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Originally Posted by ghfromaltonbay
UTS- Do you know what has become of the former resident? I remember several years back when she moved out of that house and lived across the street in a blue trailer on the former site of the Sunflower Garden Center. The house and the porch were overflowing with newspapers, cats, and household debris. I used to see her walking along Rtes. 11 & 28 scavenging for items, and once she was being escorted out of McGrath's by Pete who told her to stay out. Just wondered if that poor old soul was still around and living in that trailer. If the house is gone, it will remove 1 more eyesore from Alton. I always laugh when the town fathers give people a hard time who want to build, improve or expand existing structures since they are so worried about spoiling the flavor of Alton for those that drive into town, and yet there are places like this house that stood out like a sore thumb and nothing was done since "that's the way it always was".
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Her name was Delma Rollins, and died in January at age 94. Here's a link to an article in the citizen.
http://www.citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll...-1/citizen0107
She was a nice old lady, used to see her at the Wayside, sometimes swapping price stickers, sometimes "sampling" the cookies, and the manager would come over and let her know "that was enough for today".
I do think Mal Simonds recollection of how long the house had been vacant is somewhat clouded. We have only lived here since '96 and she was in that house then. thankfully, she has already passed away, and didn't have to see her home, as cluttered as it was, go up in flames.