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(From "The Telegraph" Alton, Ill.) Fr. John Ostdiek, a retired Franciscan priest, celebrated his 100th birthday on Aug. 26, 2022, with the residents and staff at Evergreen Place in Alton. Ostdiek is a former professor of biological sciences at Quincy University. He has also conducted environmental research on the Mississippi Rover and served as an auxiliary chaplain at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D. C. Laura Orban, the director of Evergreen Place, led the singing of "Happy...
