From Our Files
January 12, 2022
Issue of Jan. 9, 1997
Kenton L. Smith (76) of Staunton died Jan. 5 at St. Francis Hospital in Litchfield.
John William Huntman (84) of Frontenac, Mo., formerly of Staunton, died Jan. 4 at a hospital in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Geraldine Layton (85) of Staunton died Jan. 4 at Community Memorial Hospital.
Margaret L. Allen (93) of Staunton died Jan. 3 at Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Staunton.
Luella Hosto (76) of Alhambra died Jan. 6 at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Highland.
Gustav “Gus” Brikner (93) of Worden died Jan. 2 at Village North Woods Nursing Home in Belle Fontaine Neighbors, Mo.
Alma Anna Scheller (91) of Mt. Olive died Jan. 1 at St. Francis Hospital in Litchfield.
H. Dave Frank died Dec. 13. Burial was in the National Cemetery (Jefferson Barracks) in Missouri.
Issue of Jan. 10, 2007
Craig Kelly resigned his position as alderman of Ward II after moving from the city, and Mayor Stein will appoint a new alderman in the near future.
Three fires in one night in Macoupin County on Jan. 2 were the latest in a string of suspicious rural fires.
The old Mt. Olive-Staunton Coal Mine in Williamson has been converted to a private fishing lake and opened for business on Jan. 1.
A son was born to Adam and Rose (Sparrowks) Kuethe on Jan. 4.
Obituaries: Joseph Clerico (81), Wilsonville, died Dec. 30; Verino “Baggio” Rolando (81), Benld, died Jan. 5; Edna L. Williams (38), Staunton, died Dec. 31; Virginia Frances Koch (76), Centralia, formerly of Mt. Olive, died Jan. 4; Minnie J. Boston (81), Benld, died Jan. 2; Florence J. Rankin (77), Bloomington, died Jan. 3; Theresia M. Mizerny (97), St. Louis, formerly of Staunton, died Jan. 3; Larry D. Haynes (62), Worden, died Jan. 2; Ruth Ann Laws (78), Wood River, formerly of Worden, died Jan. 3; Duncan Gray Campbell (86), Gillespie, died Jan. 5; William E. Seidel (87), Staunton, died Jan. 3; Alvin “Windy” Danni (91), Gillespie, died Jan. 2; Florence A. Tjaden (89), New Douglas, died Jan. 6; Kathleen Marie Dobrinic Rowell (65), Springfield, formerly of Mt. Olive, died Jan. 2; Michael M. Popovich (86), Mt. Clare, died Jan. 5.
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