Florine Alice Engelhardt

“A Life That Touches Others Goes On Forever”

Friends and family are cordially invited to say one last goodbye to longtime Poplar Bluff resident Florine Alice Engelhardt.

Visitation will be held at Cotrell Willow Ridge Funeral Chapel on Thursday, June 15 beginning at 6 p.m. followed by the recitation of the Holy Rosary at 7:30. On Friday, June 16 at 11 a.m., a Funeral Mass will be celebrated at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Father Daniel Robles presiding. Inurnment will take place at Sacred Heart Cemetery immediately following the mass.

In lieu of flowers, donations to Sacred Heart Church would be much appreciated.

Surrounded by family, Florine Alice Engelhardt, 95, of Hot Springs, Arkansas, formerly of Poplar Bluff passed away peacefully in her sleep Saturday, January 7, 2023.

She was born April 8, 1927, in St. Louis, MO to Floyd J. and Lucille M. Smith. In 1948 she married Dr. Robert Christopher Engelhardt in St. Louis. After a brief stint in New York City, they moved to Poplar Bluff, MO where they would build a home, raise their family, and develop many wonderful lifelong friendships, especially with the folks in their much-loved Friday Night Group.

Florine enjoyed life to the fullest and had boundless joy traveling with family to many beautiful places throughout the world, she especially loved going on cruises. She took immense pride in her collections of Waterford, Lalique, Belleek, and Hummels. She loved to shop and was always on the lookout for a great bargain. As an avid St. Louis Cardinals fan, she cheered her Redbirds to the very end.

In 2014 she moved to Hot Springs to be closer to family and fulfill a longtime dream of one day living on the water.

She is predeceased by her husband of 53 years, Dr. Robert Christopher Engelhardt, her parents, three grandchildren, Adam Matthew Wilcutt, Tracy Michelle Wilcutt, and Ami Elizabeth Beard, sister, Marian Lewis, and nephew, Jerry Lewis.

Loving survivors include her three children, Jan Wilcutt (Gary) of Easton KS, Jim Engelhardt, of Hot Springs, AR, and Judy Beard of Hot Springs, AR; grandsons, Shane Wilcutt, and Nick Beard (Brandy); two great-grandchildren, Adam Wilcutt, and Jacen Rye; nieces, Gail Wuebbels Patti Vollman, and Donna Lewis.

Cotrell Willow Ridge Funeral and Cremation Service is honored to serve the family of Florine Alice Engelhardt.