St. Petersburg, FL--HAFER, EVELYN W., 87, of St. Petersburg, died Thursday (March 9, 1995) at home. Born in Pocahontas, Mo., she came here a month ago from St. Louis and was a retired schoolteacher. She was a Lutheran. Survivors include her husband, Clarence E.; a daughter, Mary Jo Porter, St. Petersburg; a sister, Eleanor Schramm, St. Louis; and three grandchildren. Lewis W. Mohn Funeral Home, Seminole.   --St. Petersburg Times (FL) - March 11, 1995


Florissant, MO--RUBY OLIVE HAY, 71; WAS RETIRED TEACHER-- Ruby Olive Hay, a retired Hazelwood elementary school teacher, died Friday (Dec. 24, 1993) at her home in Florissant after a brief illness. She was 71.
Miss Hay began working in the Hazelwood district in 1952 at the old Elm Grove Elementary School. She retired in 1987 from the Charbonnier Elementary School in Hazelwood. Previously, she had taught in St. Genevieve County, Mo., and in Delta, Mo.
Miss Hay was born in Advance, Mo., and received her bachelor's degree in education from the old Southeast Missouri Teacher's College (now Southeast Missouri State University), and her master's degree at the University of Missouri at Columbia.
She was an active member of the Florissant Valley Baptist Church and a teacher's sorority.
A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Florissant Valley Baptist Church, 1025 North Highway 67, in Florissant. Burial will be at the Hitt Family Cemetery near Delta, Mo. Visitation will be from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at the Buchholz Mortuary, 619 Rue St. Francois Street, in Florissant.
Among the survivors are her brother, Doyle Cates of Bloomfield, Mo.; a sister, Ida Kiehne, of Kansas; and several nieces and nephews.
--St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO) - December 27, 1993



Alhambra, IL–EULA MARIE HESTER, 90, a homemaker, of Alhambra, formerly of Delta, Mo., died Thursday, (April 1, 1999). The funeral was Sunday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee, Mo. Burial was held in Kenyon Cemetery in Delta, Mo.  --St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO) - April 5, 1999 


Millersville, MO--BRANDY HOBECK-NOAH, 27, of Millersville, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.  She was born Nov. 2, 1980 in Cape Girardeau to Scott and Gina Whitener Hobeck.  Brandy graduated from Jackson High School in 1999.  She worked for Noffel Feuerhahn Center for Orthodontics in Cape Girardeau, and was currently a project manager at General Sign Company in Cape Girardeau.
Loving survivors include her sons, Colton and Corey Harrison of Millersville; her parents, Scott and Gina Hobeck of Millersville; a sister, Lindsey Holloway of Cape; paternal grandmother, Ruth Ann (the late Gifford) Hobeck of Jackson; maternal grandfather, Len (Jane) Whitener of Cape; maternal grandmother, Lois (Larry) Patrick of Brazeau, Mo; maternal great-grandmother, Florence King of St. Charles, Mo., and fiance Cory Menz of Cape Girardeau.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.  The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home with the Revs. Jim Matthews and Rocky Tallent officiating.  Interment will follow in New Salem Cemetery near Daisy.

Marion, AR--LORENE ULRICH HOOD, 60, of Marion, hostess and cashier at Ramada Inn, died Monday (Jan. 6, 1992) at Johnson-Hobson Nursing Home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Zion Methodist Church in Gordonville, Mo., with burial in the church cemetery. Roller-Citizens Funeral Home has charge. She leaves two daughters, Diann Elrod and Beverly Bolden, both of West Memphis; two sons, Ronald Hood of Bartlett and Charles Hood of Marion; four sisters, Dorothy Murta and Margie Medlin, both of St. Charles, Mo., Bernice Quade of Cape Girardeau, Mo., and Elsie Eggiman of Gordonville.; three brothers, Harry Ulrich of St. Louis, Nelson Ulrich of East St. Louis, Ill., and Melvin Ulrich of Scott City, Mo., and nine grandchildren.   --Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN) - January 7, 1992    

Valrico, FL--HARRY P. HUTCHINGS JR., 66, of Valrico died Wednesday at home. A native of Cape Girardeau, Mo., he had lived in the Tampa Bay area 10 years. He was a business agent for the Teamsters Union Local 574, Cape Girardeau.  He was a U.S. Army veteran, serving in World War II, and received three Bronze Stars and the Purple Heart. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2410, Harlingen-San Benito Memorial in Texas and Brandon Masonic Lodge 114. He was past-president of the Eagles Lodge, Cape Girardeau, and a former member of the Brandon Elks Lodge 2383. He is survived by his wife, Wilma A.; one son, Harry P. ""Butch'' III of Denver; one daughter, Barbara Miller of Brandon; one brother, Robert of Jackson, Mo.; two sisters, Delores Sellards of Sonoma, Calif., and Linda of Texas; and two grandchildren. Stowers Brandon Chapel. --Tampa Tribune, The (FL) - May 16, 1991


Pawnee, IL--IDA PEARL HYPKE, 72, of Pawnee died Thursday at St. John's Hospice. She was born July 8, 1922, in Whitewater, Mo., the daughter of Rev. Howard and Clara Rust Hayden. She married George A. Hypke in 1944. Mrs. Hypke was a charter member and first president of the Mary China Painters of Springfield. She was a member of Illinois World Organization of China Painters and the International Porcelain Teachers. She taught china painting for over 15 years and was recording secretary of the state organization. She was also active in the local Girl Scouts Council in the 50s and 60s as troop leader, coordinator of outdoor leader training and summer camps at Lincoln Memorial Garden, as well as winter manager of Camp Widiwagon. She was also a member of the Church of the Little Flower.
Survivors: husband, George; a daughter, Dr. Donna Corriveau of Chatham, IL; two grandsons; two brothers, Dr. Albert Hayden of Springfield, Ohio, and Kenneth Hayden of Cahutta, Ga.; a sister, Mrs. Ann Judd of Springfield; and several nieces and nephews.
Concelebrated funeral Mass, 11:30 a.m. Monday, Church of the Little Flower. Burial: Camp Butler National Cemetery. Kirlin-Egan and Butler Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. 
--State Journal-Register, The (Springfield, IL) - March 4, 1995