Dont know how far back their archives go, but since Orville Hodge officed in CHicago, the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune carried quite extensive coverage of his troubles, and his entire career. Cant remember but it seems to me that they also carried a rehash story when he died. I am from that area. Check the web sites for those papers and see what pops up. The Springfield Illinois paper probably also carried a lot of info on Orville. The human interest aspect of his stealing, was they found the money in a shoe box,in a closet!!!!!!! Bob LegmDavis@aol.com wrote: > > Willing to pay copying/mailing expenses to anyone who can help me obtain the > obit for Orville Earl HODGE, b 1 Oct 1904 d 29 Dec 1986 in Edwardsville, > Madison Co, ILL. First wife was Margaret Dell CLOUDY; second was Viola > SPINKS or COOMBS. > > Yes, he was the ILL State Auditor in mid-1950s who was jailed for stealing > from the govt. A distant relative -- and my skeleton! :) In fact, if > anyone has/finds other articles on him willing to share, I'd be interested in > those as well. > > Any help appreciated. Sharon in Phoenix > > ==== HODGES Mailing List ==== > Searchable Archives at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > Archives help at: http://www.shelby.net/shelby/jr/robertsn/rwsearch.htm > New threaded Archives at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/