SPRINGFIELD, Mo. Springfield has been around since the early 1800s, and many significant events have occurred over the last 200 years. Here’s a look at some interesting headlines and stories from this week from 100 years ago, according to the History Museum on the Square. August 1923 August 1, 1923 – President Harding is […]
Audrey Ilene Pollari (1929-2023) Boise, Idaho - Audrey Pollari, 94, died peacefully at her home on April 20, 2023, after a fall, diagnosis, and precipitous decline due to AML. She was born in Superior, Wisconsin, to Olga Johnson Bustrak and John Bustrak, and grew up in the rural township of Brule in Northern Wisconsin with her brother, Lawrence. Audrey was preceded in death by her husband, Calvin; son, David; daughter, Lynette; and brother, Lawrence. Surviving immediate family members include her daughter, Linda, of Los Angeles, California; son, Donald; daughter-in-law, Shanna; and granddaughter, Lauren, of Duluth, Minnesota (until very recently Boise, Idaho). Audrey graduated from the N.P Johnson Elementary School, in Douglas County, Wisconsin, in 1942, and graduated from Waino High School, Brule, Wisconsin, in 1946, with eleven classmates. As a single woman she started college in 1946 and received a Bachelor of Science from the State Teachers College, Superior, Wisconsin, in 1950. Wh