Stories from Thursday, September 17, 2015

Verna S. (Niehaus) Richert, 98, of Urich, Mo., was born June 2, 1917 and died Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015, at the Clinton Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Clinton, Mo. Mrs. Richert was born in Dexter to the late Henry and Sophia (Lowenstein) Niehaus...

Jay W. Shubert, son of the late John E. Shubert and Norma Lewis Overton, was born on Feb. 6, 1952, in Poplar Bluff and died on Sept. 15, 2015, at his residence at the age of 63. Mr. Shubert worked as a carpenter and was a resident of Puxico. On May 8, 1978, he was united in marriage to Kathleen Rogers in Kennewick, Wash. Mrs. Shubert survives of the home...

Sue Ann Lambrich, daughter of the late George and Pearl May Degasse Estes, was born in San Bernadino, Calif., on Sept. 18, 1951, and died at SoutheastHEALTH Center of Stoddard County in Dexter, on Sept. 12, 2015, at the age of 63. Mrs. Lambrich had lived in California and moved to Bloomfield 25 years ago...

Cecil B. Hicks, son of the late George Hicks and Trannie Ingle Hicks, was born on Feb. 28, 1931, in Double Springs, Ala., and died on Sept. 16, 2015, at the Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau at the age of 84. Mr. Hicks had worked as a farm equipment mechanic and was a veteran of the United States Navy. He was a member of the Essex-Gray Ridge Lions Club and a resident of Essex. Mr. Hicks enjoyed hunting and fishing. One of his greatest joys was spending time with his grandchildren...

Augusta M. Ross, daughter of the late Herman J. Kerperien and Margaret Siebert Kerperien, was born on April 3, 1925, in Glennonville, Mo., and died on Sept. 10, 2015, at Winchester Place in Bernie, at the age of 90. Mrs. Ross was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Dexter and the Ladies Auxiliary. She was a homemaker and a former resident of Dexter...