Jane Heuring

Jane Ann Heuring, 82, of Cape Girardeau passed away Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021, while visiting her son in Anna, Illinois.

She was born July 17, 1939, in Ogdensburg, New York, the daughter of Harold W. and Helen E. Truax Witherhead. She married Paul "Chub" Heuring Sept. 23, 1961, in Morristown, New York.

Jane was a 1958 graduate of Morristown Central High School and later attended "The Hair School" in Albany, New York. After she and Paul married, they relocated to Cape Girardeau. She became a mother of three children and, after they were in school, she went to work in the kitchen at Cape Girardeau Central High School for 10 years.

Jane was a member of New Beginnings Church in Anna. She enjoyed quilting for family and friends and loved her cat, Gracie, very much.

Loving survivors include three children, Rob (Becky) Heuring of Anna, Dana (Tom) Bray of Hernando, Mississippi, and Rhonda (the late David) Wadley of Cape Girardeau; grandchildren, Sean (Emily) Heuring, Hannah Heuring, Megan (Dakota) Penrod, Nicholas and Taylor Bray, Trey (Chloe) Wadley, Caleb (Cassidy) Wadley and Eliza Wadley; eight great-grandchildren; two sisters, Elizabeth "Betty" Linson of North Fort Myers, Florida, and Nancy (Carl) Brown of Fort Myers; and a sister-in-law, Delores (the late Jim) Lynch of St. Charles, Missouri.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years; her parents; a son-in-law, David Wadley; a grandson, Austin Wadley; and two siblings, Pete Witherhead and Ruth Bogardus.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12, at McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.

The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13, at the funeral home, with Lonnie Lewis officiating. Burial will follow at Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson.

Memorials may take the form of contributions the New Beginnings Church in Anna.

Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting Jane's personal obituary page at mccombsfuneralhome.com.