Services: 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, at Elliott-Gentry-Carder Funeral Home, Cabool.

Ruth Lorene Britzman, of Jackson, Mo., passed away at the age of 86 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo., on Jan. 19, 2019. Ruth was born in Iowa to William “Homer” and Martha Stewart on Nov. 3, 1932. The family than relocated to Missouri and she graduated from Ava, Mo., High School in 1950.

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Isaiah Buse has served as the publisher of the Houston Herald since 2023. He started with the organization in 2019, and achieved a bachelor's degree in business administration in 2023. He serves on the...