Brandon Lee Jenkins
Brandon Lee Jenkins, 28, of Perryville passed away Wednesday, November 20, 2024 at his residence. He was born September 29, 1996 to Greg and Sandra (McGee) Jenkins. Visitation was held …
Donald E. Mueller
Donald E. Mueller, age 82, of Maple Lake, Minnesota died Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, at the Annandale Care Center. Donald Edgar Mueller was born Sept. 11, 1942, to Edgar and Lucille (Moeller) …
Willard E. Vernon
Willard E. Vernon, 81, of Perryville, passed away Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, at his residence. He was born Jan. 29, 1943, in Menfro to Elmer Jefferson and Lela Barbara (Boxdorfer) Vernon. …
Thomas Pecaut
Thomas Eugene Pecaut, 80, of Perryville, passed away Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born January 9, 1944, in Perryville to Joseph Leo Pecaut and Frances Verline …
Leola Rose Bock
Leola Rose Bock, 80, of Perryville, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024, at Independence Care Center. She was born Feb. 25, 1944, in Longtown to Christian and Frieda (Leible) Renner. Leola …
Vicki Sue Zahner
Vicki Sue Zahner, 68, of Perryville, passed away Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024, at Independence Care Center of Perry County. She was born April 5, 1956 in Cape Girardeau to Willard C. and Wilma L. …
Sylvester Kirn
Sylvester G. Kirn
Sylvester G. Kirn, 92, of Perryville, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, at his residence. He was born July 20, 1932, in Perry County to George S. and Josephine (Gebhert) Kirn. Sylvester …
Oliver Bachmann
Oliver Gene Bachmann
Oliver Gene Bachmann, 90, of Perryville, passed away Thursday, October 3, 2024. He was born May 4, 1934 in Crosstown to Henry and Hedwig (Oster) Bachmann. He graduated from PHS in 1952 and …
Elaine Nessmith
Elaine M. Nessmith
Elaine M. Nessmith, 79, of Altenburg, died Saturday, October 5, 2024 at Ste. Genevieve Care Center in Ste. Genevieve. She was born February 27, 1945 in Watersneet, Mich. She is survived by …
Kathleen Boehme
Kathleen M. Boehme
Kathleen Martha Boehme, 52, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Sept. 23, 2024 at her residence. She was born June 5, 1972, in Perryville to Elmer “Sonny” and Viola M. (Richter) Boehme. …
Arleen Hansen
Arleen Mildred Hansen
Arleen Mildred Hansen, 92, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 25th, at Independence Care Center in Perryville. She was born Oct. 10th, 1931, in Altenburg to Paul and Bertha (Kutscher) Oehlert. …
James
Sutterer, former county commissioner, dies at age 76
Residents of Perry County are mourning the death of James (Jim) Sutterer, a man of whom it was said “knew no strangers and whose smile could light up a room.” He passed away on Sept. 25 …
Matt Alexander
Matt Alexander
John “Matt” Matthew Alexander, 56, of Littlerock, Calif., slipped into the arms of God at his home on Sept. 1, 2024, surrounded by his family.  Matt was born Aug. 24, 1968, in …
Robert Beussink Jr.
Robert H. “Bob” Beussink Jr
Robert H. “Bob” Beussink Jr., 73, of Jackson, passed away Wednesday, September 18, 2024, at his home, surrounded by his family. He was born July 21, 1951, in Cape Girardeau County to …
Marie Skain
Marie Hortance Skain
Marie Hortance Skain, 99, of Jefferson City, passed away Sunday, September 15, 2024, at Heisinger Bluffs West Senior Living Community. She was born February 9, 1925, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the …
Rev. C. Cole
Rev. Christopher Cole
Reverend Christopher Cole, 60, went on to be with the Lord on Tuesday, August 20, 2024, in Pensacola, Florida. Christopher was born July 24, 1964, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Richard and …
Louis Luster
Louis E. “Lou” Luster
Louis E. “Lou” Luster, born April 18, 1934, in DeQueen, Ark., passed away Friday, September 13, 2024. The beloved son of the late James and Sallie Luster, he was preceded in death by …
Major Bill Whitson
Major Bill Whitson, United States Marine Corps, died peacefully at his residence in Richmond, Virginia, on August 20, 2024. Bill was born in Perryville on June 9, 1951, to Ira and Edna Whitson …
Art Tayon
Arthur J. Tayon
Arthur J. “Art” Tayon, 92, of Perryville passed away Monday, September 9, 2024 at Mercy Hospital Perry County. He was born June 13, 1932, in East St. Louis to Arthur J. and Ruth A. …
Rose Marie Rabold
Rose Marie Rabold
Rose Marie Rabold, 90, of Perryville passed away Thursday, September 5, 2024 at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born November 5, 1933 in Charleston, MO to Arthur G. and Lydia M. (Oehlert) …
Barbara Marie Buerck
Barbara Marie Buerck
Barbara Marie (Fink) Buerck, 74, of Perryville, formerly of Ellis Grove, passed away Wednesday, September 4, 2024 at Mercy Southeast Hospital, Cape Girardeau. She was born to the late John …
Darlene J. Bequette
Darlene J. Bequette
Darlene Jeanette Bequette (nee Parker), age 85, of St. Mary, passed away peacefully on August 30, 2024. She was born in Seventy-Six to Sylvia (nee Grayson) and Chalmer Parker on March 3, 1939. …
Robert McDonald
Robert D. McDonald
Robert Dennis McDonald, 70, of Perryville, passed away Wednesday, August 28, 2024 at his residence. He was born April 29, 1954 in Festus to Woodrow and Lucille (Hayes) McDonald. Robert and …
James Cissell
James E. Cissell Brewer
James Edward Cissell, 88, of Brewer, passed away Friday, August 30, 2024 at Independence Care Center of Perry County. He was born April 19, 1936 in Perry County to Thomas and Idelle (Moore) …
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PCMS Pegleg Players to perform ‘The Fruitcake’

Students from The Perry County Middle School Drama Club’s Pegleg Players will present “The Fruitcake” by Dwyane Yancey. The show features 25 students in grades 6-8 and will be …