Obituaries – Tuesday, February 13th, 2018

Funeral services for Dr. Theodore “Ted” Ziske of Salem, age 92, will be held today at 1:00 at the Salem United Methodist Church. Visitation will be held from 4:00 to 8:00 today at the church. Interment will be in the Cedar Grove Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Healthy Dent County Fitness Center or the Bonebrake Center of Nature and History. All the arrangements are under the direction of the James and Gahr Mortuary in Salem.

Funeral services for Dora Nelson of Osage Beach, formerly of Salem, age 84, will be held Wednesday morning at 11:00 at the First Baptist Church in Salem. Visitation will be held at the church from 10:00 until service time at the church. Interment will be at the North Lawn Cemetery at a later date. Memorials may be made to the Riverways Pregnancy Resource Center. All the arrangements are under the direction of the James and Gahr Mortuary of Salem.

Funeral services for Frank "David" Wiget of Steelville, age 49, will be held Thursday morning at 10:00 at the Britton-Bennett Funeral Home in Steelville. Visitation will be held from 3:00-8:00 on Wednesday. A graveside service will be held at the Memorial Park Cemetery in St. Louis on Thursday at 2:00 after the funeral. Memorials may be made to the Steelville Schoalrship Foundation.

Memorial services for Howard Kenneth Miller of Jadwin, age 88, will be held Friday at noon at the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel followed by Full Military Honors. Visitation will be held from 11:00 Friday morning until service time. Interment will be in the Jadwin Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Dent County Animal Welfare Society.

Graveside services for Gary Leonard of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Salem, age 75, will be Friday at 1:00 at the Cedar Grove Cemetery. All arrangements are under the direction of the James and Gahr Mortuary of Salem.