Obituaries
Joan Mixen, age 67 of rural Anna, died at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, November 13, 2017 at her home. She was born April 1, 1950 in Anna, daughter of Otis and Marjorie (Camden) Dirden. She married Bobby Mixen on February 4, 1966 in Jonesboro. He preceded her in death on July 24, 1996.
Joan is...
Bill J. Ford, 82, of Anna, died at 11:39 a.m. Monday, Nov. 13, 2017.
He was born in Vienna on Nov. 4, 1935, the son of Loran and Freda Lee Hester Ford.
He married Anna Ruth Rink on June 7, 1958, at St. Patrick’s Church in Cairo. They shared over 53 years of happiness together. She preceded him in...
Imogene Eddleman Closser, 97, of Dongola, died Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017, at Union County Hospital in Anna.
She was born on March 22, 1920, in Dongola, the daughter of William Daniel and Ima Smoot Keller.
She married Edwin Eddleman. He preceded her in death in 1978. She later married Lee Closser, who...
Christina “Evelyn” Rumfelt, 71, of Wickliffe, Ky., and formerly of Anna, died at 11:25 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017, at her home.
She was born on Feb. 16, 1946, in Wolf Lake, the daughter of John and Pearl Smith Morse.
She married Christopher Paul Rumfelt in Indianapolis, Ind. He preceded her in...
Nina A. Merriman, 91, of Anna, died at 4:48 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017, at the River to River Community of Anna.
She was born on April 24, 1926, the daughter of John and Laura Foster Fear.
She married Robert “Bob” Merriman on June 20, 1943. He preceded her in death on April 10, 2015.
She enjoyed...
Robert Fitch Seal, 95, of Chicago, and formerly of Anna, died at 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017, at California Gardens in Chicago.
He was born on Aug. 25, 1922, in Chicago, the son of Henry Robert and Sarah Elizabeth Fitch Seal.
His wife, Bessie Soby, preceded him in death in 2003.
He was a...
Daniel E. Gill, of Rochester, N.Y., beloved and devoted husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, friend, the former chairman and CEO of Bausch and Lomb, has died at the age of 81.
Born on June 24, 1936, in Zeigler, the son of Herrin and Ethel Gill, he graduated from Anna-Jonesboro Community...
Patricia E. Fombelle, 72, of Cobden, died at 1:33 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau.
She was born on June 22, 1945, in Alameda, Calif., the daughter of Charles and Virginia Key Buckley.
She married David Fombelle on Sept. 5, 1964, in Forsyth.
She is survived by...
On Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017, Jackie Lee Jerrell, 78, of Lick Creek, died. He was surrounded by his family, friends and staff from Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
He was born on Sept. 21, 1939, in Mounds, the son of Roscoe Minor and Martha Lindsey Jerrell.
He married Geloria Richards...
Patrick Joseph Seil, 57, of Grayville, died Oct. 17, 2017, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, Ind.
He was born on Oct. 27, 1959, in Evansville, Ind., the son of William Schrontz Seil and Mary Ann Mungovan Seil, of Grayville.
He was a 1977 graduate of Grayville High School and graduated with a...
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