Edgar R. Lorenz
Visitation: 4:00 - 8:00 P.M., Sunday, January 21st, McCombs, Jackson
Service: 11:00 A.M., Monday, January 22nd, Trinity Lutheran Church, Shawneetown 
Shawneetown: Edgar R. Lorenz, age 80, of Shawneetown, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, 
January 20, 2001, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call Sunday, January 
21st, between 4:00 – 8:00 P.M., at the McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson. Funeral Service 
will be Monday, January 22nd, at 11:00 A.M., at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Shawneetown, 
followed by interment in the church cemetery. Rev. Howard Mueller will officiate. The 
Missouri Honor Guard will conduct graveside services. Friends may call at the church after 
10:00 A.M. Monday. Mr. Lorenz was born April 4, 1920, in Shawneetown, son of the late Martin 
K. and Bertha Kasten Lorenz. He and Berniece Schlimpert were married January 19, 1947. Mrs. 
Lorenz survives. Other loving survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Dwayne and 
Paula Lorenz of Sikeston and Darrell and Donna Lorenz of Festus; one daughter and son-in-law, 
Marsha and Jim Buchheit of Longtown; two brothers, Erwin and Melvin Lorenz of Shawneetown; 
and seven grandchildren, Nathan, Nena, Nick, Dustin, and Devin Lorenz, and Tyler and Alex 
Buchheit. Two brothers and one sister preceded him in death.
Mr. Lorenz was baptized and confirmed as a child, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Shawneetown. 
He had held various offices within the church, including church elder. During WWII, he served 
in the Army-Air Corp. He was an agent for the Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Company of Missouri 
for 40 years. He served as a judge for the Shawnee Township for 50 years, was a former board 
member of the Farm & Home Administration and a member of the Perryville American Legion. 
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to Trinity Lutheran Church in 
Shawneetown.