Obituaries
Local Obituaries in Bonne Terre, Desloge, Farmington, Park Hills, Leadwood, and Surrounding Areas in Missouri
Brian K. Froneyberger
Oct 3, 2018
Brian Froneyberger is the loving father of Gage and Madison Froneyberger. He was the ultimate Dad who took a lot of joy in being very involved with his children. He coached just about every sport they participated in. He was there for his children in every way that any father aspires to be. He was also the loving husband of...
Darryl Edward Williams
Sep 30, 2018
Mr. Darryl Edward Williams was born on January 23, 1962 to Emma Brown in St. Louis, Missouri and departed this life on September 30, 2018. Darryl was joined in matrimony to Miss Pamela M. House on November 10, 2012. Darryl received his formal education through the St. Louis Public School System where he decided to become a mason and further...
Carol Faye Ray
Sep 30, 2018
Carol Faye (Kunkel) Ray
Carol Ray, 61, of Farmington, MO passed away Sunday, September 30, 2018 at her residence. She was born on Friday, February 8, 1957 in Licking, MO to the late Everett Melvin and Rachel (Lough) Kunkel. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Denny Kunkel.
Carol retired from Family...
John Harrison Burney
Sep 23, 2018
John Harrison Burney was born on January 20, 1913, in Line, Arkansas, to Eli Taylor Burney and Emma Caroline Garrett Burney. He was the third son of a country doctor in a sawmill town. After completing high school, he took the state teachers' exam, and worked as a bus driver for a dollar a day, teaching algebra and geometry for...
Richard Stephen Henry Truska
Sep 22, 2018
Richard Stephen Henry Truska, age 80 of Farmington, Missouri passed away on Saturday, September 22, 2018 at St. John's Mercy Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. He was born on October 13, 1937 in St. Louis, Missouri a son of Marion and Helen (Fruehwirth) Truska. His parents and one sister, Joan precedes him in death. On April 3, 1959 in Fredericktown...
Alta Ruth Graham
Sep 22, 2018
Alta “Ruth” Graham, of Libertyville, MO passed away Saturday, September 22, 2018 at Parc Prōvence, Creve Coeur, MO at the age of 88. Ruth was born May 6, 1930 in Fredericktown, MO to the late Archie and Laurrie (Haney) Douglas. Ruth was also preceded in death by an infant son, Harvey Dean Graham, her brother, Dale Douglas and granddaughter, Courtney...
Fran E. Gerren
Sep 21, 2018
Frances Evelyn Gerren
Fran Gerren, 76, of Bonne Terre passed away on Friday, September 21, 2018 at Country Meadows Nursing Home. She was born on Sunday, January, 18, 1942 in St. Louis to the late Hugo John and Evelyn Mae (Wooldridge) Baldesi. Fran was a member of the Gospel Light Free Will Baptist Church where she volunteered...
Michael "Mike" Wayne Schaffer
Sep 21, 2018
Michael “Mike” Wayne Schaffer, 64, of Farmington, passed away September 21, 2018, at his residence in Farmington. He was born April 11, 1954 in Bonne Terre, to the late Richard and Janet (Propst) Schaffer..
In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a son, Jeff Schaffer and one sister, Nancy Schaffer.
Mike was an owner of...
Rev. Jim Muse
Sep 20, 2018
Rev. Jim Muse, 60, of Park Hills, passed away September 20, 2018, at his residence, surrounded by his family. He was born December 12, 1957, in Dexter, to the late Eugene and Louise (Neeley) Muse. Jim pastored Desloge First Church of God for 10 years and was a member of the Union Pipefitter Local #562 and later retired after 30...
Dottie Collier
Sep 19, 2018
Dottie Collier, age 90 of Fredericktown, Missouri passed away on Wednesday, September 19, 2018. Visitation will be from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m., on Friday, September 21, 2018 at Wilson Funeral Home in Fredericktown and also from 10:00 - 11:00 a.m., on Saturday, September 22, 2018 at New Prospect Missionary Baptist Church in Silva, Missouri. Funeral services will be held at...
Sue Stone-Wade
Sep 19, 2018
Sue Stone-Wade, 78, of Farmington passed away September 19, 2018 at her residence. She was born October 6, 1939 in East St. Louis, Illinois. She was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church of Park Hills and Daughters of the American Revolution. Sue loved traveling but her greatest joy was her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death...
Ruth Hard- Mccullen
Sep 19, 2018
Ruth McCullen, 64 of Farmington, passed away September 19, 2018, at Mercy Hospital in St. Louis. She was born April 9, 1954, to the late Harold and Eileen (Flett) Hard. Ruth loved to crochet and was a very hard worker. There were times she would work two or three jobs at a time. She was also a member of the...
James O. Kwon
Sep 19, 2018
James O. Kwon, 83, a longtime resident of Terre du Lac (TDL) in Bonne Terre, Missouri and Delray Dunes in Boynton Beach, Florida, passed away at his Missouri home, surrounded by family, on September 19, 2018. Mr. Kwon, "Jim" to his friends, was born in Seoul, Korea in 1935. He attended Seoul University in Korea; then moved to the United...
Lela Jones Reed
Sep 18, 2018
Lela Ann Reed of Leadwood, Missouri passed away September 18, 2018 in Desloge, Missouri at the age of 81 years. She was born February 7, 1937 in Pilot Knob, Missouri the daughter of Raymond Francis and Anna Belle (Litton) Barnes. On September 19, 1953 she was united in marriage to Maynard Jones who preceded her in death on November 20,...
Genieve Darlene Fleetwood
Sep 17, 2018
Genieve Darlene Fleetwood, age 71 of Perryville, Missouri passed away on Monday, September 17, 2018 at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was born on July 6, 1947 in St. Louis, Missouri, a daughter of Jewell and Madeline (Knupp) Fleeetwood. Those surviving her include: one daughter – Deana Kelm and husband Jeff of Oran, Missouri; two...
Thomas Adam Klinsbeck
Sep 17, 2018
Thomas Adam Klinsbeck of Farmington, Missouri passed away September 17, 2018 at the age of 50 years. He was born July 11, 1968 in Ironton, Missouri the son of the late Lawrence Andrew Klinsbeck and Elva Joyce (Crocker) Guffey. Thomas is survived by his son, Andrew "Drew" Adams of Ironton, Missouri, his mother and stepfather; Elva Joyce and Richard Guffey...
Frank "Buddy" James Mcdowell, Jr.
Sep 17, 2018
Frank James (Buddy) McDowell, Jr., also known as “Paw Paw”, was called to be with his Lord and Savior on September 17, 2018 at the age of 87 in League City, Tx. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri to Frank and Mildred McDowell on September 13, 1931.
Waiting to greet him in Heaven are his parents Frank and Mildred...
Ruth Marie Weiss
Sep 17, 2018
Ruth Marie (King) Weiss, 100, of Doe Run passed away September 17, 2018 at her residence. She was born December 17, 1917 in East Bonne Terre to the late Clarence and Salle (Goff) King. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Robert T. Weiss; one son, Charles Weiss; grandson, Brian Weiss.
Ruth was a homemaker and avid gardener...
Linda Ann Parson
Sep 16, 2018
Linda Ann Parson age 68 passed away on Sunday September 16, 2018 at her home in Fredericktown, Missouri. She was born on January 30, 1950 in Fredericktown, a daughter of Earl B. and Marie Lela (Collier) Allen. On August 26, 1964 in Fredericktown she was united in marriage to Leonard Edgar Parson who survives at the home. Other survivors include;...
Rhema Smith
Sep 14, 2018
Rhema Smith, 94, of Desloge, passed away September 14, 2018, at Community Manor Nursing Home in Farmington. She was born May 24, 1924, in Farmington, to the late Clarence and Clara (Crites) Kennon. Rhema was a member of the First Baptist Church in Desloge.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Austin Charles Mullins of 44 years; second...
