Arabella Stike

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Arabella Stike, daughter of the late Otto Charles and Mamie Westrich Scheeter, was born on June 21, 1917, in Caney, Missouri, and departed this life on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau at the age of 103.

Mrs. Stike retired after many years working as a housekeeper for several Nursing Homes in the St. Louis area, she was a member of St. Mary’s Cathedral in Cape Girardeau and a former resident of Chaffee, Missouri.

On Nov. 23, 1937, she was united in marriage to Quintin “Chick” Stike in New Hamburg, Missouri. He preceded her in death on May 10, 1967.

Besides her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by one son, Paul Jerome Stike, also by six brother and six sisters.

She is survived by several nieces, nephews, and special friends Bob and Janice Shirley.

Eucharistic celebration will be conducted at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, at the St. Mary Cathedral in Cape Girardeau with Rev. Allan Saunders officiating.

Interment will follow in the St. Lawrence Catholic Cemetery in New Hamburg.