The marquee of Barleycorn's club in Wichita conveys the grief of a community mourning the Kansans and other passengers and crew killed in a Washington D.C. plane and helicopter crash last week.

Dear Carolyn: My dad died last year, and I was with him and Mom for his final days in hospice. Since then, I’ve spent a million hours helping her with finances, cleaning out her house to sell and ...