To the editor:
Gabe Koehler and I were friends through high school. His loss makes us appreciate what we have. It's heartbreaking to lose a friend so young. I just want people to remember Gabe for who he was, not for what happened to him. He was too great a man to be remembered only by his tragic death.
STEPHANIE SMITH
Hillsboro, Mo.
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