charles had been a resident of Bell City, Mo. for many years. He had worked at Ptitsburg Glass in St. Louis and as a self employed Real Estate Broker. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army, was past master and 50 year member of the Masonic Lodge in Bell City and was a member of the Advance Eagles...
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David Franklin "Doc" Morris
(Obituary ~ 09/09/15)
David Franklin "Doc" Morris, 78, of Sikeston, peacefully passed away at his home surrounded by his wife and daughters on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015. Born on October 12, 1936 in Ridgeway, IL, to the late Clifford Keasler Morris and Eva May Ellen Justice Morris. He was a 1954 Sikeston High School graduate. Dr. Morris graduated in May 1960 from the University of Missouri -- Columbia earning his Bachelor of Science in Agriculture and his Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine...
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Clyde Vaughn, Sr.
(Obituary ~ 09/10/15)
Clyde Vaughn, Sr., 94, passed away at his residence in Dexter on Sept. 9, 2015. Funeral services are currently incomplete and will be announced at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.
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Margaret "Peg" Bruyette
(Obituary ~ 09/10/15)
Margaret "Peg" Charlotte Bruyette, daughter of the late George C. Fischer and Margaret Mueller Fischer, was born on April 17, 1937, in Brooklyn, N.Y. and died on Sept. 8, 2015, at SoutheastHEALTH in Cape Girardeau, at the age of 78. Mrs. Bruyette was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Dexter. She had previously worked in retail for Jamesway Corporation and was a resident of Dexter...
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David "Doc" Morris
(Obituary ~ 09/10/15)
David Franklin "Doc" Morris, 78, of Sikeston, peacefully died at his home surrounded by his wife and daughters on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015. Born on Oct. 12, 1936, in Ridgeway, Ill., to the late Clifford Keasler Morris and Eva May Ellen Justice Morris. He was a 1954 Sikeston High School graduate. Dr. Morris graduated in May 1960 from the University of Missouri -- Columbia earning his Bachelor of Science in Agriculture and his Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine...
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Sharon L. Longarini
(Obituary ~ 09/10/15)
Sharon L. Longarini (Smith), age 73, was born Sept. 10, 1941 in Bakersfield, Calif., and died Sept. 5, 2015, at Edward Hospital in Naperville, Ill., where she had been a resident since 1978. Prior to her retirement, Sharon had done clerical work for both Sears and Spiegel in the transportation department. She was devoted to her family and was an avid reader in her spare time...
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Clyde Adolph Vaughn
(Obituary ~ 09/11/15)
Clyde Adolph Vaughn, Dexter, died peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Sept. 9, 2015, at his home at the age of 94. He was born July 17, 1921, to the late William J. and Mary Alice (Bobbitt) Vaughn in Dexter. He was a direct descendant of one of the oldest families in Stoddard County dating to around 1837. ...
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Christopher Paul Rice
(Obituary ~ 09/14/15)
Christopher Paul Rice, son of Vickie Sue Rice Heuring and Dennis Spradling, was born in Poplar Bluff, Mo., on Sept. 20, 1975, and died at his home in University City, Mo. on Aug. 31, 2015, at the age of 39. He was raised in Southeast Missouri, had lived in Colorado, New Zealand and California before moving to St. ...
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Verna S. (Niehaus) Richert
(Obituary ~ 09/15/15)
Verna S. (Niehaus) Richert, 98, of Urich, Mo., died Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015, at the Clinton Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Clinton, Mo. Mrs. Richert is survived by one son, Scott Kee of Spring Branch, Texas. Visitation will be held Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the Vansant-Mills Funeral Home in Clinton, Mo., with funeral services to follow at 2 p.m. Interment will be in the Englewood Cemetery...
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Verna S. (Niehaus) Richert
(Obituary ~ 09/17/15)
Verna S. (Niehaus) Richert, 98, of Urich, Mo., was born June 2, 1917 and died Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015, at the Clinton Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Clinton, Mo. Mrs. Richert was born in Dexter to the late Henry and Sophia (Lowenstein) Niehaus...
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Sue Ann Lambrich
(Obituary ~ 09/17/15)
Sue Ann Lambrich, daughter of the late George and Pearl May Degasse Estes, was born in San Bernadino, Calif., on Sept. 18, 1951, and died at SoutheastHEALTH Center of Stoddard County in Dexter, on Sept. 12, 2015, at the age of 63. Mrs. Lambrich had lived in California and moved to Bloomfield 25 years ago...
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Cecil B. Hicks
(Obituary ~ 09/17/15)
Cecil B. Hicks, son of the late George Hicks and Trannie Ingle Hicks, was born on Feb. 28, 1931, in Double Springs, Ala., and died on Sept. 16, 2015, at the Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau at the age of 84. Mr. Hicks had worked as a farm equipment mechanic and was a veteran of the United States Navy. He was a member of the Essex-Gray Ridge Lions Club and a resident of Essex. Mr. Hicks enjoyed hunting and fishing. One of his greatest joys was spending time with his grandchildren...
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Augusta M. Ross
(Obituary ~ 09/17/15)
Augusta M. Ross, daughter of the late Herman J. Kerperien and Margaret Siebert Kerperien, was born on April 3, 1925, in Glennonville, Mo., and died on Sept. 10, 2015, at Winchester Place in Bernie, at the age of 90. Mrs. Ross was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Dexter and the Ladies Auxiliary. She was a homemaker and a former resident of Dexter...
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Helen Fay Shipman
(Obituary ~ 09/20/15)
Helen Fay Shipman, daughter of the late Frank Ambraus and Ora Bea Morris Stoker, was born in Dexter, Missouri on September 14, 1920, and passed away at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter, Missouri on September 18, 2015, at the age of 95. Mrs. Shipman had lived in Dexter all of her life. She was a member of the First General Baptist Church in Dexter and had worked as a nurses aid at the Dexter Hospital for many years. She enjoyed to crochet, read biographies and do word find puzzles...
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Helen Fay Shipman
(Obituary ~ 09/21/15)
Helen Fay Shipman, daughter of the late Frank Ambraus and Ora Bea Morris Stoker, was born in Dexter, Mo. on Sept. 14, 1920, and died at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter, Mo. on Sept. 18, 2015, at the age of 95. Mrs. Shipman had lived in Dexter all of her life. She was a member of the First General Baptist Church in Dexter and had worked as a nurse's aid at the Dexter Hospital for many years. She enjoyed to crochet, read biographies and do word find puzzles...
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Leslie Paul Lemons
(Obituary ~ 09/21/15)
Leslie Paul Lemons, Jr., son of the late Leslie Lemons and Pearl Woodruff Lemons, was born on March 27 1922, in Essex, and died on Sept. 18, 2015, in Brunswick, Ohio at the age of 93. Mr. Lemons was a United States Veteran of WWII and a resident of the Cleveland, Ohio area for the past 50+years, but always loved coming back to Stoddard County to visit family and friends...
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Malinda "Marie" Davis
(Obituary ~ 09/22/15)
Malinda "Marie" Davis, daughter of the late C. J. and Mary Virginia Ellen Rector May, was born in Trousdale, Kansas on Dec. 7, 1922, and died at the Lakeview Residential Care Center near Wappapello, Mo., on Sept. 21, 2015, at the age of 92. Mrs. Davis had lived most of her life in Essex. She was a member of the Olive Branch General Baptist Church in Essex and had worked as a floor supervisor at Elder Manufacturing in Dexter for many years. She enjoyed quilting...
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Gale Elledge
(Obituary ~ 09/22/15)
Gale Elledge son of the late Homer Elledge and Versa Shell Elledge, was born on July 16, 1933, in Bollinger County, Mo., and died on Sept. 20, 2015, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston at the age of 82. Mr. Elledge was a retired veteran of the United States Air Force where he worked as an Avionics Technician for 22 years. ...
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Betty Jean Myers
(Obituary ~ 09/22/15)
Betty Jean Myers, daughter of the late William Ray Silliman and Agnes Harris Silliman, was born on May 21, 1927, in Essex and died on Sept. 20, 2015, at her residence in Arnold, Mo., at the age of 88. Mrs. Myers had worked at Bussman Fuse Company and later in life at Wal-Mart. She was of the Baptist Faith...
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Paul Edward Haubold, Jr.
(Obituary ~ 09/24/15)
Paul Edward Haubold, Jr., son of Bengelene Brewer Haubold and the late Paul Edward Haubold, Sr., was born in Cape Girardeau, Mo., on Nov. 13, 1950, and died at the Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo., on Sept. 23, 2015, at the age of 64. Paul was raised in Marston, Mo., and graduated from Lilbourn High School in 1968. ...
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Ettie Lee Mayo
(Obituary ~ 09/25/15)
Ettie Lee Mayo, daughter of the late Raymond DeJournett and Vivian Swan DeJournett Rogers, was born near Idalia on May 18, 1932, and died at the SoutheastHEALTH Center of Stoddard County in Dexter on Sept. 24, 2015, at the age of 83. She had lived in the Bloomfield area all of her life. She was a member of the St. Joe General Baptist Church in Idalia. She had worked as a side seamer at Elder Manufacturing for 43 years...
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Freda Jennings
(Obituary ~ 09/25/15)
Freda Jennings, daughter of the late Pera and Bertie Bollinger Hickerson, was born near Bell City on Nov. 12, 1913, and died at the Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Center in Dexter on Sept. 24, 2015, at the age of 101. She had lived in the Bloomfield area all of her life. She was a charter member of the First General Baptist Church in Bloomfield...
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Wanda L. Jackson
(Obituary ~ 09/28/15)
Wanda L. Jackson, 87, was born in Risco, Mo., on April 3, 1928, to Luther H. and Elsie Mae (Bridges) Woolard and died on Sept. 25, 2015, at the Cypress Point Nursing Center in Dexter. Wanda's family moved from Risco to Puxico when she was in the 8th grade, and she graduated from Puxico High School in 1946. ...
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Gertrude Cora Hatchel
(Obituary ~ 09/28/15)
Gertrude Cora Hatchel, loving mother, friend, and wife, died Sept. 26, 2015, in Springfield, Mo. She lived most of her years in Dexter. She was born to Bessie and Edward Loveless May 8, 1918, near Parma. Her first priority and greatest love was her family and home. ...
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Ola Kelley
(Obituary ~ 09/28/15)
Ola Kelley, daughter of the late John Hill and Etta Lou Ann Wiley Hill was born on May 20, 1923, in Morrilton, Ark., and died on Sept. 28, 2015, at Poplar Bluff Regional Health Center at the age of 92. Mrs. Kelley was a retired employee of Richland Public Schools, 60 year member of the Essex Church of Christ and a resident of Essex. Mrs. Kelley loved to cook and spend time with her children and grandchildren...
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Howard N. Hopkins
(Obituary ~ 09/28/15)
Howard Newton Hopkins, son of the late Rube Hopkins and Carrie Glenn Hopkins was born on Dec. 21, 1931, near Bloomfield and died at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter on Sept. 26, 2015, at the age of 83. Mr. Hopkins was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church in Bloomfield where he had driven the church bus, was a veteran of the United States Army serving in the Korean War, had served eight years in the United States Army Reserve, was a farmer and resident of Bloomfield...
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William (Billy) Anthony Busse, Sr.
(Obituary ~ 09/29/15)
William (Billy) Anthony Busse, Sr., of Dexter, died July 4, 2015, while visiting family in Chicago, Ill. Billy was born in Medford, Ore., on Aug. 9, 1995, and was enrolled in Three Rivers College in Dexter at the time of his death. He is survived by his fiancee, Corrine Butler of Dexter; one son, William Busse, Jr.; one daughter, Shaelyn Busse; his adoptive parents, Monica Barnes and Michael Mason; three brothers, Blake Butler, Thomas Passley (Brittany), and Joseph Passley, (Aubrie Browning); five nephews and one niece all of Dexter.. ...
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Helen Louise Becking
(Obituary ~ 09/30/15)
Helen Louise Becking, daughter of the late Orville Mickey and Pearl Zimmerman Mickey was born in Bernie on June 4, 1931, and died at her residence on Sept. 29, 2015 at the age of 84. Mrs. Becking was a homemaker and enjoyed gardening and oil painting. She was a member of the Bernie Church of Christ for many years where 30 years ago she painted the mural in the church baptistery...
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