From Our Files

Issue of March 31, 1999

Laura Mae Smith and Marcus William Isenberg were married Oct. 17, 1998, in Bunker Hill.

Thomas Spudich St. (78) of Livingston died March 27 at Community Memorial Hospital in Staunton.

Frances Marie Keune (79) of Walshville died March 23 at Litchfield Health Care Center.

Angelina Lena “Angie” Pastor (82) of Mt. Olive died March 27 at St. Francis Hospital in Litchfield.

Mary Louise Skuta (82) of Tucson, Ariz., died March 17.

Ronald M. Gilleland, Sr. “Moe-Dock” (51) of Staunton died March 28.

Otto M. Schnaare (97) of Edwardsville, formerly of Staunton, died March 28 at Eden Village Care Center in Glen Carbon.

Issue of April 1, 2009

The Benld Elementary School building was declared unsafe due to mine subsidence and its 700 students will be relocated to the middle school and high school buildings with a rotating schedule.

Candidates for city offices took part in a town hall meeting Wednesday night with citizens having a chance to ask questions of them.

Birth: A daughter was born to Jeremy and Lindsey (Thomason) Heigert on March 19.

Obituaries: Edgar H. Mansholt (93), Gillespie, died March 22; Forrest F. Curcuro (61), Livingston, died March 28; Ruth Marie Triplo (80), Benld, died March 26; Pearl P. Dumez (98), Gillespie, died March 26; Anthony Shane Howard (49), Carlinville, formerly of Staunton, died March 26; Brandon L. Peterson (20), Granite City, died March 27.