The obituary of Dr. Richard Korns appears in the March 17, 2009 edition of the "Joplin Globe" newspaper. it indicates that:
He was born on May 1, 1921 in Unionville, Missouri and died on March 16, 2009.
He was a son of Marion Dorwin and Gladys (Dooley) Korns.
He was a pediatric dentist in Joplin, Missouri.
He graduated from high school in 1938 in Kirksville, Missouri.
He and Betty Ann Eubank were married on June 24, 1943.
He graduated from the Washington University School of Dentistry in 1943.
He served in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1946 as a dental officer.
He entered private practice in 1946 and retired in 1990.
Was a member of St. Philip's Episcopal Church.
After the death of his first wife, he married Margaret Jean Morgenthaler Wilson in 1975.
He was survived by a son Richard Eubank Korns of Missouri, a son John Barry Korns of Mexico, and a daughter Ann Korns.
The following obituary of Betty Ann (Eubank) Korns was provided by Lori J. Robinson, whose father Donald "Don" Earl Robinson was adopted and named by Fay Frances Harold (Korns) Robinson and her husband George Earl Robinson in 1930. The newspaper page was among Don Robinson's possessions when he died in 2021. Fay was a daughter of George Washington Korns, who was a son of Solomon Korns and Mary Fink.
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