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Ianeta “Neta” Te’o Olson
(Obituary ~ 05/11/20)
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...
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Leonard Alford Wheeler Jr.
(Obituary ~ 05/11/20)
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...
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Frank S. Sinsley
(Obituary ~ 05/11/20)
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. ...
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Tommie “Sue” Beisner
(Obituary ~ 05/11/20)
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.
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Helen McHugh Brauer
(Obituary ~ 05/11/20)
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.
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Meat supply dwindles as processing plant disruptions hit local retailers
(Local News ~ 05/11/20)
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. ...