Stories from Monday, December 24, 1990

Where there is no vision, the people perish. The Bible. Proverbs 29:18 Vision Is the Driving Force of Business Today many execs speak of a "vision" for their company. Far fewer are actually successful at bringing their vision to live through their associates. The following passage was sent to me, and although unfortunately we don't know its author, it's the best definition of visionary leadership that I've come across to date:...

Christmas arrives with a distinctive meaning for all people. For some, it can mean special gifts or festive gatherings or increased commerce. It is a time for family togetherness and remembrances of holidays gone by. More importantly, the holiday marks the greatest, most history-changing event of the Christian world. The birth of Jesus also symbolizes some basic principles of faith: peace on Earth, good will toward men. These are fitting and difficult times to consider those beliefs...

A mother with two children had moved into our neighborhood; the girl was about seven years old and the little boy three. That little Swede boy had the bluest eyes we, my wife and I, had ever seen. They came to our house soon and because they behaved so well, we liked them around, all the more since our sons had gone off to college and we were alone. ...

Daughter to Melinda Shetley of Zalma Route 1, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 2:13 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16, 1990. Name, MacKenzie Karen. Weight, 7 pounds 3 ounces. First child. She is employed at Arnold's Save-A-Lot in Marble Hill. Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Graveside service for Mrs. Henri Marie Mowery of Cape Girardeau will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Lorimier Cemetery, with the Rev. Faye Bumpas officiating. Mrs. Mowery died Sunday at St. Francis Medical Center after an extended illness. She was 27...

MOUNDS, Ill. -- Funeral service for Mrs. Helen J. Taylor of Mounds, Ill. will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Crane Funeral Home in Mounds. The Revs. Jerry Herring and Jesse Bellamy will officiate. Burial will be at the Mound City National Cemetery. Mrs. Taylor died Saturday at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was 62...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Service for Elsie J. Phillips will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Ford & Sons, Sprigg Street Chapel, with Rev. Ed Stovall officiating. Burial will be in Lindsey Cemetery, at McClure, Ill. Friends may call at the funeral home Tuesday from 4 to 8 p.m...

JACKSON -- A memorial service for Mrs. Patricia McQuay will be held Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mark Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau, with Rev. Craig Nessen officiating. Friends may call between 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mark's Church...

MOUNDS, Ill. -- Robert A. Price, 76, of Mounds died Sunday at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Jones Funeral Home in Villa Ridge, Ill.

PERRYVILLE -- Service for Woodrow Wilson will be Thursday at 10 a.m. at Young & Sons Chapel here with Rev. Jerry Statler officiating. Burial will be in Home Cemetery in Perryville. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Wednesday. Wilson, 78 years old, died Saturday, Dec. 22, 1990 at Perry County Memorial Hospital here...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Kathryn Stein, 81 years old, of Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, Dec. 23, 1990 at the Chateau Girardeau Health Center. Service Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Fords & Sons Funeral Homes.