Stories from Monday, May 11, 2020

Ianeta “Neta” Te’o Olson, 68, was a resident of Walker, Mo., when she passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 2, 2020, after a brief illness. She was born May 3, 1951, in Vailoatai, American Samoa, to the late Mr. and Mrs. Te’o Sapini and A’aifou Potoa’e Su’a...

Leonard Alford Wheeler Jr., 79, of Mt. Vernon, Mo., formerly of El Dorado Springs, Mo., passed away at 4:25 p.m., Friday, May 8, 2020, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Mt. Vernon. He was born July 28, 1940, in Thayer, Kan., the son of Leonard Alford and Flossie (Matlock) Wheeler Sr...

Frank S. Sinsley, beloved father and husband, passed away on May 2, 2020. He was born in Santa Ana, Calif., May 25 , 1935. His family moved from California to Oregon and finally to Missouri while he was a child. He spent his formative years at a farm, near Nevada, Mo., before working construction, then joining the Army for nine years, where he spent time in Germany and South Korea. ...

Tommie “Sue” Beisner, 78, Nevada, Mo., died on Saturday, May 9, 2020. Funeral services are under the direction of Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada. Additional information will be announced at a later time.

Helen McHugh Brauer, 88, died on Saturday, May 9, 2020, in Nevada, Mo. Additional family and service information will be announced by Ferry Funeral Home at a later time. View obituary and send condolences online at www.ferryfuneralhome.com.

Local retailers Walmart and Woods Supermarket have not been spared from the nation-wide meat supply shortage. Over recent weeks meat processing plant employees from across the United States have fallen ill in droves from Covid-19. Two weeks ago President Donald Trump invoked the Defense Production Act of 1950, keeping meat plants open for the purpose of protecting the nation's food supply. ...