"C" OBITUARIES

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Cape Girardeau, MO--MRS. LILLIAN O. CARCTUST, 208 North Sprigg, died at 8:20 a.m. today at St. Francis Hospital.  She was 87 years old.
Mrs. Carctust was born Oct. 15, 1888 in Wynn, Ark.  She resided for several years in Cape Girardeau before moving to Beaverton, Mich., where she owned and operated a drive-in restaurant.  She returned to Cape Girardeau eight years ago.
She was a member of the Church of Christ here.
Mrs. Carctust was married to Tom Carctust on Jan. 17, 1928, and he preceded her in death in January 1974.
Surviving:  niece, Mrs. Pauline Nanna, Cape Girardeau, and nephew, W. T. Allison, Phoenix, Ariz.
The body is at Ford and Sons Funeral Home where services will be held at 1:30 Tuesday afternoon with the Rev. Wesley Hylton, pastor of the Church of Christ officiating.  Burial will be in Lorimier Cemetery.  Friends may call at the funral home after 6 tonight.  (Date on obituary was 03 Nov 1976.)


Cape Girardeau, MO--BURETTE LUTHER CARGLE JR., 65 of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, Oct. 19, 1992 at John J. Pershing Veterans Hospital in Poplar Bluff, MO.  He was born Oct. 9, 1927 in Cape Girardeau, son of Burette L. and Lottie L. Bridges Cargle.  He and Lavina Collier were married July 24, 1948.
Cargle was a retired truck driver with East Texas Motor Freight, and member of Zion Lutheran Church at Gordonville.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Michael Cargle of Dexter, Mo, Jeffrey Cargle of Miamisburg, Ohio; a sister, Wanda Smith of Independence, MO, and three grandchilden.
Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Zion Lutheran Church.  The Rev. Karl Leeman will officiate, with burial in Passover Cemetery at Whitewater.
Friends may call at Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill from 5-8 p.m. today and 8-11 a.m. Wednesday and at the church from noon to service time.


Cape Girardeau, MO--MARY C. CARGLE--Mrs. Burette Cargle, 71 years old, formerly of Whitewater, died at 3:25 Friday afternoon at Cape La Croix Manor here.  Mrs. Mary C. Cargle was born Jan. 25, 1903 at Greenbrier and married Mr. Cargle Sept. 27, 1947.
Mrs. Cargle was a retired employee of International Soe Co. and moved to Whitewater 12 years ago.  She was a member of Whitewater Methodist Church and Order of the Eastern Star No. 174.
Surviving:  her husband; sons, Granville McIntosh, Belleville, IL, and Lords McIntosh, Overland; stepson, Burette L. Cargle, Jr., Cape Girardeau; step-daughters, Mrs. Wanda Pope, Independence, and Mrs. Edward Segraves, Scott City; stepfather, Ed Truitt, Cape Girardeau; 13 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
The body is at Walthers Funeral Home where Order of Eastern Star No 174 will have a service at 8 tonight.  Service will be at 2 Sunday afternoon at the funeral home with the Rev. Homer Allmon officiating.  He will be assisted by the Rev. M. O. Eisenhauer.  Burial will be in Memorial Park.  (Dated 20 July 1974)




Cape Girardeau, MO--Services for MRS. C. MART CARLSON, 71 years old, who died at St. Francis here on Friday will be conducted at Farmington, Mich., Tuesday morning at 11 at the Thayer Funeral Home.  The Rev. Erick S. Hammer, pastor of Orchard United Methodist Church, will officiate and burial will be in White Chapel Cemetery at Troy, Mich.
Mrs. Carlson became ill Friday while traveling with her husband and was taken to St. Francis Hospital for treatment.  Arrangements for the service was made by Ford and Sons Funeral Home with the Thayer Funeral Home at Farmington.
Mrs. Carlson was born on Aug. 24, 1904 in the State of Indiana and was a resident of Farmington Hills, Mich.  Her husband survives.  --From a local newspaper dated 29 Mar 1976.



Cape Girardeau, MO--Funeral service for B. F. (BUD) CARR, 2823 Lear, Cape Girardeau, will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Ford and Sons Funeral Chapel.  Rev. Oscar Lukefahr will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park.  Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday.  Parish prayes will be at 7:30.  
Carr, 63 years old, died Saturday, March 19, 1988, while hunting in Mississippi.  He was born March 17, 1925 in Illinois, son of Benjamin F. and Odessa Ruth Haggy Carr.  He and the former Florence Brown were married Dec. 24, 1948 in Cairo, IL.
Carr had been employed by Auto Tire and Parts since April 2, 1951, and was manager of the Cape store 29 years.  He was a member of St. Vincent's Catholic Church.
Survivors include his wife; a son, Bart Carr of Cape; a daughter, Mrs. Larry Quade of Chaffee; his mother of Cairo; two sisters, Carol Murray of Cairo, Mary Henry of Garland, TX; four grandchildren, Amy Quade, Robert, Joseph, and Amanda Carr.


Cape Girardeau, MO--BRADLEY MICHAEL CARR, age 13 months, died Saturday, Oct. 10, 1992 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.  He was born Sept. 1, 1991 in Cape Girardeau, the son of Bobby Joe Carr and Joy Marie Todd.  They survive of Cape Girardeau.
Other survivors are maternal grandparents Jackie and Marie Todd and paternal grandparents Bobby and Ruth Carr, all of Cape Girardeau.
Friends may call Monday from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel.  Funeral service will be at 12:30 p.m. Monday at the chapel with the Rev. Don Berkbigler officiating.


Cape Girardeau, MO--WILLIAM FRANKLIN CARROLL, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008 at Saint Francis Medical Center.  He was born Sept 15, 1925 near Chaffee, MO, son of Louis and Pearl Carroll.  
Carroll was a veteran of World War II, serving as a sergeant in the U. S. Army.  He was employed in the garment industry for 25 years at Ralph Edwards Sportswear.  He worked for Procter & Gamble more than 10 years, retiring in May 1987.
Survivors include his wife, Myrtle Carroll; a son, Daniel Louis Carroll and wife Cindy of Kennett, MO; two grandsons, Brian and Dustin Carroll; and four granddaughters.  He was preceded in death by his parents and a son.
Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to service time Saturday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home.  The funeral will be at noon Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Mike Huffman officiating.  Burial will be in Lorimier Cemetery with military rites conducted by Missouri Honors Team.


Cape Girardeau, Mo--ROSETTA E. CARTER, 90, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Sept. 24, 1989 at the Cape Girardeau Care Center.  She was born Aug 14, 1899 in Little Rock, Ark.  She lived most of her life in Cape Girardeau, where she was a member of St. Matthews Baptist Church.  She is survived by her sister-in-law, Mrs. Mae Bell Howard of Chicago, Ill.  Friends may call today at 1:00 p.m. at the St. Matthews Baptist Church.  Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. today at the church.  Burial will follow in Fairmount Cemetery.  Sparks Funeral Home in Charleston is in charge of arrangements.  --Southeast Missourian.


JOSHUA, TX - ROSE MARIE CHOSTNER, 62, died Monday, Aug. 16, 1999 at home.
Funeral: 10 a.m. Saturday at Bridgetown Church of Nazarene in Jackson, Mo. Burial: Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson. Visitation: Friday at Shepard Funeral Chapel in Jackson, Mo.
Rose Chostner was born June 7, 1937, in St. Louis, Mo.
Survivors: Sister, Ronda Y. Whitwell and her husband, Glenn R. Whitwell; nephew, Steven C. Whitwell and his wife, Sandra L. Whitwell; niece, Jean M. Dotson and her husband, William R. Dotson; and great-nieces and nephews, Brian, Bobby, Blake and Janelle Dotson, Jonathon and David Whitwell.
Shannon Rose Hill Funeral Chapel 7301 E. Lancaster Ave.
--Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX) - August 19, 1999


Kirkwood, MO--JULIA VANDIVORT STEIN CLEMENT, 98, died Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008 in Kirkwood, Mo.  She was born Aug. 4, 1909 in Jackson, daughter of Clyde A. and Julie Adele Sanford Vandivort.
Julia Sanford Vandivort Stein Clement grew up in Cape Girardeau before automobiles, household appliances, penicillin, women priests in the Episcopal Church, a woman's right to vote and the civil rights movement.  During her lifetime she witnessed more changes than at any period in our nation's history and welcomed most of them with gracious acceptance and flexibility.  A tall child for her generation, Julia loved to read and hated to practice the violin in her family quartet or participate in sports with her six brothers and sisters.  The love of reading may have been a contributing factor to her graduation from college at age 19, and success in teaching school in St. Louis to children only slightly younger than herself.
Julia married her boyhood beau, Harry Arthur Stein, at the age of 21 and had her first child, Paul Arthur Stein (wife Marjorie) at age 28.  Being a stay-at-home-mom did not preclude Julia from being a founder of the Fort San Carlos Chapter of the DAR, a PEO, and countless volunteer positions in the local school system.  Despite bearing another son at age 31, Ronald Forrest Stein (wife Lucinda), and a daughter at 36, Harriett Stein Smith (husband Whitson Smith), Julia found time to be the hub of a huge social network in Webster Groves, Mo.
Reading everything in print about current events, actively attending her life-long Episcopal Church, dancing at the Webster Groves Monday Club, fishing, bowling, playing bridge at a championship level into her late 90s and nurturing a vast group of friends and family through crises and triumphs were accomplishments for which Julia Vandivort Stein was widely known.
Indeed she believed her grandmother's admonition, "If you can't say something nice about someone, say nothing at all" and as a result was beloved by all who knew her.
Julia hated aging and losing her ability to drive at 90.  She loved aging and seeing her beautiful grandchildren Julia Koenig (John), Alex Smith (Sheri), Leslie Korte (Kevin), Kathryn Stein (Steve Palley), Valerie Mendizabal (Lorenzo), Paul Garwood Stein, and beloved great-grandchildren Emma, Harry, Julia, Hannah, Alex, Olivia, Paul and Ethan, living happy lives.  An interview with every single one of Julia's relatives--living and dead--would convince any listener she is the finest example of womanhood they knew.
Handling graveside service Saturday at 1 p.m. at Cape County Memorial Park is Ford and Sons Funeral Home.  The Rev. Robert Towner will officiate.  The family will receive visitors from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday at the home of Ronald Stein, 858 Twin Pine Drive, Des Peres, Mo.


Avon Park, FL--EARL K. COBB, 77, of Avon Park died Wednesday at Hillcrest Nursing Home. A native of Oak Ridge, Mo., he moved to this area in 1976 from Detroit. He was a sales manager for an auto parts and service company, a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Army, and a member of Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Avon Park. He is survived by his wife, Ginny; two daughters, Carol Yurkus of Jackson, Mich., and Cristyn Goodwin of Tulsa, Okla.; three sons, Earl K. Jr. of San Francisco, James D. of Avon Park and Stephen J. of Mansfield, Ohio; a brother, John of Morristown, Tenn.; 13 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Stephenson-Nelson Funeral Home, Avon Park. --Tampa Tribune, The (FL) - January 6, 1994.



Jackson, Mo.--RONNIE LEE CONKLIN, 56, of Jackson died Saturday, June 7, 2008 at Southeast Missouri Hospital.  He was born Aug. 1, 1951, in Cape Girardeau, son of Oscar E. and Ruby Lucille Underwood Conklin.  He graduated from Cape Girardeau Central High School.  He served in the U. S. Marines from March 25, 1969 to April 6, 1971.  He was the owner and operator of Ace Drainage & Sewer and was a member of Carpenter's Local 1770.  
He is survived by a daughter, Wendy Conklin (Jeffrey) Street of Cape Girardeau; two brothers, Ray Conklin of Kelso, Mo., and Jack Conklin of Cape Girardeau; a sister, Clara Bass of Pocahontas, Mo.; and a grandchild, Chloe Elizabeth Street.  He was preceded in death by his parents and a grandchild.  Friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Funeral Home.  Service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home with the Rev. Janet Hopkins officiating.  Burial will be in Lorimier Cemetery in Cape Girardeau with full military honors by the Missouri Honors Team.  Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.


Higginsville, MO–GERTRUDE MARIE CONRAD, 76, Higginsville, Mo., died Dec. 26, 1991, at a hospital in Warrensburg. She was born in Burfordville, Mo., and lived in Plattsburg, Mo., for 27 years before moving to Higginsville in 1983. Mrs. Conrad taught elementary school for 42 years, teaching in Plattsburg for 22 years before she retired. She was a 1962 graduate of Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville. She was a member of the Missouri State Teachers Association. She was a member of the Immanuel Lutheran Church, Higginsville, and its Mary Martha Circle. Survivors include her husband, Myron M. Conrad of the home; a daughter, Mary Ruth Wood, Higginsville; a sister, Ruth Froemsdorf, Jackson, Mo.; and two grandsons. Services will be a t 2 p.m. Monday at the Hoefer Chapel, Higginsville; burial in the Higginsville City Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 8 p.m. today at the chapel.
--Kansas City Star, The (MO) - December 29, 1991

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Harrisonville, MO--GUSSIE COX, 88, died April 9, 1994, in the Golden Years Care Services nursing home, Harrisonville, where she lived. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Atkinson Chapel, Adrian, Mo.; burial in Crescent Hill Cemetery, Adrian. Friends may call from 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday at the chapel.
Mrs. Cox was born in Pocahontas, Mo., and lived in Iola, Kan., and Rich Hill, Mo., and Liberty, MO before moving to Harrisonville in 1993. She was a Baptist.
Survivors include a son, Dale Wilson, Sturgeon, Mo.; two sisters, Myrtle Crotty, Harrisonville, and Zola Duncan, Butler, Mo.; two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.  --Kansas City Star, The (MO) - April 13, 1994


Clearwater, FL--MONA LEONE COX, 85, of 2491 Nursery Road, Clearwater, and Jackson, Mo., died Monday (June 4, 1990) at Manor Care of Dunedin. She was born in West End, Ill., and was a winter resident here since 1987. She was a supervisor of pediatrics at Southeast Missouri Hospital, Cape Girardeau, Mo. She was a graduate of Southern Illinois University. She was a member of New McKendree United Methodist Church, Jackson, Mo. Survivors include two stepsons, Wayne Cox, Independence, Mo., and Leslie Cox, Danville, Ark.; a stepdaughter, Maxine Fowler, Danville; two sisters, Alice Hobb Cowgur, Clearwater, and Helen H. Dippel, Pinckneyville, Ill.; a cousin, Ruby Jones Meyer, Fort Lauderdale; and 10 step-grandchildren. Moss-Feaster Guardian Funeral Home, Belcher Road Chapel.
--St. Petersburg Times (FL) - June 5, 1990.



Sullivan, MO--WANDA LEE CRITES, 67, Sullivan, MO, (formerly of Delta, MO) passed away Tuesday, July 29, 1997. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday, July 31, at the Chapel of the Eaton Funeral Home, Sullivan, MO; interment will be in Brush Creek Cemetery, Gray Summit, MO.
Visitation will be after 4 p.m. Wednesday at the Eaton Funeral Home, Sullivan.  (Arrangements: Eaton Funeral Home, Sullivan, MO)   --Kansas City Star, The (MO) - July 30, 1997



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