Obituaries across five states remember volunteers, veterans and professionals

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The articles report the deaths of five people: Shirley Knott, a longtime Missouri textile-factory manager, farm owner and church volunteer; Barbara Howeth Strock of Henderson; Dawn Marie Lewis, who served New Haven for 30 years through city fire, police and parks departments; Sheri Jeanine Blair Shelley, a CPA and KPMG IT professional active in her church; and Joe “Mason” Kash, a U.S. Army veteran and independent pharmacist in Kentucky. The notices also describe their families, interests and funeral or memorial arrangements.

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