Stories from Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Joan Clara (Schumacher, Belter) Lepchenske, 79, of St. Charles, MO died Tuesday, March 21 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Chesterfield, MO. Joan was born November 4, 1943 in Highland to Sylvester and Rose (Horstmann) Schumacher; they preceded her in death...

Alice Marie Rhea, 89, died April 2, 2023, at her home in Denver, Colorado. She was born to Clara Marie Rhea nee Cole and Thomas Jefferson Rhea II on September 27, 1933, in Parma, Missouri, the fourth of eleven children. Alice wed Billy Joe Mekan in Bernie, Missouri, September 28, 1951...

Betty Brown, daughter of the late Walter Walker and Sena Marie Rogers Walker was born on July 8, 1942, in Gideon, Missouri and departed this life on April 3, 2023, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 80. No services are planned. Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter assisted with arrangements...

Frederick “Spud” Ivens, son of the late Joseph Ivens and Dorothea Patterson Ivens, was born on May 24, 1944, in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and departed this life on March 31, 2023, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 78. Interment will be held at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield on Wednesday, April 19, 2023, at 2 p.m. A Celebration of Life will be held at Lighthouse Christian Church on Wednesday, April 19, 2023, at 6 p.m...

Michael Frazier, son of the late Lester Frazier and Mary Sue Rainey Frazier, was born on July 30, 1957, in Hayti, Missouri, and departed this life on April 4, 2023, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 65. A celebration of life is being planned for a later date...

Louise Stevens, daughter of the late Clifford Quinn and Eva Bonner Quinn was born on March 28, 1930, in Bernie, Missouri and departed this life on April 4, 2023, in Gideon, Missouri, at the age of 93. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, April 7, 2023. Interment followed in the Sadler Chapel Cemetery...

Harold “Hal” Leonard Moore III, son of Leonard Moore and Kim Robinson Virgo, was born on August 14, 1984, in Birmingham, Alabama, and departed this life on April 4, 2023, in University City, Missouri at the age of 38. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on April 10, 2023...

Donna Sue Norden, 70,  passed away April 9, 2023 in Bernie.  Visitation will be held  at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie on  Wednesday, April 12, 2023 from 5:00 PM until 8 p.m..  Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday, April 13, 2023 in the Mathis Funeral Chapel in Bernie, at 1 p.m..  Interment will follow in Bernie Cemetery.  Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie is assisting with all arrangements...

Charlotte Ann Cooper, daughter of the late Lawson Johnson and Ruby Fulkerson Johnson, was born on February 27, 2023, and departed this life on April 10, 2023, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 81. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, April 14, 2023, from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Friday, April 14, 2023, at 4 p.m. Interment will follow in the Oak Ridge Cemetery in Bloomfield...

Connie Sue Jennings, 72, passed away April 8, 2023.  Visitation will be Friday, April 14, 2023  at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie from noon until 2 p.m. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, April 14, 2023 in Mathis Funeral Chapel at 2 p.m.  Interment will follow in Smith Stevenson Cemetery, Rural Dexter.  Mathis Funeral Home of Bernie is assisting with all Arrangements...

Lowell Harper, son of the late Lawton Harper and Dovie Baker Harper, was born on December 31, 1934, in Bloomfield, Missouri, and departed this life on April 6, 2023, in Sikeston, Missouri, at the age of 88. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on April 11, 2023. Interment followed in the Dexter Cemetery...

• Erik Todd Micek, 53 of Bloomfield was booked at the Stoddard County Jail on a Stoddard County warrant for operating a motor vehicle without a licens, careless and imprudent driving, improper lane use, resisting arrest/detention by fleeing – creating a substantial risk of serious injury/death to any person   x2, and DWI habitual, probation violation warrant for dwi aggravated and probation violation warrant for assault 2nd degree...

• Charles Jared, 56 of Ridgely, was booked at the Dexter City Jail on a warrant for fail to appear • Terry Hubrins, 39 of Malden, was booked at the Dexter City Jail on an other agency warrant • Patricia Senecal, 60 of Marble Hill, was booked at the Dexter City Jail on the charges of trespassing and disorderly conduct...

Katelyn Lambert with Bootheel Regional Planning updated the commission on the Stoddard County EMA ARPA request. The request was made when Andrew Bohnert was the Stoddard County EMA Director. The request was for siren and radio upgrades around the county. ...

Stoddard County Warranty Deeds County Recorder Candy Collier 04/03/2023 – 04/07/2023 • Janet Gale Davis, R. Brent Davis, Tina Diane Brown, Kenneth D. Brown to Doris Yates, SEC 9, TWP 25 R 8 • Hubert Neeley, Teresa Neeley to James Lewis, Donna Lewis, CHAUTAUQUA PARK THIRD ADD DEXTER, BLOCK 18 LOT 18...