Elma Ruth Staten

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McCombs Funeral Home Inc. - Jackson

Posted events

February 23, 2026

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Funeral service

10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Greater Dimension Ministries

723 Hackberry Street, Cape Girardeau, MO 63703

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Burial

12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Russell Heights Cemetery

435 S. Farmington, Jackson, MO 63755

McCombs Funeral Home Inc. - Jackson

Posted an obituary

February 23, 2026

Elma Staten Obituary

The Rev. Elma Ruth Staten, 84, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026, at the home of a daughter in Leawood, Kansas. Elma was born April 7, 1941, in Kirkwood to Owen and Zella Glass Whitfield. She and Ronald Orlando Staten were marr... Read Elma Staten's Obituary