Alton has had one main newspaper for many decades and it's went through several name changes - Alton Telegraph, Alton Evening Telegraph and now The Telegraph. I'm not sure about Venice, but the obit may have appeared in the Granite City IL newspaper (?Granite City Press or Journal). It may have also appeared in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat (last printed in the 1970's or 1980's) and/or the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Venice also could have used an East St. Louis newspaper but I'm not familiar with those if any existed or exists today. Debbi Geer __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards� http://movies.yahoo.com/