Births 3/18/04

DeLuca

Daughter to Pete and Sarah DeLuca of Ballwin, Mo., St. Luke's Hospital in Chesterfield, Mo., 1:38 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, 2004. Name, Alexa Elizabeth. Weight, 7 pounds 2 ounces. First child. Mrs. DeLuca is the former Sarah Gragg, daughter of David and Tammy Gragg of Cape Girardeau. DeLuca is the son of Pete and Tana DeLuca of Wildwood, Mo. He is business manager at a neurosurgery clinic.

Keusenkothen

Son to Michael and Kara Keusenkothen of St. Louis, St. John's Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis, 1:33 p.m. Monday, March 1, 2004. Name, Samuel David. Weight, 7 pounds 3 ounces. Fourth son. Mrs. Keusenkothen is the former Kara Shrum, daughter of Jim and Ann Shrum of Cape Girardeau. Keusenkothen is the son of John J. and Annabelle Keusenkothen of Jackson. He is an F/A-18 international new business product support manager with Boeing Co.