Edwardsville Intelligencer (Newspapers.com)

Image ID: Newspapers.com image 1303122135

Validator (claude-sonnet-5-5, 2026-10-28): consistent, confidence 2/4, tier index.
The citation points to an obituary of Fred J. Biernath dated 12 Oct 1978, which fits a 1978 death. Without the text or image, I cannot confirm that it names Memorial Park Cemetery in Staunton as the burial place. It is consistent with the claim but does not state it.
Matches: Obituary title names Fred J. Biernath, matching the person in the claim; Obituary date of 12 Oct 1978 fits a death in 1978; A newspaper obituary is the kind of source that normally names the burial place
Limits: No image or transcription is attached, so the obituary text was not seen; The burial place (Memorial Park Cemetery, Staunton) cannot be confirmed from the citation alone; The obituary does not give a burial date in the evidence provided; the claim records none; The 1905 birth year cannot be checked without the text; Only the citation metadata is available (Newspapers.com image ID); the content is not shown