Obituaries
H.E. “Buck” Kroeger, 85, of Cobden, and formerly of Anna, died Saturday, July 28, 2018, at Union County Hospital in Anna.
He was born on March 27, 1933, in DuBois, the son of Ernest Edward and Lena Lenona Dober Kroeger.
He married Carol Norris on Sept. 6, 1953, in Old Du Quoin Baptist Church.
He...
Nevada J. Hileman, 85, of Anna, died Wednesday, July 25, 2018, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau.
She was born on Aug. 16, 1932, in Anna, the daughter of Roy Lee and Wilda Alma Toler Pratt.
She married Warner H. Hileman Sr. on June 3, 1950, in Anna. He preceded her in death on Dec. 11, 2002....
Barbara A. Corzine, 82, of Christopher, and formerly of Dongola, died at 4:02 p.m. Monday, July 23, 2018, at Good Samaritan in Mt. Vernon.
She was born on Nov. 12, 1935, in Union County, west of Dongola, the daughter of Leo and Bonnie Pfaff Kerr.
She married Byford Corzine on Dec. 11, 1954. He...
Dorothy Burgess, 79, of Anna, died Tuesday, July 24, 2018, at Heartland Regional Medical Center in Marion.
She was born on June 19, 1939, in Cobden, the daughter of William and Bertie Burnett Murray.
She married Kenneth Burgess and together they shared 28 years of happiness.
She is survived by...
Sherry Kay Bagby, 65, of Vienna, and formerly of Cypress, died Saturday, July 21, at 7:10 a.m. at Century Assisted Living in Carbondale.
She was born on Dec. 19, 1952, in Anna. She was the second of nine children born to Robert and Ruby Earnhart Williams.
Survivors include her children, Toma Kaye (...
Paul Edward Boyer, 85, was born in 1933, the son of Harry and Agnes Boyer. He was one of eight children.
Mr. Boyer graduated from Anna-Jonesboro Community High School in 1951.
He served at Ellsworth Air Force Base in Rapid City, S.D., in 1952.
He met and married the love of his life, Ollie, in...
Mary Jeanette Walker, 92, died Saturday, July 21, 2018, at her home in Olmsted.
She was born on June 16, 1926, in Tamms, the daughter of Ray and Gladys Aden Hancock.
She married Gene Robert Walker on July 10, 1950. He preceded her in death on Sept. 28, 2003.
She graduated from Thebes High School...
Hobert Clifton “Cliff” Hankla was born on Jan. 30, 1917, in Cobden, the son of Joseph and Martha Hankla.
Mr. Hankla died on July 8, 2018, in Orange, Calif.
Raised on a farm in Cobden, he was the youngest of eight siblings. Owen, Amos, Jessie, Afton, Ruby, Hiram, and Raymond preceded him in death....
Bonita Jo Bigham, 75, of Olive Branch, died at 12:06 a.m. Tuesday, July 17, 2018, at Integrity Health Care in Anna.
She was born on July 28, 1942, in Mill Creek, the daughter of Harvey and Zelma Poole Roach.
She married James “Jim” Bigham in 1956. He preceded her in death in 1986.
She loved to...
Jack R. Sherwin, 79, of Anna, and formerly of Chicago, died at 7:12 p.m. Saturday, July 14, 2018, at the Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau.
He was born on June 1, 1939, in Chicago, the son of Louis Delwin and Mary L. Valencic Sherwin.
He married Susan A. Stefanowicz on July 12, 1975, in...
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