Maude was the eldest child born to Francis Marian Staples and Lucy Brock, followed by James, Roberta, Brock, Henry, Ray, Preston, Myrtle, twins Oral, Orun and Rudolf in 1900 (eleven children over a 24-year period). Maude was a strong, hard-working woman. "She always had a vegetable garden, fruit trees, chickens, a milk cow and a pantry full of home-canned fruits and vegetables. In the early years, Maude did beadwork for neighbor women for extra money" remembers her son Dudley Rountree.
Dudley tells how the Staples house in the farming community of Bonita in northeast Texas was torn apart by tornadoes twice and Maude's young brother died at age five during the second twister.
Maude and her husband Andy were both born in Bonita and they married in 1891 and had eight children: Francis, Esther, Florence, Cleo, Dick, Narcia, Spencer and Dudley. They moved west to Wellington village in the Texas Panhandle about 1898.
Seeking work they moved to Lovington, NM and during the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919, many people in the small town locked themselves in their homes and pulled the shades to hide from this often-fatal disease. Maude bravely went out into the community to care for the sick. Although she was often in contact with this contagious disease, no one in her family contracted the dreaded flu that killed 675,000 people in the U.S.
Maude and Andy were able to retire to Menlo Park, CA and live out their years in comfort with their 11 children close by.
Dudley tells how the Staples house in the farming community of Bonita in northeast Texas was torn apart by tornadoes twice and Maude's young brother died at age five during the second twister.
Maude and her husband Andy were both born in Bonita and they married in 1891 and had eight children: Francis, Esther, Florence, Cleo, Dick, Narcia, Spencer and Dudley. They moved west to Wellington village in the Texas Panhandle about 1898.
Seeking work they moved to Lovington, NM and during the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919, many people in the small town locked themselves in their homes and pulled the shades to hide from this often-fatal disease. Maude bravely went out into the community to care for the sick. Although she was often in contact with this contagious disease, no one in her family contracted the dreaded flu that killed 675,000 people in the U.S.
Maude and Andy were able to retire to Menlo Park, CA and live out their years in comfort with their 11 children close by.
Maude was the eldest child born to Francis Marian Staples and Lucy Brock, followed by James, Roberta, Brock, Henry, Ray, Preston, Myrtle, twins Oral, Orun and Rudolf in 1900 (eleven children over a 24-year period). Maude was a strong, hard-working woman. "She always had a vegetable garden, fruit trees, chickens, a milk cow and a pantry full of home-canned fruits and vegetables. In the early years, Maude did beadwork for neighbor women for extra money" remembers her son Dudley Rountree.
Dudley tells how the Staples house in the farming community of Bonita in northeast Texas was torn apart by tornadoes twice and Maude's young brother died at age five during the second twister.
Maude and her husband Andy were both born in Bonita and they married in 1891 and had eight children: Francis, Esther, Florence, Cleo, Dick, Narcia, Spencer and Dudley. They moved west to Wellington village in the Texas Panhandle about 1898.
Seeking work they moved to Lovington, NM and during the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919, many people in the small town locked themselves in their homes and pulled the shades to hide from this often-fatal disease. Maude bravely went out into the community to care for the sick. Although she was often in contact with this contagious disease, no one in her family contracted the dreaded flu that killed 675,000 people in the U.S.
Maude and Andy were able to retire to Menlo Park, CA and live out their years in comfort with their 11 children close by.
Dudley tells how the Staples house in the farming community of Bonita in northeast Texas was torn apart by tornadoes twice and Maude's young brother died at age five during the second twister.
Maude and her husband Andy were both born in Bonita and they married in 1891 and had eight children: Francis, Esther, Florence, Cleo, Dick, Narcia, Spencer and Dudley. They moved west to Wellington village in the Texas Panhandle about 1898.
Seeking work they moved to Lovington, NM and during the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919, many people in the small town locked themselves in their homes and pulled the shades to hide from this often-fatal disease. Maude bravely went out into the community to care for the sick. Although she was often in contact with this contagious disease, no one in her family contracted the dreaded flu that killed 675,000 people in the U.S.
Maude and Andy were able to retire to Menlo Park, CA and live out their years in comfort with their 11 children close by.
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