Stories from Monday, December 14, 1992

EAST CAPE GIRARDEAU -- It didn't start out be a particularly exciting Sunday for Bud Pearce. The high point on the day's schedule was an afternoon trip with his wife, Bobbie, to watch the Christmas tree lights being turned on. But once there, he learned that Sunday was Clyde "Bud" Pearce Jr. Day, an event attended by well over a hundred of his longtime friends and acquaintances...

A city concerned with progress must address two distinct avenues to encourage proper development. Leaders must plan and build streets which match city development, and then ensure those thoroughfares are properly maintained. To its credit, the city of Cape Girardeau is making headway on both of these fundamental matters...

SEDGEWICKVILLE -- Jane Elizabeth Foster, 82, of Sedgewickville died Dec. 13, 1992, at the Bond Nursing Care Center in Marble Hill. She was born Oct. 29, 1910, in Bollinger County, and was retired from the International Shoe Co. She was a member of the Yount Community Church...

JACKSON -- Erwin Pfeiffer, 82, of Jackson died Sunday, Dec. 13, 1992, at the Deal Nursing Home in Jackson. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at McComb's Funeral Home in Jackson.

MORLEY -- Floy Lucille Kirkpatrick, 86, of Morley died Saturday, Dec. 12, 1992, at the Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 25, 1906, at Blodgett, the daughter of Charles and Minnie Porter Dozier. On Oct. 10, 1925, she married Howard Kirkpatrick, who preceded her in death April 9, 1976...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Lawrence R. "Hog" Bittle, 87, of Route 2 Jonesboro died Saturday, Dec. 12, 1992, at the Life Care Center in Jonesboro. He was born May 14, 1905, in Alto Pass, the son of Walter C. and Cora E. Lingle Bittle. On April 6, 1939, he married Vesta Turner at Jackson, Mo. She survives of the home...