Helen Frances Schwenoha, co-founder of now-defunct but fondly remembered The Tropics restaurant in Lincoln, Illinois, died Feb. 28 at age 95 in Los Osos, California. The San Luis Obispo Tribune published an obituary on Schwenoha on March 18. Schwenoha was born in Augusta, Illinois, to  John Bradford and Mary Grace Compton. She married  Vincent John Schwenoha in … Continue reading Co-founder of The Tropics in Lincoln dies