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Family Memories


Ellyn Bartges

Early days of Girls' & Women's Basketball

Mary Bremer

Mary (Cagle) Horman Bremer shares her family's history through the depression, WW II and the good times.

Terry Brennan

Jazz musician and music teacher.

Janis Droegkamp

Peace Corps experiences throughout the world, and a Mother by Choice.

Burnell Heinecke

Burnell's early life in Freeburg, IL and education.

Jim Johnson

The General Manager and Superintendant of the Rail Golf Course of Springfield, Illinois.

LuAnn Johnson

Executive Director of Oak Ridge Cemetery -Lincoln's final resting place

Fernando Jones

World-class Blues musician, educator, and songwriter

Wendell Meeks

Growing up African-American in small town southern Illinois.

Rozanne Robertson

A young woman's career as a personnel manager during 1950s thru 1980s.

Jack Rooney

A native of Cherry Illinois and shares his insights of the Cherry Mine disaster.

Fred Smith

Touring the nation's Presidential Libraries & Museums.

Francie Staggs

A life of family and volunteering

Jackie Stites

Volunteer at the Elijah Iles House, Governor's Executive Mansion, and the ALPLM

Evelyn Brandt Thomas

Office manager and part owner of Brandt Consolidated talks about the family business.

Sandy Wheeler

Executive Director of the State Farm Golf Classic for 27 years

Betty Wrigley

A WW II Rosie the riveter, and post war wife and mother shares her life story.



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