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Lonnie Earl Lipsey
Mar 10, 2015
Lonnie Earl Lipsey, 67, of Puxico, MO, passed away March 10, 2015, at his residence. Mr. Lipsey was born March 1, 1948 at Coon Island to the late Lee Ervin and MaeBell Lebo Lipsey. On December 18, 1994 he married Phillis J. Marbut in VanBuren, MO. She survives of the home. Mr. Lipsey was a member of Calvary Baptist...
Mildred Grace (Ott) Shafferkoetter
Mar 9, 2015
Mildred Grace Marie Shafferkoetter, 87, of Poplar Bluff passed away Monday, March 9, 2015 at Mo Delta Medical Center Sikeston, MO. Mrs. Shafferkoetter was born April 6, 1927 in Overland, MO. to the late Louis Ott and Kathryn (Kern) Ott. She had worked as a nurse's aide and EMT for the MO Baptist Hospital in Sullivan, MO. Mrs. Shafferkoetter...
Wallace David Massingham
Mar 2, 2015
Wallace David Massingham, 91, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Monday, March 2, 2015 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center Mr. Massingham was born Aug, 25, 1923, in Poplar Bluff. Mo. He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church; and he served in the United States Army from 1942 to 1944. Mr. Massingham was previously employed by McPheeters...
Richard Edmon Miller
Feb 28, 2015
Richard Edmon Miller, 33, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Mr. Miller was born May 8, 1981 in Chester, Ill., to Robert Sr. and Gloria Hendrix Miller. He was employed as a caregiver. Mr. Miller enjoyed spending time with his family and collecting swords. Survivors include his...

Emil Charles Thurner
Feb 27, 2015
Emil Charles Thurner, 71, of Poplar Bluff, MO, passed away, Friday, Feb. 27, 2015 at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO. Mr. Thurner was born Dec. 9, 1943 in Chicago, IL, to the late Emil and Dorothy (Holtz) Thurner. He was a retired cable installer. Mr. Thurner enjoyed spending time with his family, mopeds and electronic gadgets. Survivors...
Pat C. Johnson
Feb 27, 2015
Pat C. Johnson, 42, of Poplar Bluff, passed away, Friday February 27, 2015, at Poplar Bluff Regional Hospital. She was born February 28, 1971 in Oxford Mississippi, to the late Lonzo Paten and Pearl Orange Yancy. Pat confessed a hope in Christ at an early age, after moving from Mississippi to Missouri. Pat was a charter member of the...
Fred F. Stenger
Feb 26, 2015
Fred F. Stenger, 57, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Thursday, February 26, 2015 at Poplar Bluff Regional Hospital. Mr. Stenger was born March 24, 1957, in St. Louis, MO, to John Francis and Nelva Jean Horton Stenger. On September 17, 1983, he and Kimberly Whitfield were married in Poplar Bluff. She survives of the home. Mr. Stenger was a...
William "Bill" Frank Stilley
Feb 25, 2015
William F. Stilley, 92, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015 at Mark Twain Caring Center in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Stilley was born Feb. 23, 1923 in Poplar Bluff. He was a former 36 year employee of Bank of Poplar Bluff; and was a WWII veteran, having served with the 86th Infantry Division in France and Germany,...
Joseph Paul Falvey
Feb 24, 2015
Joseph Paul Falvey, 82, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at Missouri Baptist Hospital in St. Louis, MO. Mr. Falvey was born October 23, 1932 in San Antonia, TX, to Pete and Florence Falvey. He was a member of the First Baptist Church; and served his country in the United State Army during the Korean Conflict...
Mary Ella (Burnley) Epps
Feb 17, 2015
Mary Ella Epps, 91, of Edwardsville, IL, formerly of the Harviell area in Butler County, passed away Tuesday, February 17, 2015, at the Hospice House of Edwardsville, IL. Mrs. Epps was born in Kevil, KY on February 21, 1923, to Willie and Ora Casey Burnley. On May 20, 1946, she married John Richard Epps. He preceded her in death...
Rex Karl Kirkpatrick
Feb 17, 2015
Rex Karl Kirkpatrick, 89, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Kirkpatrick was born April 10, 1925 in Evansville, Ind. to the late Rex and Rose Christine Pudell Kirkpatrick. He proudly served his country during WWII while in the U.S. Navy. Mr. Kirkpatrick was a retired railroad engineer, a...
Jerry Vernell Doss
Feb 17, 2015
Jerry Vernell Doss, 80, of Poplar Bluff, MO, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, at Mark Twain Caring Center. Mr. Doss was born Jan. 25, 1935, in Herbine, AR, to Lonnie Washington and Clara Bell Herring Doss. He and Gail McNece were married in Poplar Bluff at the First Christian Church on April 4, 1980. She survives of the...

Dale Medrin Conner
Feb 14, 2015
Dale Medrin Conner, 92, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. passed away Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015 at The Cedargate Care Center, in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Conner was born Aug. 24, 1922 in Batesville, Ark. to the late Hubert Thomas and Jessie Emily Quall Conner. He was of the Baptist faith and proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy during WWII....
Howard B. Gentle
Feb 8, 2015
Howard B. Gentle, Jr., 74, of Doniphan, MO, passed away Sunday February 8, 2015, at South East Health Center in Doniphan. Mr. Gentle was born February 22, 1940 in St. Louis, MO. On March 5, 1958, he and Laveta Klocke were married in Edina, MO, she preceded him in death on September 24, 2013. On April 4, 2014, he...

Deborah Diane Pollack
Feb 8, 2015
Deborah Diane Pollack, 60, of Winter Garden, FL, passed away Sunday, February 8, 2015, at Dr.P. Phillips Hospital in Orlando, FL. Ms. Pollack was born July 28, 1954, in Poplar Bluff, MO, to Charles Samuel and Vivian Stanley Pollack in Poplar Bluff. She had worked at Universal Studios for many years and had a passion for animals. Along with...
Jasper Franklin Cochran
Feb 8, 2015
Jasper Franklin Cochran, 103, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015 at The Cedargate Care Center in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Cochran was born Oct. 29, 1911 in the Lone Hill community of Butler County, to the late Andrew Lee and Sara Rosetta Webb Cochran. He was a member of Black Creek Baptist Church; and was a...
Erma Louise (Englerth) Pierce
Feb 5, 2015
Erma Louise Pierce, 47, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. passed away Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015 at St. John's Mercy Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. from injuries sustained in a house-fire that also claimed the lived of her grandsons, Phoenix and JayDen Brannon. Mrs. Pierce was born Sept. 16, 1967, in Rochelle, Ill. She was of the Baptist faith, and was...
Marilyn Brewster (Miller) Rexroat
Feb 1, 2015
Marilyn Brewster Rexroat, 86, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015 at her residence. Mrs. Rexroat was born May 8, 1928 in Claflin, Kans., to the late William E. Sr. and Ella M. Hutton Miller. She was a member of First United Methodist Church, and a member of the Wesleyan Sunday School Class. She was a...
Phoenix Tylar Brannon
Feb 1, 2015
Phoenix Tylar Brannon, 10, of Poplar Bluff, MO, passed away Sunday, February 1, 2015, alongside his brother, JayDen, at the home of his grandparents, as the result of a fire. Phoenix was born April 25, 2004, in Poplar Bluff, to Jonathan Brannon and Dusty Whittaker. He was a fifth grader at Poplar Bluff 5th and 6th grade center. He...
Jayden Lyric Brannon
Feb 1, 2015
JayDen Lyric Brannon, 8, of Poplar Bluff, MO passed away Sunday February 1, 2015, alongside his brother, Phoenix, at the home of his grandparents, as a result of a fire. JayDen was born in Poplar Bluff on May 30, 2006 to Terry Blankenship and Dusty Whittaker. He was a 3rd student at Lake Road School. He enjoyed spending time...