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James Fensterman
GRANITE CITY - James A. "Jim" Fensterman, 55, died at 11:15 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 1, 1996, at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Granite City.
He was an accountant at Defense Finance Accounting in St. Louis for 10 years. He was a U.S. Marine veteran.
He was a member of the Wood River Veterans of Foreign Wars, Eagles Lodge in Granite City, Holy Family Catholic Church of Granite City Mexican Honorary Commission of Granite City and Show Time Express of Granite City.
Born July 10, 1941, in Alton, he was the son of Ellen (Bridges) Fensterman of Alton and the late Don Fensterman.
He married the former Lisa Garcia on Oct. 18, 1980. She survives.
In addition to his wife and mother, surviving is a daughter, Camille Fensterman of Granite City.
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Jerry B. Rogers
Jim and I were friends since we were very small, mainly as jr members of the Main Street Methodist Church, along with about 4 or 5 other classmates. Jim, George Brooks, Don Gubser, Orville Sitze, George Lammers, always sat together up in the balcony during the Sunday morning service. About 90% of the time we behaved like we were supposed to, but there were times when we just really had a hard time with acting like "good boys". Seemed like someone always got separated from the group because of some sort of disturbance. We knew when the preacher looked up toward the balcony, we were gonna get "corrected" for something. Jim I'm sure is missed by his family, but also by me and our many friends.