Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Poetic Obituaries: [Stephen R.] Kustra grew up in Glenview

and was a 1989 graduate of Glenbrook South High School. Always a writer, he wrote a poem called "Hope, The Pink Bug," which was put into a time capsule assembled by the school in 1987.

At the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, he majored in literature and creative writing. In addition to writing short stories and poems, he was a songwriter and guitarist. After college he played regularly at Grandpa's Place in Glenview, and he later played with several bands in San Francisco.

from Chicago Tribune: Stephen R. Kustra, 1971-2009: 'Free spirit' drawn to San Francisco

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