Stories from Sunday, November 24, 2019

ORAN, Mo. — Elmer Joseph Seyer, 89, of Oran, died Nov. 23, 2019, at The Chateau in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born Oct. 14, 1930, in Advance, Missouri, son of Philip and Alvina Dohogne Seyer. He married the only girl he ever loved, Susie Ann Cecilia Bucher, on April 16, 1955, in New Hamburg, Missouri. They shared 64 years together...

CHAFFEE, Mo. — Jack Leslie Burnett, 67, of Chaffee died Nov. 23, 2019, at his home surrounded by his loving family.   He was born Nov. 8, 1952, to the late Mary Frances King and Jack T. Burnett. He served for 47 years as a second generation funeral director and co-owner of Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapels...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — John W. “Pete” Dodgen, 80, died Nov. 23, 2019, at the Heartland Care and Rebab Center in Cape Girardeau.  Born April 1, 1939, in Lone Oak, Ark., son of the late John Wesley Dodgen and Beatrice McLean Dodgen, he had lived in East Prairie most of his life. ...

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — Donald “Jeff” Brewer (Papa Jeff), 82, passed peacefully into the inviting arms of God on Nov. 12, 2019. Jeff was born on Sept. 1, 1937, to Don Jefferson and Glenda (Thompson) Brewer in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Jeff Graduated from Risco, Mo., High School then received a BA in civil engineering from MU in Columbia, Mo...

SIKESTON — Margaret Mary Spence, 91, formerly of Benton, passed away at the Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019. She was born Jan. 8, 1928, in Wellingbrough, England, the daughter of Eric Sidney and Winifred Turnell Godfrey. She married George Daniel Spence on Aug. 21, 1944, in Wellingbrough. He preceded her in death on Oct. 13, 2007.