Roberta was born in the Oklahoma Indian Territory.
Roberta STANLEY married Alonzo Alexander STURGILL, 17 DEC 1908 in a little country church in Boerne, Kendall Co., TX.
Roberta's death occurred at the height of the great depression, but Lon scraped together enough money to buy a small grave marker for his wife and child. In 1936, San Angelo was inundated by an epic (500 year) flood. About 15-20 inches of rain fell in a few days. The water had nowhere to go but the Concho River, causing it to quickly swell out of its banks. When the water finally subsided, the town folks found many caskets that had been unearthed and carried away by the flood waters. Six coffins could not be identified and Roberta's was one of those six. They were all brought back to the Fairmount Cemetery and reinterred in the vicinity of their original resting places. Her marker and many others were gone forever.
Roberta STANLEY married Alonzo Alexander STURGILL, 17 DEC 1908 in a little country church in Boerne, Kendall Co., TX.
Roberta's death occurred at the height of the great depression, but Lon scraped together enough money to buy a small grave marker for his wife and child. In 1936, San Angelo was inundated by an epic (500 year) flood. About 15-20 inches of rain fell in a few days. The water had nowhere to go but the Concho River, causing it to quickly swell out of its banks. When the water finally subsided, the town folks found many caskets that had been unearthed and carried away by the flood waters. Six coffins could not be identified and Roberta's was one of those six. They were all brought back to the Fairmount Cemetery and reinterred in the vicinity of their original resting places. Her marker and many others were gone forever.
Roberta was born in the Oklahoma Indian Territory.
Roberta STANLEY married Alonzo Alexander STURGILL, 17 DEC 1908 in a little country church in Boerne, Kendall Co., TX.
Roberta's death occurred at the height of the great depression, but Lon scraped together enough money to buy a small grave marker for his wife and child. In 1936, San Angelo was inundated by an epic (500 year) flood. About 15-20 inches of rain fell in a few days. The water had nowhere to go but the Concho River, causing it to quickly swell out of its banks. When the water finally subsided, the town folks found many caskets that had been unearthed and carried away by the flood waters. Six coffins could not be identified and Roberta's was one of those six. They were all brought back to the Fairmount Cemetery and reinterred in the vicinity of their original resting places. Her marker and many others were gone forever.
Roberta STANLEY married Alonzo Alexander STURGILL, 17 DEC 1908 in a little country church in Boerne, Kendall Co., TX.
Roberta's death occurred at the height of the great depression, but Lon scraped together enough money to buy a small grave marker for his wife and child. In 1936, San Angelo was inundated by an epic (500 year) flood. About 15-20 inches of rain fell in a few days. The water had nowhere to go but the Concho River, causing it to quickly swell out of its banks. When the water finally subsided, the town folks found many caskets that had been unearthed and carried away by the flood waters. Six coffins could not be identified and Roberta's was one of those six. They were all brought back to the Fairmount Cemetery and reinterred in the vicinity of their original resting places. Her marker and many others were gone forever.
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