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Robert Dunker

Friday, August 2, 2024

PERRYVILLE — Robert Lowell Dunker, 74, of Perryville died Wednesday, July 31, 2024, at Mercy Hospital Southeast in Cape Girardeau.

Visitation will be from 8 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 23, at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville. Military honors will be provided by American Legion Post No. 133.

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