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Donald Leonard Robertson
Oct 1, 2014
Donald L. Robertson, 77, of Arnold, Mo, formerly of Poplar Bluff and Jonesboro, Ark., died Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014 at de Greeff Hospice Care Center in St. Louis, Mo. Mr. Robertson was born April 4, 1937 in Valparaiso, Ind., to the late James R. and Madline (Barnard) Robertson. He had retired from American Shoe Machinery Company as a Senior...
Charles Clemens Red Bruns
Sep 30, 2014
Charles Clemens ""Red"" Bruns, 83, of Piedmont, MO passed away Tuesday, September 30, 2014. Mr. Bruns was born July 20, 1931 to Bernard and Mary Bruns. He served his country during the Korean War in the 1st Marine Division at the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. He was a wonderful loving father, father-in-law, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend to many....

Robert Kenneth Williams
Sep 30, 2014
Robert Kenneth Williams, 71, of Wappapello, Mo, passed away Tuesday, September, 30, 2014, in Wayne County. Bob was born February 3, 1943 in Midland Michigan, to the late Victor Kenneth and Clara Miller Williams. On October 7, 1961 he and Mary Graham were married in Bloomfield. She survives of the home. Bob was a member of the Faith Baptist...
Donna Lou (Hastings) Mcknight
Sep 30, 2014
Donna Lou McKnight, 84, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Tuesday, September 30, 2014, at her residence. Mrs. Mc Knight was born September 7, 1930 in Senath, Mo, to William ""Bill"" Hastings and Robbie L. Tyler Hastings. On December 12, 1948, she married James K. McKnight in Poplar Bluff. He preceded her in death in 2013. She was a member...

David Lloyd Page
Sep 29, 2014
David Lloyd Page, 70, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. died Monday, Sept. 29, 2014 at Westwood Hills Healthcare Center in Poplar Bluff. David was born April 1, 1944 in Poplar Bluff. He was a lifetime farmer working with his brother until his retirement in 2003. After retirement David still farmed, but only from the inside of his pick-up, keeping watch...

Helen Louise (Mosley) Costin
Sep 27, 2014
Helen Louise Costin, 90, of New Madrid, Mo., formerly of Poplar Bluff, died Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014 at The Golden Living Care Center in New Madrid. Mrs. Costin was born April 21, 1924 in Poplar Bluff to the late Thomas G. and Rachael Anna Evans Moseley. She was a member of Collins Chapel General Baptist Church and had retired...
Gladys Marie Pruitt
Sep 26, 2014
Gladys Marie Pruitt, 89, of Springfield, MO, passed away September 26, 2014, at Cox Health in Springfield. Mrs. Pruitt was born September 12, 1925, in Parma, MO, to Edward Bloomer and Opal Richardson Tuttleton. She was a homemaker and enjoyed doing puzzles, books, and computer games. Survivors include her son Thomas Pruitt (Marie), of Springfield, MO; two brothers, four...

Stephen Carl Hicks
Sep 25, 2014
Stephen Carl Hicks, 61, of Poplar Bluff, MO, passed away Thursday, September 25, 2014, at his residence at Maplecrest Care Center in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Hicks was born July 1, 1953, in Poplar Bluff, Mo, to Carl Homer Hicks and Thelma Robertson Brace Hicks. He enjoyed music, playing his bass guitar and singing, and watching football. Survivors include his...
Judith A. (Taylor) Raczkowski
Sep 25, 2014
Judith A. Raczkowski, 70, of Poplar Bluff, passed away September 25, 2014 at Westwood Hills Care Center. Ms. Raczkowski was born August 7, 1944 at home in Jefferson Co. MO, to the late John Taylor and Flora Brown Swafford. She retired from retail sales, where she worked in management, and was a homemaker, who enjoyed crocheting, knitting, reading and...
Clarence Franklin Frank Von Ruedgisch
Sep 23, 2014
Clarence Franklin ""Frank"" Von Ruedgisch, 67, of Dexter, Mo, passed away Tuesday, September 23, 2014, at Golden Living, in Malden, MO. Mr.Von Ruedgisch was born in Dexter on November 6, 1946 to Fred and Margaret McFarlen Parker Von Ruedgisch. He had worked in the construction business as an electrician and retired from the military, serving his country in the...
Emma Lois Bounds Tedrick
Sep 21, 2014
Emma ""Lois"" Tedrick, 82, of Poplar Bluff, MO, died Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Tedrick was born July 15, 1932 in Kime, MO. She was very active as a member of First United Methodist Church in Poplar Bluff and the United Methodist Women. On May 25, 1957, she married Jack...
Darlene Ann (Novak) Suter
Sep 16, 2014
Darlene Ann (Novak) Suter of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014 St. Mary's Medical Center in Grand Junction, Colo. Born Feb. 7, in Morehouse, Mo. to the late Adam and Ruby (nee Dixon) Novak, Darlene was retired and lived with her husband on their farm near Stringtown, west of Poplar Bluff. She and Ron have a house...
Deborah Debbie J. Isbell
Sep 13, 2014
Debbie Jo Isbell, 53, of Williamsville, Mo., died Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Mrs. Isbell was born Dec. 31, 1960 in St. Louis, Mo. She was a member of Little Brushy Missionary Baptist Church in Wappapello, Mo. and was an assistant to the Commercial Loan Officer at Commerce Bank, West Pine...
Kurt G. Luecke
Sep 12, 2014
Kurt G. Luecke, 58, prominent businessman of Poplar Bluff, died Friday, Sept. 12, 2014 at his residence. Kurt was born Oct. 9, 1955 in St. Louis, MO. After graduating from St. John Vianney High School in St. Louis, Mo. he attended Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, Mo., where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in...
Betty Jane (Dye) Little
Sep 10, 2014
Betty Jane Little, 64, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014 at her residence. Mrs. Little was born July 8, 1950 in Neelyville, Mo. She was a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Poplar Bluff and was a homemaker. Mrs. Little enjoyed spending time with her family, especially with her grandchildren, fishing, playing bingo...
Ollie Virginia Kenney
Sep 9, 2014
Ollie Virginia Kenney, 86, of Poplar Bluff died Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014 at Westwood Hills Healthcare Center in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Kenney was born Aug. 29, 1928 in Colt, Ark. She was a member of Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church, where she enjoyed singing in the choir and was a homemaker. Mrs. Kenney enjoyed children. Survivors include a stepdaughter,...
Charles Edward Pinkerton
Sep 7, 2014
Charles Edward Pinkerton, Sr., 97, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center surrounded by his family. Mr. Pinkerton was born Aug. 2, 1917 in Poplar Bluff to the late John H. and Julia Mae Montgomery Pinkerton and was a graduate of Poplar Bluff High School class of 1937. Mr. Pinkerton was...
Jimmy Ray Elledge
Sep 7, 2014
Jimmy Ray Elledge, 73 of Poplar Bluff, Mo. passed away peacefully September 7th at his home in the arms of Jesus. Mr. Elledge was born August 5, 1941 in Mills Springs, Mo. to the late Milford and Nettie Elledge. He and Nancy Brooks were married October 12, 1963. Survivors include his wife, one daughter Nannette (Tim), two grandsons: Jakob...
Jerry Kenneth Robinson
Sep 3, 2014
Jerry Kenneth Robinson, 73, of Corning, Ark., formerly of Doniphan, Mo., died Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Robinson was born April 10, 1941 in Doniphan, Mo., where he grew up and graduated from high school. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy, and had worked as a chef at Westwood Hills...
Joseph Albert Abbie Davis
Sep 3, 2014
Born Christmas Eve, 1926, Joseph A. ""Abbie"" Davis, died at St. Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau on September 3, 2014. He is survived by one sister, Betty Lowe of Monticello, IN, a son, Mike Davis of Tempe, AZ, two grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. During WWII, he served in the U.S. Army. Once an avid outdoorsman, he was a member...