Kathleen Boehme
Kathleen M. Boehme
Kathleen Martha Boehme, 52, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Sept. 23, 2024 at her residence. She was born June 5, 1972, in Perryville to Elmer “Sonny” and Viola M. (Richter) Boehme. …
Arleen Hansen
Arleen Mildred Hansen
Arleen Mildred Hansen, 92, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 25th, at Independence Care Center in Perryville. She was born Oct. 10th, 1931, in Altenburg to Paul and Bertha (Kutscher) Oehlert. …
James
Sutterer, former county commissioner, dies at age 76
Residents of Perry County are mourning the death of James (Jim) Sutterer, a man of whom it was said “knew no strangers and whose smile could light up a room.” He passed away on Sept. 25 …
Matt Alexander
Matt Alexander
John “Matt” Matthew Alexander, 56, of Littlerock, Calif., slipped into the arms of God at his home on Sept. 1, 2024, surrounded by his family.  Matt was born Aug. 24, 1968, in …
Robert Beussink Jr.
Robert H. “Bob” Beussink Jr
Robert H. “Bob” Beussink Jr., 73, of Jackson, passed away Wednesday, September 18, 2024, at his home, surrounded by his family. He was born July 21, 1951, in Cape Girardeau County to …
Marie Skain
Marie Hortance Skain
Marie Hortance Skain, 99, of Jefferson City, passed away Sunday, September 15, 2024, at Heisinger Bluffs West Senior Living Community. She was born February 9, 1925, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the …
Rev. C. Cole
Rev. Christopher Cole
Reverend Christopher Cole, 60, went on to be with the Lord on Tuesday, August 20, 2024, in Pensacola, Florida. Christopher was born July 24, 1964, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Richard and …
Louis Luster
Louis E. “Lou” Luster
Louis E. “Lou” Luster, born April 18, 1934, in DeQueen, Ark., passed away Friday, September 13, 2024. The beloved son of the late James and Sallie Luster, he was preceded in death by …
Major Bill Whitson
Major Bill Whitson, United States Marine Corps, died peacefully at his residence in Richmond, Virginia, on August 20, 2024. Bill was born in Perryville on June 9, 1951, to Ira and Edna Whitson …
Art Tayon
Arthur J. Tayon
Arthur J. “Art” Tayon, 92, of Perryville passed away Monday, September 9, 2024 at Mercy Hospital Perry County. He was born June 13, 1932, in East St. Louis to Arthur J. and Ruth A. …
Rose Marie Rabold
Rose Marie Rabold
Rose Marie Rabold, 90, of Perryville passed away Thursday, September 5, 2024 at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born November 5, 1933 in Charleston, MO to Arthur G. and Lydia M. (Oehlert) …
Barbara Marie Buerck
Barbara Marie Buerck
Barbara Marie (Fink) Buerck, 74, of Perryville, formerly of Ellis Grove, passed away Wednesday, September 4, 2024 at Mercy Southeast Hospital, Cape Girardeau. She was born to the late John …
Darlene J. Bequette
Darlene J. Bequette
Darlene Jeanette Bequette (nee Parker), age 85, of St. Mary, passed away peacefully on August 30, 2024. She was born in Seventy-Six to Sylvia (nee Grayson) and Chalmer Parker on March 3, 1939. …
Robert McDonald
Robert D. McDonald
Robert Dennis McDonald, 70, of Perryville, passed away Wednesday, August 28, 2024 at his residence. He was born April 29, 1954 in Festus to Woodrow and Lucille (Hayes) McDonald. Robert and …
James Cissell
James E. Cissell Brewer
James Edward Cissell, 88, of Brewer, passed away Friday, August 30, 2024 at Independence Care Center of Perry County. He was born April 19, 1936 in Perry County to Thomas and Idelle (Moore) …
Bethany Anna Tucker
Bethany Anna Tucker, 68, of Perryville passed away Wednesday, August 21, 2024 at her residence. She was born January 11, 1956 in Jackson to Howard V. and Kathrin (Hendricks) King. Memorial …
Former Perry County Sheriff Gary Schaaf died Aug. 19 at the age of 67 years old at his Perryville residence.
Gary Schaaf, former Perry County sheriff, dies at age 67
The community is mourning the death of former Perry County Sheriff Gary Joseph Schaaf, 67, who died Monday, Aug. 19 at his home. He was born Oct. 1, 1956, in Perryville to Alvin W. "Mousie" and Naomi …
Michael Garris
Michael Garris Jr.,
Michael Steven Garris Jr., 62, of Perryville passed away Friday, August 16, 2024 at SSM Health St. Louis University Hosptal in St. Louis. He was born November 6, 1961 in Perryville, to Michael …
William Bock
William “Bill” Bock
William “Bill” Henry Bock, 88, of Frohna, passed away Sunday, August 18, 2024 at Mercy Perry Hospital. He was born September 13, 1935 in Frohna to William Albert and Olga Alida …
Joan Ann Hoehn
Joan Ann Hoeh
Joan Ann Hoehn, 75, of Perryville, passed away Friday, August 16, 2024 at her residence. Joan was born November 15, 1948, in Perryville, to Percy A. and Dolores T. (Brewer) Buchheit. She …
Mary Ann Zoellner
Mary Ann Zoellner
Mary Ann Zoellner, 76, of Jackson, formerly of Perryville, passed away on Tuesday, August 13, 2024, at Life Care Nursing Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 11, 1948, in Perry County, …
Nancy J. Steurer
Nancy Jane (Williams) Steurer, 78, of Perryville passed away Friday, August 9, 2024 at Estates of Perryville. She was born June 2, 1946 in Perry County to James and Mae (Woolweaver) Williams. …
Carl M. Jenny
Carl Matthew Jenny, 87, of Frohna passed away Monday, August 12, 2024 at his residence. He was born January 13, 1937 in New Orleans to George Anthony and Luella Lena (Meyer) Jenny. Visitation will be …
Brian Edward Dutt
Brian Edward Dutt, 60, of Perryville passed away Thursday, August 15, 2024 at his residence. He was born August 12, 1964 in Tampa, Fla. to Heinz/Joachim and Kathleen (Houghton) Dutt. Online …
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After 42 years, Perryville city clerk says ‘goodbye’

Let’s go back to the year 1982 — 42 years ago. The World’s Fair was opened in Knoxville, Tenn., with an address by President Reagan; the Weather Channel began, E.T: The …