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03/14/24 09:53 PM #2049    

 

Linda Hicks (Montayne)

Our condolences to our classmate Vivian Darlene Hefley on the death of her son Brian Stilwell.  RIP Brian.

Brian Lee Stillwell
Wood River - Brian Lee Stilwell, 40, left this world to join his father in heaven at 4:04 p.m. on Tuesday, March 12, 2024 at his residence. He was born November 15, 1983 in Alton the son of the late John Stilwell and Vivian "Darlene" (Hefley) Newman (Mick) of Grafton. He worked as a cashier for Taco Bell and The Pump House in Wood River. Brian enjoyed playing play station, cards and was a fan of the Arizona Diamondbacks and Washington Redskins. He had a heart of gold, and he would do anything for anyone. He liked to kid around a lot and had many friends. He fought juvenal diabetes like a trooper. Brian was known for always wearing a beanie on his head. Besides his mother he is survived by one daughter, Heaven Marie Stilwell of Jerseyville, one brother, Doug Hefley of Alton, one sister, Cathy Sigman (Duncan) of NV, aunts and uncles, Beverly Rutherford (Charles) and Donna Oertel (Frank) and numerous cousins and friends. Besides his father he is preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Walter and Kathleen Stilwell and his maternal grandparents, John and Anna Hefley and special cousin, Teresa Rutherford Curtner. Visitation will be from 3:00 p.m. -7:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 17, 2024 at Bethel Church in East Alton, IL where funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, March 18, 2024. Burial will be at Rose Lawn Memory Gardens in Bethalto. Pastor Royce Roy and Pastor Ken Rutherford will officiate. Additional information and online guest book may be found at www.gentfuneralhome.com

Published by The Telegraph on Mar. 14, 2024.


03/16/24 12:33 PM #2050    

 

Linda Hicks (Montayne)

Happy Birthday to Jon E Brown, David W Johnson and Kenneth Kennedy. 


03/17/24 11:51 AM #2051    

 

Linda Hicks (Montayne)

Happy Birthday to Kathryn Novitskie.


03/19/24 07:34 AM #2052    

 

Kenneth Hise

Happy Birthday Kathy! We hope you have a wonderful birthday month.


03/20/24 10:15 AM #2053    

 

Linda Hicks (Montayne)

Happy Birthday to Randy Pace.


03/20/24 10:51 PM #2054    

 

Marion Foster (Dimond)

AHS Class of '64 is looking for the following classmates, to invite them to their upcoming 60th reunion this coming September.

Linda Jean Akers

Shirley Allsman

Jeannette Lorraine Ballinger

Laurie Margaret Bank

Jimmie Barbee

Charles Edward Barnes

Connie Beckman

Jerry Boyd

Mary Jane Bridgeman

Susanne Bunt

Juanita Cain

Michael Ernest Castillo

Ronald Chamness

Richard Connel

Earl F. Corley

Gwendolyn Ann Crouch

Michael Joseph Curdie

Dorothy Curry

Karl Zamar Davis

Susan Rae Denson

David Russell Dickerson

Becky Douglas

Roger English

Ernest Andrew

Ervin Marlene Gaither

William Gentry

Randy Godwin

Marcelene Ann Goring

Sharon Gross

Gary George Harms

Stella Marie Hartley

Randolph Lee Hempel

Donald Herrman

John Hill

Jeanne Marie Hinderhan

Vickie Holtwisch

Phyllis Kay Hopkins

Rebecca Jean Houston

Rosemary Hunter

Jessica Marie Jemison

Benjamin Thomas Jennings

Mary Ellen Jimpson

Sandra Johnsen

Sheryl Johnson

Martha Gail Judy

Rosalie Keys

Joyce Ann Kirsch

Tom Kortkamp

Joan Kuhl

Jackie Lynn

Linda Lou Maxeiner

Becky McCann

Maria Emilia Moenne

Barbara Moss

Paula Antoinette Northern

Bob Overmeyer

Carole Preis

Victoria Ethel Preis

Jean Marie Price

Gregory Radcliff

Joseph Deen Ravenstein

Thomas John Renken

Freddie Lee Richard

Harold Riddlespriger

William Joseph Romo

Janet Ruckman

Jim Sanders

John

Sanders

Ronald N. Schaumberg

Cozette Yvonne Scott

Richard Lee Searles

Sharon Shade

Nancy Lynne Shaw

Diane Adele Simpson

Patricia Ann Soto

Ralph Spears

James Summers

Frank Edward Taylor

Kenneth Theodore Theison

Wayne Ray Timmons

Virginia Kay Tinsley

Joseph R. Varel

Daniel Vondracek

Barbara Elaine Wagner

John Louis Weslick

Sandra Kaye Westbrook

Judy White

John R. Wickenhauser

Linda Williams

Lee Edward Witcher

Olivia Dee Wolf

Guy Wood

If you know the whereabouts of any of the above, please message me with their contact info.

We want to invite them to our 60th Anniversary Reunion, "The Last Dance".

https://www.facebook.com/groups/113720461145

Message them on Facebook, or here and we can pass along your info.


03/23/24 07:26 PM #2055    

 

Linda Hicks (Montayne)

Happy Birthday to Linda Lowe.  


03/24/24 09:12 AM #2056    

 

Linda Hicks (Montayne)

Happy Birthday to Patricia Hughey and James Earnest McCormick.


03/26/24 07:29 PM #2057    

 

Marion Foster (Dimond)

Our website received this email today. We've had other children of our classmates contact us, and we know many find us when googling for info on their parents. This letter sadly reminds us of the terrible toll the Vietnam War took on so many of our classmates. Hope friends of Tim will reach out and email him, and others will share messages here about not only Tim, but about the toll the war took on their lives and lives of other boys we grew up with. 

 

From: 

Zachary Heil

Email: 

uncleyak@gmail.com

Hi, My names is Zachary Heil, my father Tim graduated with your class at Alton High in 1965. As you probably know, dad passed away in Dec 2000 from colon cancer when he was far too young. Lately, I've taken an interest in my family's genealogy (how I found this website), I've also taken an interest in trying to learn more about my dad's personal life before my brother and I were born. The first desire to look into dad's past was from me seeing his picture in the '65 tatler where he was nominated with Diane Malone as most humorous. I loved that!

I was diagnosed with ADHD at age 43 in Dec 2022--I strongly suspect if dad were alive he would have fallen under that diagnosis… The thing is, Dad seemed to be thriving when he was in high school. I know he was high honor roll most of his junior and high school years if not all, and he was awarded a scholarship. But dad later also went to Vietnam when he was only 19.5. He was stationed at Da Nang for 4 years, and Da Nang was a primary storage location and was the port and runway for transportation for spraying Agent Orange (as well as the other rainbow defoliant agents). The base was also frequently attacked with rockets, mortar and other weapons, including during the Tet offensive, and there was also a massive munitions explosion on base in 69. I'm currently under the impression that dad's toxic, stressful and destructive environment of almost 4 years over in Vietnam is what lead to his cancer as well as his severe ADHD symptoms.

But the ADHD is the main reason I'm reaching out here. I was wondering if you could send out a message to other alumni or in any way help me to gather as much information/anecdotes about dad as possible (and pictures, too). Current consensus on ADHD is that it primarily has a genetic link--even if dad had ADHD before Vietnam, it was at least not debilitating for him

I want to know if anyone can share what he was like, at any age, since I know plenty of his classmates knew him from early childhood. I wonder if any of them spoke with dad about his experience in Vietnam after he came home? I'd like to reach out to Ken "Allan" Northcutt, since mom said they were close friends when they were younger. Did he or others think dad changed? …it's making me curious about how much just comes from dad's genes versus some other hereditary DNA/genetic damage…. like working memory and short-term memory, attention, intention, planning and multi-tasking among a host of other things we utilize for minute by minute tasks. Those were all things dad had severe issues with in his 30s and 40s, but I don't know if those debilitating symptoms were present in him when he was younger...

Thanks, Zachary Heil

uncleyak@gmail.com
 

 

03/27/24 09:05 AM #2058    

 

Linda Hicks (Montayne)

Happy Birthday to  Norman Crews and Janice Fleming.


03/27/24 09:29 AM #2059    

 

Stanley Feldman

Happy birthday Janice Fleming.


03/27/24 08:54 PM #2060    

 

Marion Foster (Dimond)

Happy Easter! Remember how as kids we dressed up--new clothes, shoes, and maybe a hat.

Clockwise from top: Barbara Drake & Buddy Rain, Susan Fields, and Jane Cooke. 

Share YOUR old Easter/spring photos here.

        


03/30/24 09:53 AM #2061    

 

Linda Hicks (Montayne)

Happy Birthday to Moine McGibany. 


03/31/24 07:16 AM #2062    

 

Linda Hicks (Montayne)

Happy Birthday to Janis Baxter. 


04/01/24 09:06 AM #2063    

 

Linda Hicks (Montayne)

Happy Birthday to Larry Barnett and Kathy Porter.


04/01/24 08:33 PM #2064    

 

Linda Hicks (Montayne)

Our condolences to our classmate Susan Fields (Batman) on the death of her husband Jack Batman on March 22, 2024


04/02/24 09:02 AM #2065    

 

Linda Hicks (Montayne)

Happy Birthday to Robert Redman. 


04/03/24 09:49 AM #2066    

 

Linda Hicks (Montayne)

Happy Birthday to Michael Jones, Rita Shoemaker and Charles Whitten. 


04/04/24 09:00 AM #2067    

 

Linda Hicks (Montayne)

Happy Birthday to Barbara Staehle.


04/06/24 08:56 AM #2068    

 

Linda Hicks (Montayne)

Happy Birthday to Gary Boyd. 


04/06/24 01:13 PM #2069    

 

Rick Vail

Besy wishes Gary!


04/07/24 05:26 PM #2070    

 

Barbara Ellen Young (Singer)

 

enjoy a wonderful birthday, Gary. sincerely barbara young

 

 


04/07/24 09:08 PM #2071    

 

Barbara Ellen Young (Singer)

 

  1. Happy Birthday Barbara Steahle We go way back to McKinley school don't we?I still remember the brand new cafeteria. The food was pretty good. What is it about sack lunches. The smell of bananas and baloney sandwiches always made me sick. lolj

04/07/24 09:23 PM #2072    

 

Barbara Ellen Young (Singer)

dearest Rita Shoemaker

watching you on Facebook. It looks like your life is very good. Praise God. So many memories. Hoping Joy is well. btw I am in Florida now. but will be back to Ca. soon. 

much love

barbara

 


04/08/24 12:40 PM #2073    

 

Linda Hicks (Montayne)

Happy Birthday to Wendy Swan (Wanda Kreider) and Jude Wiebmer.


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