Staunton Star - Times - Published in the Interest of the Staunton Community for Over 143 Years

Issue of April 28, 1999

A son was born to Bruce and Denise Cozart of Staunton on April 9.

Minnie Haustein (95) of Staunton died April 25 at Community Memorial Hospital in Staunton.

Mary L. Bellovich (95) of Livingston died April 21 at Community Memorial Hospital in Staunton.

Michael Stratmann (24) of Worden died April 21 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo.

Louis William Pauge, Jr. (72) of Mt. Olive died April 19 at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield.

Francis Pirok (78) of Norridge, formerly of Staunton, died April 14.

Issue of April 29, 2009

Cuts in ambulance service will begin May 4 due in part to failure of the fire department referendum in the recent election.

Douglas Jackson of Gillespie received a sentence of natural life in prison for the murders of his brother Kelly Jackson and step-father John McAfee.

Births: A daughter was born to Luke and Patty (King) Mason of Kailua Kona, Hawaii, on March 4; A daughter was born to Brian and Carol (Ainsworth) Bond on March 11.

Sanfred Rantenan and Mildred Nicholas celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on April 4.

Obituaries: Michael Semanik (81), Mt. Olive, died April 19; Alberta F. “Bertie” Schnur (84), Staunton, died April 22; Harold Lee Cook (56), Benld, died April 23; Linda DalPozzo (59), Staunton, died April 26; Alma Mae McManus (88), Mt. Olive, died April 24; Sherill M. Spurgeon (69), Livingston, died April 23; Ilene Taylor (84), Jamestown, formerly of Bunker Hill, died April 22; Kevin E. Saffel (49), Edwardsville, died April 24.