Avis Tucker championed journalism, charitable organizations

Tuesday, December 21, 2010 | 10:21 a.m. CST; updated 3:48 p.m. CST, Tuesday, December 21, 2010

WARRENSBURG — Avis Tucker, former Daily Star-Journal publisher, philanthropist and pioneer for women in the newspaper business, died Dec. 17, 2010. Mrs. Tucker, of Kansas City, was 95.

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