Baton Rouge, LA–MIKE J. EDWARDS, a retired Gulf States Utilities Co. employee and a resident of Baton Rouge, died at 4:30 a.m. Thursday, April 10, 1997, at Baton Rouge General Medical Center. He was 73 and a native of Vanduser, Mo. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. Visiting at Rabenhorst Funeral Home East, 11000 Florida Blvd., 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and after 8 a.m. Saturday. Religious services at the funeral home chapel at 9 a.m. Saturday, conducted by the Rev. Jim Bain. Graveside services at Blackwell Cemetery,Folsom, at 11:30 a.m. Saturday. Survived by wife, Margaret Joyce Dickson Edwards; a son, Mike J. Edwards Jr., San Francisco; a stepdaughter and spouse, Cheri Richards and Dwight Clement, Houston; two stepsons, J. Kyle Richards, New Orleans, and Jeffrey Richards, Baton Rouge; a sister, Irene E. Landry, Baton Rouge; a brother, Dr. James D. Edwards, Athens, Ga.; a granddaughter, Phaedra Edwards, San Francisco; and four stepgrandchildren, Kellie and Kyle Clement, both of Houston, and Jeffrey Jr. and Lindsey Richards, both of Natchez, Miss. Preceded in death by parents, the Rev. Thomas T. Sr. and Reitha Cranford Edwards; and a brother, Thomas T. Edwards Jr. He was a member of Istrouma Baptist Church, Campus Bible class at LSU, Baton Rouge Lodge No. 372, F&AM, and Cajun Clickers. He was a ham radio operator.    --Advocate, The (Baton Rouge, LA) - April 11, 1997


Inverness, FL--ELMER EICHHORN, 73, of Inverness, died Saturday (Feb. 24, 1990). Born in New Hamburg, Mo., he moved to Inverness 28 years ago from Clearwater. He was a retired building contractor, a member of the First Assembly of God Church, a charter member and past president of the Beverly Hills Lions Club and a former zone chairman for the Florida Lions Club. Survivors include his wife, Helen; a son, John, Hernando; four daughters, Mary Horne and Joyce Colston, both of Inverness, Linda Hickey, Hernando, and Brenda Gorham, Jacksonville; four brothers, Marvin, Clyde and Cyril, all of Chaffee, Mo., and Ervin, Kelso, Mo.; two sisters, Coena Urhaun and Rose Talley, both of Chaffee; 10 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Anderson McQueen Funeral Home, St. Petersburg.  --St. Petersburg Times (FL) - March 1, 1990.


JACKSON, MO - CHARLES LEON EIFERT, 69, formerly of Scott City, died at 9:44 a.m. Oct. 24, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
Born Feb. 23, 1932, in Illmo, son of the late Paul Casper and Hattie Bretzel Eifert, he was an engineer for the Cotton Belt Railroad and partner with Eifert-Mayfield Construction. A member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, he served with the National Guard from 1952-1955.
On Dec. 20, 1958, at Cape Girardeau, he married Delores Selena Keesee who survives of the home.
Other survivors include: one son, David Eifert of Jackson; two daughters, Tambra Eifert of Rolla and Lori Martin of Jackson; one brother, Raymond Eifert of Scott City; and two grandchildren.
Two brothers and two sisters preceded him in death.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.
Visitation will continue from 8 a.m. Saturday until service time at 10 a.m. at Eisleben Lutheran Church in Scott City. The Rev. Robert Henrichs will officiate.
Burial will follow in the Eisleben Lutheran Cemetery at Scott City.
--Friday, October 26, 2001–Sikeston Standard Democrat.


JACKSON, MO - ALMA LAURA ENDERLE, 82, died at 1:55 a.m. Oct. 27, 2001, at the Jackson Manor.
Born March 4, 1919, in New Hamburg, daughter of the late Michael and Heneritta Linhart Bucher, she retired from the Lutheran Home at Cape Girardeau in 1981 and was a member of St. Lawrence Catholic Church and St. Ann's Sodality of New Hamburg.
On June 5, 1943, at Kelso, she married Paul Peter Enderle who preceded her in death on April 4, 1963.
Survivors include: two sons, Herman Enderle of Chaffee and David Enderle of Cape Girardeau; two daughters, Anna Marie Enderle of Matthews and Helen Kinnison Felty of Cape Girardeau; one brother, Michael Bucher of Chicago, Ill.; one sister, Mary Frances Rosencranz of Chicago; and one stepbrother, five stepsisters, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
One brother, one stepbrother and one stepsister also preceded her in death.
A funeral Mass was celebrated at 11 a.m. today at St. Lawrence Catholic Church with Monsignor Phillip Bucher and the Rev. Normand Varone officiating.
Burial followed in the St. Augustine Catholic Cemetery at Kelso.
Pallbearers were: David Enderle, Herman Enderle, Michael Brucher, Ray Enderle, Scot Enderle and Andrew Kinnison.
--Monday, October 29, 2001–Sikeston Standard Democrat


Floral City, FL--JOHN WESLEY ERVIN, 79, of Floral City, died Thursday (Oct. 23, 1997) at Cypress Cove Care Center, Crystal River. Born in Benton, Mo., he came here 14 years ago from Hopkins, Mich., and was a retired machinist. He was a Protestant.
Survivors include his wife, Catherine; a stepson, Paul Hamilton; three stepdaughters, Mary Hamilton, Judy Hamilton and Nancy Campbell; a brother, Lloyd; two sisters, Pearl Forbey and Betty Carriveau; and one grandson. Charles E. Davis Funeral Home, Inverness. 
--St. Petersburg Times (FL) - October 26, 1997


Bartow, FL--EMERSON ESKEW, 79, of Bartow died Tuesday (Feb. 19,1991) at Bartow Memorial Hospital. A native of Chaffee, Mo., he moved to this area 10 years ago from Alabama. He was a sheet metal worker and a member of First Assembly of God of Bartow. He is survived by his wife, Helen M.; a son, Jack W. of Albany, Ga.; three daughters, Dorothy L. Birge of Riverview, Kathern S. Harbison of Cullman, Ala., and Margaret A. Allen of Nashville; and 14 grandchildren. Lakeland Funeral Home.  
--Tampa Tribune, The (FL) - February 23, 1991.

Denver, CO--EVELYN ESTES, 89, of Denver died Aug. 20. Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 26, at Brentwood United Methodist Church, 1899 S. Irving St. Mrs. Estes was born in Diehlstadt, Mo., on Aug. 15, 1910. She married Alfred Estes, 1930. She worked for Montgomery Ward. She was a member of the Eastern Star organization. Survivors include sons Alfred of Denver, Jerry of Colorado Springs; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. --Rocky Mountain News (CO) - August 25, 1999

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