C.S. STANLEY DIES WEDNESDAY
Charles Spencer Stanley, 41, nationally-known polo star, died at El Reno at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday after becoming too hot in a polo game Wednesday afternoon at El Reno.
Born November 25, 1905 [sic], at Valliant, he was reared there and graduated from Valliant high school before going to the University of Oklahoma where he started his polo career.
He had played with such nationally known polo players as the late Will Rogers, Big Boy Williams, Jim Menick and others. He resided in California for many years prior to the war, and he was in the merchant marine during the war, moving to El Reno about a year ago.
He was a member of the Methodist church.
Survivors include two brothers, Neal Stanley, Idabel, and W.R. Stanley, Los Angeles, and one sister, Mrs. Marvin L. Sawyer, Oklahoma City.
McCurtain County Genealogy Society
Idabel Public Library
Cemetery Card Files
{thanks to FAG member Brandon O'Rear for this article.}
C.S. STANLEY DIES WEDNESDAY
Charles Spencer Stanley, 41, nationally-known polo star, died at El Reno at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday after becoming too hot in a polo game Wednesday afternoon at El Reno.
Born November 25, 1905 [sic], at Valliant, he was reared there and graduated from Valliant high school before going to the University of Oklahoma where he started his polo career.
He had played with such nationally known polo players as the late Will Rogers, Big Boy Williams, Jim Menick and others. He resided in California for many years prior to the war, and he was in the merchant marine during the war, moving to El Reno about a year ago.
He was a member of the Methodist church.
Survivors include two brothers, Neal Stanley, Idabel, and W.R. Stanley, Los Angeles, and one sister, Mrs. Marvin L. Sawyer, Oklahoma City.
McCurtain County Genealogy Society
Idabel Public Library
Cemetery Card Files
{thanks to FAG member Brandon O'Rear for this article.}
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