Dan Joseph Koehler, Sr. passed away Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at his home in Fairdealing, with his family by his side. He had been ill since October, 2019. Dan was born Feb. 16, 1954. He was a U.S. Navy veteran and a member of VFW Post 5741 in Leadington, Mo. He had worked for Missouri Pacific and Union Pacific Railroad for 36 years...

Edna Opal Stapleton Smith Brooks, 87, of Doniphan, died Saturday, May 16, 2020, at West-wood Hills Nursing Center in Poplar Bluff. She was a longtime Doniphan resident and retired from Vitronic Inc. after 34 years. On March 31, 1933, Edna was the ninth of 10 children born to May Belle (Wheeler) and Isiah ‘Zer’ Stapleton at St. Charles in Lee County, Va. Her father was a coal miner and World War I veteran...

Verna Iris Tucker, age 107, of Ridgecrest, Calif., joined our heavenly Father on April 30, 2020, passing peacefully from natural causes at the home of her primary caregivers: Her daughter, Sonja Giuliani and son-in-law, Bill Giuliani. She also received care regularly from her two loving grandchildren, Kathy Seals and Deron Giuliani...

Elmer Glen Williams of Doniphan was born Sept. 12, 1926 and passed away May 1, 2020. On April 24, 1950 he married Viola Pauline Williams and she survives. Mr. Williams served as a gunner on a battleship during World War II and saw action. He had owned Williams Grocery in Doniphan and retired from Sears and Roebuck in St. Louis...

Joe Glenn Moore was born in the family farm house Dec. 16, 1927 and died April 4, 2020. He is survived by his wife Rachel (Harms) Moore, two sons Patrick and Jonathan, several nephews and nieces, grand and great-grand nephews and nieces. His ashes will be interred along with Rachel’s in the Bennett Community Cemetery at a later date...