Obituary

This article originally appeared in the St. Louis Beacon. - Adolphus Busch Orthwein, a great-grandson of the legendary Adolphus Busch, founder of…

This article originally appeared in the St. Louis Beacon. - The Rev. Ben Martin was against the war in Iraq, both of them, torture, the death penalty and…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 6, 2013 - Bernice E. “Bea” Higgins loved to produce gridiron shows, coordinate golf tournaments…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 29, 2013 - Reggie Moore’s love of the circus took him into the ring, on the road and into the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 28, 2013 - Former U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton — a titan in Missouri politics who gained a national…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 17, 2013: During rehearsal Wednesday morning, many in the St. Louis Symphony orchestra played…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: Dr. Helen Nash, the first African-American physician on staff at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, was…

This article originally appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: The Very Rev. J.C. Michael Allen, who led the racially diverse, boisterous and often…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 5, 2013 - The Very Rev. J.C. Michael Allen, who led the racially diverse, boisterous and often…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 30, 2013 - Bernard Becker, M.D., a world renowned ophthalmologist who fought anti-Semitism as a…