Stories from Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Betty Sue Garner Mayer, daughter of the late Morton LeBeau and Carrie Gray LeBeau was born on August 24, 1942, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri and departed this life on November 26, 2023, at her residence in Dexter at the age of 81. Betty was a member of the First Christian Church Disciples of Christ in Dexter. ...

Ronald Dreschel, son of the late Alfred and Catherine Dreschel was born in Detroit, Michigan on November 17, 1937, and departed this life on November 18, 2023, at the age of 86. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Saturday, December 2, 2023, from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. A memorial service will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Saturday, December 2, 2023, at 11:00 a.m...

Madge Strickland, daughter of the late Andrew Shemwell and Cinda Raines Shemwell, was born on March 16, 1933, in Lilbourn, Missouri, and departed this life on November 20, 2023, at the age of 90. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on November 24, 2023. Interment will follow in the Essex Cemetery...

Mina Voss, daughter of the late Clyde Unger and Eula Bland Unger, was born on February 10, 1938, in Swinton, Missouri, and departed this life on November 24, 2023, at the age of 85. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Thursday, November 30, 2023, from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Friday, December 1, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. Interment will follow in the Dexter Cemetery...

Joyce Palmer, daughter of Frank Carson and Patricia Washburn Carson of Bloomfield, Missouri, was born on June 28, 1962, in Sikeston, Missouri, and departed this life on November 23, 2023, at the age of 61. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie on November 28, 2023. Interment followed in the Bloomfield Cemetery...

Dianne Fish-Compoz, daughter of the late John and Carol Fish, was born on July 21, 1954, in Neveda, Iowa, and departed this life November 18, 2023, at the age of 69. No services are planned. Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter assisted with arrangements.

James Chism, son of the late Thelmo Chism and Imogene Springs Chism, was born on October 1, 1953, in Chicago, Illinois, and departed this life on November 21, 2023, at the age of 70. Funeral services were conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on November 24, 2023...

Mary Cobb, daughter of the late Miguel Trevino and Louise Aldaco, was born on August 4, 1949, in Crystal City, Texas, and departed this life on November 22, 2023, at the age of 74. No services are planned. Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter assisted with arrangements...

The Missouri Department of Conservation invites people to discover nature through Eagle Days events and by watching bald eagles around the state. From December through February, Missouri’s winter eagle watching is spectacular, according to MDC staff...

“For unto us a child is born,” said Greg Mathis opening the Dexter Christmas Reading. “Unto us a son is given and the government shall be upon his shoulders and his name shall be called wonderful, councilor, the mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.”...

The Missouri Department of Conservation invites people to discover nature through Eagle Days events and by watching bald eagles around the state. From December through February, Missouri’s winter eagle watching is spectacular, according to MDC staff...