Brines

Doris V. Brines, 93, died on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, at Staunton Health and Rehab Center. She was born on March 6, 1930, to Otho Gill and Pearl (Seeger) Gill in Shoal Creek Township in Bond County. She married Verne E. Brines on Oct. 15, 1949, at the First United Methodist Church in Mt. Olive where she was a member. He preceded her in death on March 9, 1999.

She attended Smith Grade School in Bond County and graduated from Mt. Olive High School in the Class of 1946. In 1970, at the age of 40, Mrs. Brines enrolled in classes at Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville and first ea...