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Obituaries
Steve Jennings had one wicked sense of humor. It wasn’t mean or derogatory. It was lightning quick, delightful for others and so valuable to him.
Dick Cook, a member of the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame and a mainstay of area high school sports for more than five decades, died Aug. 6 at his Crystal City home at the age of 87.
Lauri Harris said her husband, James Oron Harris, always wanted to build a home secluded on many acres and surrounded by nature.
One of the best legal minds in Jefferson County recently died.
The first thing a person who’d never met Bill McKenna had to notice was the 200-watt smile and the Irish twinkle in his eyes.
The late Joe Pratte’s daughters say they are more focused on the happy memories they have of their father than the sadness of his passing.
