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Obituary:

Funeral service for Sophia C. Vaughn of Cape Girardeau will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel. The Rev. Jeffrey Sippy will officiate. Graveside service will be at 2:30 p.m. at Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis, with the Rev. Gary Byers officiating.

Vaughn, 80, died Wednesday, June 18, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center.

She was born Oct. 9, 1916, in Jackson, daughter of Karl Louis Henry and Minnie A. Pensel Heider. She and Paul Baldwin Vaughn were married Jan. 9, 1939, in Cape Girardeau. He died Dec. 22, 1990.

Vaughn lived in Belleville, Ill., from 1960 until moving to the Lutheran Home a year ago. She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Belleville.

Survivors include a son, Ronald Vaughn of Albany, Ca.; six daughters, Rosalee Schultz of Overland Park, Kan., Kay Carroll of Cape Girardeau, Mary Vaughn-Luhman of Gaithersburg, Md., Sharon Vaughn of Belleville, Karen O'Carroll of Chandler, Ariz., and Deborah Shank of Jackson; two brothers, Martin Heider of Willow Springs and Carlton Heider of St. Louis; 13 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother.

(Published in The Southeast Missourian on June 22, 1997)

Sophia married Paul Baldwin Vaughn 9 Jan 1939, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA. Paul (son of Robert Napoleon Vaughn and Verna Izora Crow) was born 5 Dec 1911, Kennett, Dunklin County, Missouri, USA; died 22 Dec 1990, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA; was buried , Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery - Lemay, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Rosalee Carolyn Vaughn was born 18 Jul 1939, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA; died 8 Feb 2024, Blue Springs, Jackson County, Missouri, USA; was buried 15 Feb 2024, Missouri Veterans Cemetery - Higginsville, Missouri, USA.
2. K.F. Vaughn
3. Mary Diane Vaughn was born 17 May 1943, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA; died 29 Aug 2012, Gaithersburg, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA; was buried 8 Sep 2012, Parklawn Memorial Park and Menorah Gardens - Rockville, Maryland, USA.
4. K.L. Vaughn
5. Sharon Marie Vaughn was born 11 Sep 1949, Francis E. Warren AFB, Laramie County, Wyoming, USA; died 6 Mar 2001, Riverside, Platte County, Missouri, USA; was buried 9 Mar 2001, Valhalla Gardens of Memory and Mausoleum - Belleville, Illinois, USA.
6. R.P. Vaughn
7. Deborah Jan Vaughn was born 6 May 1955, Scott Air Force Base, St. Clair County, Illinois, USA; died 17 Aug 2010, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA; was buried 20 Aug 2010, Russell Heights Cemetery - Jackson, Missouri, USA.