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BLOOMINGTON, Il– CHARLES RUSSELL KAUFFMAN,
48, of Jackson, Mo., formerly of Bloomington, died in a river boat
accident. He was attempting to save two crew members during a crew
change on the Missouri River.
His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints in Cape Girardeau, Mo., Bishop John McMullin
officiating. Burial will be in Russell Heights Cemetery, Jackson, Mo.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the church. Arrangements
are being handled by Cracraft-Miller Funeral Service, Jackson, Mo.
Memorials may be made to Cape Girardeau Ward Missionary Fund in care of
Mrs. Charles R. Kauffman Jr., 209 Elmwood Blvd., Jackson, MO 63755.
Survivors include his wife, Teresa Kauffman; three sons, Karl,
Kristopher and William Kauffman, and one daughter, Kathy Kauffman, all
of Jackson; his parents, Charles and Elizabeth Kauffman, Bloomington;
two brothers, Lynn Kauffman, Houston, Texas; and Von Kauffman, Kansas
City, Kan.; and one sister, Martha Reynolds, Bloomington.
He was born Sept. 24, 1948, in Bloomington, the son of Charles Russell
and Elizabeth Marie Burkhart Kauffman Sr. He was married to Teresa
Haacke on June 22, 1973, at McLean, Ill.
Mr. Kauffman was a captain and pilot for many years working on the
Missouri, Mississippi and Ohio rivers and the intercoastal waters of
the Gulf. At the time of his death Mr. Kauffman had been in the process
of drawing new maps of the Missouri River which would be more accurate
than the older maps.
He was a skilled craftsman and a master woodworker and wood carver and
had been an artistic and technical adviser on several works of art in
the Jackson and Cape Girardeau area.
He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
He was an active member in the church and did many hours of volunteer
work with the American Red Cross, Easter Seals and was a CASA
volunteer. --Pantagraph, The (Bloomington, IL) - September 7,
1997.
CAPE GIRARDEAU-- JUNE ELLEN KELLER, 70, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, July 29, 2010, at Southeast Missouri Hospital.
She was born Nov. 24, 1939, in Cape Girardeau to
Leslie Hayes and Ruby Faye Leslie Jauch. She and William J. Keller were
married Friday, June 22, 1962, at Cape Girardeau. He died Nov. 15, 1992.
Mrs. Keller was a nurse 10 years at Southeast
Missouri Hospital. Later she was a nurse for 30 years at Regional
Primary Care in Cape Girardeau, retiring in December 2005.
She was a member of Jackson Church of the Nazarene
in Jackson and served as Sunday school superintendent, music director,
church greeter and member of the church board. She was a volunteer at
the Lutheran Home and the Women’s Safe House, and a former member
of the Beginning Experience and Parents Without Partners. She was loved
by everyone she met.
Survivors include daughters Jamie G. (Steve) Hinton
of Jackson, Jennifer D. (Jeff) Davis of Cape Girardeau; son, Jon W.
Keller of Cape Girardeau; brothers, Darrell (Marge) Jauch of Park
Hills, Mo., Max (Sue) Jauch of Cape Girardeau; sister, Mildred F.
Followell of Cape Girardeau; grandchildren, Kelli (Alex) Hinton, Kyle
Hinton, Kristopher Hinton, Jacob (Jake) Lancaster and Justin Davis; and
a great-grandchild, Violet Ellen Rose Adams.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; her brother, Donald Jauch; and her twin, Jon Jauch.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel in Cape Girardeau.
The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral chapel, with the Rev. Kenneth Harper officiating.
Burial will be at Gravel Hill Cemetery in Gravel Hill, Mo.
--Submitted by Catherine Allison; transcribed by Angelia Carpenter.
Delta,
MO.--ESTELLE KELLEY, 89, of Delta died Saturday, Feb. 24, 2007 at
Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, MO. She was born June 6, 1917 in
Little Rock, AR, daughter of George M. and Adaline Pattat Sanders. She
and Carl Everett Kelley were married Dec. 23, 1950 in San Diego, CA.
She was of the Baptist belief and was a member of National Association
of Retired Federal Employees. She is survived by her husband; one
grandson, William Buck of Memphis, TN; several nieces and nephews. She
was preceded in death by her parents, one son, two daughters, one
brother and four sisters. Friends may call from 10 a.m. to noon
Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007 at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in
Cape Girardeau, MO. Service will be at noon Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007 at
Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. Burial will be at Cape County
Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau.
PORTLAND, OR– T. MARIE KELLY--A
memorial service will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday, May 6, 1996, in Calvary
Lutheran Church for T. Marie Kelly, who died May 2 of cancer at age 76.
Mrs. Kelley was born Nov. 11, 1919, in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Her maiden
name was Bock. She was a member of the church. She married Stewart
Kropp in 1994.
Surviving are her husband; daughter, Sondra Kelly-Green of Lincoln
City; son, Ronald L. of Milwaukee; and sisters, Betty J. Wood of Cape
Girardeau, Mo., and Helen Bock of Porterville, Calif.
Burial will be in Lincoln Memorial Park. Arrangements are by Lincoln Willamette Funeral Directors.
--Oregonian, The (Portland, OR) - May 5, 1996
Milwaukee, WI--BARBARA (HOPE) KEM,
age 59 years, died Fri., Feb. 14, 1997 at St. Mary's Hospital in West
Palm Beach, FL. She was born July 11, 1937 in Cape Girardeau, MO, the
daughter of Oliver A. and Bernice Mosely Hope. She married Lawrence R.
Kem, Sept. 1, 1956, he survives. Also survived by: 2 daughters
Elizabeth Clark of Milwaukee, WI and Laura Kem of East Lansing, MI; 1
brother, D.H. Hope of Dallas, TX and 2 sisters, Mrs. Mary (Harold)
Moore and Mrs. Margaret (Sam) Shrum, all of Cape Girardeau, MO and 2
grandsons, Daniel and Jack Clark of Milwaukee, WI. Mrs. Kem was a
member of the St. Christopher's Episcopal Church in River Hills, WI,
The Wisconsin Women's Club and The Wisconsin Boys and Girls Club. No
visitation is scheduled. A private funeral service will be held
graveside, Tues. Feb. 18, 1997 at 11 AM, Cape County Memorial Park. A
memorial service will be held at St. Christopher's Episcopal Church,
River Hills, Wed. Feb. 19 at 4 PM. Ford & Son's Funeral Home of
Cape Girardeau, MO are in charge of arrangements
--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (WI) - February 18, 1997
CHATHAM, IL-- HAROLD W. KESTER,
75, of Chatham died Saturday, Aug. 28, 1999, at his residence. He was
born Jan. 17, 1924, in Friedheim, Mo., the son of William and Ada
Moeller Kester. He married Madeline Kayser in 1948.
Mr. Kester was formerly employed by the U.S. Postal Service. He was a
member of St. John's Lutheran Church, VFW Post 4763 and the American
Legion Post 0759, all of Chatham. He was a U.S. Army veteran, having
served during World War II. He was also a member of NARFE, charter
member of Golden K Kiwanis, APWU, and was an active volunteer for
Memorial Medical Center's Escort Service.
Survivors: wife, Madeline; a son, H. Wayne (wife, Pam) Kester of New
Berlin, IL; a grandson; two brothers, Truman Kester of Rochelle, IL and
Dale Kester of Cape Girardeau, Mo.; five sisters, Charlotte Davenport
of New Berlin, Bernice Krahn of Jackson, Mo., Verna Kieninger of
Pocahontas, Mo., Alma Enter of New Ulm, Minn., and Ruth Abbott of San
Antonio, TX; and several nieces and nephews.
Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday, St. John's Lutheran Church, Chatham, the
Rev. Glenn Strohschein officiating. Burial: Chatham Cemetery. Bisch
Funeral Home West is in charge of arrangements.
--State Journal-Register, The (Springfield, IL) - August 29, 1999.
CAPE GIRARDEAU-- DR. JAMES A. KINDER JR.,
a longtime Cape Girardeau physician, volunteer and community leader,
died in an automobile accident near Cartersville, Ga., July 1,
2000.
Dr. Kinder was born Aug. 29, 1917, in Cape Girardeau, the son of James
and Ella Bohnsack Kinder. He was educated in Cape public schools,
graduating as the valedictorian of the Central H i g h School
class of 1933 at the age of 15.
As a boy, and throughout his life, Kinder was active in Boy Scouts and attained the rank of Eagle.
After two years at Southeast Missouri State Teachers College, Kinder
finished his undergraduate training at Washington University in St.
Louis, earning his degree in 1937 at the age of 19. He received his
M.D. degree from the same institution in 1941 at the age of 23. That
year he entered an internship at the old St. Louis City Hospital.
With the outbreak of World War II Dr. Kinder entered the U.S.
Army in June 1942 and was assigned to the Air Corps. Commissioned a
lieutenant, he served the years 1943-45 as a flight surgeon in the
China- Burma-India theater, assigned to the14th Air Force,
Chinese-American Composite Wing. His wartime service saw him
promoted to the rank of captain. He was awarded the U.S. Air
Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with two Bronze Stars, and
the Breas Order of Tao Ping from the Chinese government.
Throughout his life the ties he forged during the war years remained
dear to him, and he was active in the 14th Air Force Association,
attending countless of its reunions and organizing and hosting many for
the squadrons in which he served. These included one last year, hosted
at his home.
In 1981 he traveled with his wife to Taiwan as guests of that nation's
government, where he and his wartime compatriots were feted as honored
guests.
Upon discharge from active duty in 1946, Dr. Kinder completed a
residency in pediatrics at St. Louis City Hospital and St. Louis
Children's Hospital in 1946-47. He opened a practice in pediatrics in
Cape Girardeau in January 1948. In 1950 he passed the board exams for
pediatrics, becoming a Fellow in the American Academy of Pediatrics in
1951. This made him one of the first two board-certified physicians in
Cape, and for many years he was the only board certified pediatrician
between St. Louis and Memphis. He joined with other physicians and
health-care personnel in battling the polio epidemic of 1948-49.
After
four years in the Army Reserve, Kinder transferred his commission to
the Naval Reserve in 1950, serving continuously until his retirement in
1976 with the rank of captain, U. S. Navy Medical Corps.
On Oct. 30, 1948, he married the former Mary Frances Hunter of Cape
Girardeau, who survives. Together they had four sons, James A.
Kinder III of Cairo, Ill., Frank M. Kinder of Southlake, Texas, Peter
D. Kinder of Cape Girardeau and Maj. Mark H. Kinder of Keesler Air
Force Base, Miss., and nine grandchildren. He is also survived by
a sister, Mary Helen Kinder Flentge of Cape.
Dr. Kinder's civic and voluntary associations were many. They
include serving as board member of the Cape County Heart Association
and as a board member of the American Heart Association, Missouri
affiliate, for over 30 years, and as president of the same in 1964-65.
He was awarded the M. Graham Clark Award by the American Heart
Association in 1991.
Dr. Kinder also served on the boards of the state and local Easter
Seals, the United Way, the Missouri Crippled Children's Service and on
the board of trustees of Southeast Missouri Hospital.
In the 1970s Dr. Kinder was instrumental in recruiting the late Dr.
Jesse Ramsey to Cape and in establishing a neo-natal intensive care
unit at Southeast Missouri Hospital, where he served on many committees.
In the early years of his practice Dr. Kinder practiced at both Cape
hospitals. He was one of the last local doctors still making house
calls, an
almost daily staple of his practice for more than 30 years.
During the vast majority of his professional life he was a solo
practitioner.
He served state government on various health-related committees.
In 1989 he was appointed by former Gov. John Ashcroft to the
Advisory Committee on Genetic Diseases for the Missouri Department of
Health.
Dr. Kinder served as assistant scoutmaster and scoutmaster of Troop 4,
chairman of the troop committee for Troop 3 and served at the district
level in many capacities. He was awarded the Award of Merit by the
Shawnee District in 1971and the Silver Beaver by the Greater St. Louis
Council, Boy Scouts of America, in 1994. For the last decade he
organized and secured speakers for the Southeast Missouri
Council Court of Honor for Eagle Scouts held each February at Southeast Missouri State University.
For more than 50 years he was an active member of Centenary United
Methodist Church and served on its administrative board. He was a
longtime member of the Cape Girardeau Lion's Club.
In January of 1997, Dr. Kinder closed his private practice and moved to
the Cape Girardeau County Health Clinic where he continued seeing
Medicaid patients until the time of his death. That year the
Missouri Medical Association awarded him its award for Citizenship and
Community Service.
Friends may call at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel from 4-7 p.m. today.
Funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Centenary United Methodist
Church. Dr. Clayton Smith will officiate. Burial will be in
Cape County Memorial Park. (Contributed by Catherine Allison)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO-- MARY FRANCES HUNTER KINDER, a lifelong Cape Girardeau resident and a member of one of
Southeast Missouri's oldest families, died Friday, Jan. 4, 2008, at
Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born June 17, 1926, in
Benton,
Mo., at the family home on what was then known as Hunter Hill, the youngest of five children born to William Joseph and Ida May
Wise Hunter.
The family moved to Cape Girardeau when she was 4 months old, and her
primary education followed at the old Training School on the campus of
Southeast Missouri State Teachers College. In 1943 she graduated from
Cape Central High School at the age of 16 and proceeded on to Christian
College in Columbia, Mo., for a two-year degree. From there she went on
to the University of Maryland, where she was a member of Kappa Kappa
Gamma sorority, and earned a B.A. degree in 1947.
A highlight of these years was a double date she shared with Margaret
Truman. Arriving at the White House to join Miss Truman before meeting
the young soldiers who were their dates for the evening, Truman said,
"Daddy wants to meet you." In due course the elevator
doors opened and out stepped a smiling, immaculately dressed president
of the United States for a brief but friendly chat with a star-struck
young lady from Southeast Missouri.
Upon graduation, Miss Hunter returned to Cape and took a job working for Dean Forrest Rose on the campus at Southeast.
In early 1948, she met Dr. James A. Kinder Jr., a local
pediatrician newly practicing here, and, like her, a fifth-generation
Southeast Missourian. They were married at her family home on North
Park Avenue on Oct. 30, 1948.Four sons were born to this union: .James
A. III
(Rosie), of Cairo, Ill.; Frank M. (Lori Ann) of Cape Girardeau; Peter D. of Cape Girardeau; and Dr. Mark H. (Barbara) of
Cape Girardeau, major, USAF Reserve.
A lifelong passion was the study, performance and encouragement of
music. As a student Mrs. Kinder played the cello in the orchestra and
mastered the piano, which gave her lifelong pleasure. It was as a
soprano, however, that she is probably best known in the region. From
girlhood she sang in public as a soloist, in duets, trios and quartets,
as well as with numerous choirs. She was a member of the old Cape
Choraliers, traveling with them to sing at the Seattle World's Fair in
1962. For decades Mrs. Kinder worked as a volunteer with the old
Community Concerts Association and served as its president. Her passion
for music, both classical and popular, made her an enthusiastic
supporter of the new River Campus at Southeast, the dedication ceremony
for which she proudly attended last October.
Mrs ..Kinder achieved a small measure of local fame in her 50 years of
singing duets with her dear friend, the late Millie Limbaugh. Whether
it was a summer's evening concert with the Municipal Band in Capaha
Park or an appearance on the old Breakfast Show on KFVSTV,
the Limbaugh-Kinder duets ran the gamut from sacred music all the way
to hilarious, comic numbers they belted out with selected teeth
blacked, dressed in bobby sox while holding a mop and bucket.
Other civic endeavors included membership in the Nancy Hunter Chapter
of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the GF Chapter of the
PEa sisterhood, as well as service on the board of the Trust for
Preservation of the Missouri Governor's Mansion. In 1987 Mrs.
Kinder joined with her friend, the late Frances Blankenship, as
founding co-chairwomen of the first annual Cape Girardeau Cancer Gala.
Her regal grace and beauty commended her as a model, and she was
frequently in demand for local stores such as Hecht's, and for
charitable
causes such as the Zonta Fashion Show.
Mrs. Kinder was an active member of the Cape Girardeau County Medical
Auxiliary (now Alliance) during the 52 years of her husband's practice,
tirelessly supporting him in his wide-ranging professional endeavors.
This support included hosting promising young physicians
on countless occasions, in a frequently successful effort to recruit
new specialties to Cape's small but growing medical community.
Throughout her life Mrs. Kinder worked extremely hard at the culinary
arts, mastering the challenges and nuances of her old, mostly Southern
family recipes all the way to gourmet feasts for two or 200. Never one
to hire a caterer, she poured herself into the work of entertaining
with a thorough-going delight and was never happier than when
entertaining dozens of family and friends of all ages in the family
home north of
town. A common end to a dinner party in the Kinder household could find
her singing and playing for the entertainment of her guests. Few are
those who can compare with her as a generous, thoughtful and gracious
hostess.
A lifelong member of Centenary United Methodist Church, she was active
in all its affairs and sang in the Chancel Choir for 60 years.
Survivors include her four sons and nine grandchildren.
Mrs. Kinder was preceded in death by her husband, her parents and all
her siblings, including her only brother, Will Jr., an Army Air Corps
B-24 pilot who died in 1944.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at Centenary United Methodist Church.
The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Centenary United Methodist Church, with the Rev.Jeff Long officiating.
Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. (Contributed by Catherine Allison)
CAPE GIRARDEAU-- DOROTHY KING,
78 of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, Jan. 10, 2011 at Saint Francis
Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born August 14, 1932 in
Chaffee, Mo., to Tony and Alma Heuring Kielhafner. She and Louie
King were married Nov. 24, 1955 in Kelso, Mo.
Dorothy worked at the Chaffee Shoe Factory, then the Lowenbaum dress
factory in Cape Girardeau for 15 years. She then worked with
Procter and Gamble in Cape Girardeau for 21 years, retiring in 1996.
She volunteered at Saint Francis Medical Center for 13 years and
was Auxiliary Person of the Year for 2004 and 2005. She was a
member of St. Vincent de Paul Church.
Survivors include her husband, Louie King, of Cape Girardeau; two
sisters, Alene (Louis) Eftink and Lillian Emmons, both of Scott City;
one son, Richard (Patricia) King of San Antonio; and two grandchildren,
Michael and Meghan King.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Marie Philips.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel with parish prayers at 7.
The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic
Church in Cape Girardeau, with the Rev. Bobby Manso officiating.
Burial will follow at Cape County Memorial Park and Mausoleum.
Memorial contributions may be given to American Cancer Society or Saint Francis Medical Center Auxiliary.
--Contributed by Catherine Allison.
CLEARWATER, FL– JOSEPH HARDING KIPPING,
78, of Clearwater, died Saturday (Oct. 24, 1998) at Integrated Health
Services of Florida at Clearwater. He was born in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
He was an electrical engineer and retired as a major after 20 years in
the Air Force. Survivors include three sons, James, Clearwater, Robert,
St. Petersburg, and Douglas, Paul Smiths, New York; two daughters,
Camie Bishop, Sandy, Utah, and Heather Harfosh, Fayetteville, N.Y.; a
stepson, Steven Carson, East Syracuse, N.Y.; two stepdaughters, Barbara
Guami, Syracuse, and Patricia Baggette, Mount Dora; a sister, Evelyn
Hopper, Cape Girardeau; 14 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel, Cape Girardeau.
--St. Petersburg Times (FL) - October 28, 1998.
Cape Girardeau, Mo-- STEVE KOCH,
56, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008, at Monticello House
in Jackson, Mo. He was born Aug. 7, 1952 in Cape Girardeau, son
of J. L. Jr. and Helene I. Nagel Koch.
Koch was a graduate of Central High School. He was employed at Heartland Distributing.
Survivors include a son, Dustin (Jacqueline) Koch of Jackson; a
daughter, Ashley Koch of Fruitland; two brothers, Douglas (Linda) Koch
and Gary (Linda) Koch of Cape Girardeau; a grandchild, Alyssa Koch;
five nieces and a nephew.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. today at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn
Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the
funeral home with the Rev. Douglas C. Breite officiating. Burial
will be in Cape County Memorial Park.
WICHITA, KS-- KAY KRACKE, 62, of Jackson, Mo., former Wichitan, Coca-Cola Bottling Co. service manager, died Thursday. Service was Saturday.
Survivors: wife, Mary Margaret; sons, Larry of Jackson, Troy, Michael,
both of Wichita; father, Lester of Jackson; five grandchildren.
Cracraft- Miller Inc., Jackson.
--Wichita Eagle, The (KS) - December 17, 1985
TAMPA, FL-- FRED J. KRUSE SR.,
87, of Tampa died Tuesday at Tampa General Hospital. A native of Cape
Girardeau, Mo., he moved to the area from Zephyrhills in 1946.
He was owner/operator of a commercial trucking company and member of First Seventh Day Adventist.
He is survived by two sons, Fred J. Jr. of Tampa and William R. of
Huntsville, Ala.; a daughter, Deanna Trader of Lakeland; a brother,
Harry of Tampa; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Adams & Jennings Funeral Home, Tampa.
--Tampa Tribune, The (FL) - May 2, 1999
CAPE GIRARDEAU - LORENE CORENE KUHN, 81, died at 2:45 p.m. Nov. 2, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital.
Born March 27, 1920, in Cape Girardeau County, daughter of the late
William and Alvina Amelunke Hager, she was a member of the Evangelical
United Church of Christ in Cape Girardeau.
On Dec. 28, 1948, at Ironton, she married Albert R. Kuhn who preceded her in death on Feb. 21, 1993.
Her daughter, Brenda J. Kuhn of Cape Girardeau, survives.
She was also preceded in death by one brother and four sisters.
Services were conducted at 10 a.m. today at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel with the Rev. James Caughlan officiating.
Burial followed in the Memorial Park Mausoleum in Cape Girardeau.
--Monday, November 5, 2001, Sikeston Standard Democrat
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