| Lookup Requests |
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Query Committee |
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| Our Query Committee
provides research services for available Colorado records at local
sources in the Denver area. A minimum donation of $20.00 per surname
is requested which will be applied to our library book purchase
fund. |
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| It is important that
you clearly state exactly what genealogy information you are
requesting along with as many details as possible to assist our
researchers. |
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| Send your written
request and S.A.S.E along with a book purchase donation check
payable to CGHS, Inc. at the following address. |
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CHGS Query Coordinator |
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Woody Trosper |
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P.O. Box 2074 |
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Centennial, CO 80161-2074 |
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| Please allow a few
weeks for us to fully research and reply to your request. |
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| Success Story |
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| A query was received
that cited the Colorado Cemetery Index. The initial search indicated
that the subject of the query was not in the Denver newspaper
obituaries. |
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| Melva L. (variously
written as Lorraine or Lorreine or Lorene) Standlea was located on
the Social Security Death Index. She was also found on the website
www.findagrave.com, which
reinforced the idea that she had died in Springfield, Baca County,
Colorado, on 27 Feb 1992. With this location and date in mind, the
newspaper microfilms of the Plainsman Herald (of
Springfield, CO) at the Denver Public Library were successfully
searched for an obituary. Melva was buried in the Springfield
Cemetery alongside her husband, Carl Standlea (1921 - 1984), and his
granddaughter, Ruthie Lorene Standlea (1951 - 1964), died of burst
appendix, child of Carl's son, Carl, and wife, Anna). |
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| This
younger Carl was the child of the older Carl and Betty (her maiden
name is unknown). Betty was evidently the first wife of Carl,
Sr., since she was listed as living in Madill, OK (and not in
Springfield), when her granddaughter Ruthie died. When Melva died,
Carl, Jr., and two sisters were listed as step-children, suggesting
that Melva and Carl had no children. |
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| The
obituary for Melva stated that she was born in Yakima, Washington,
on 19 Jun 1919 (the original query and the SSDI show 20 June 1919 as
her birth date). She moved to Pueblo, Colorado, in 1963, where she
met and married Carl Standlea - if she was married before, no
ex-husband or children were listed in her obituary. Carl and Melva
moved to the Springfield area after Carl retired. |
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| Hooray for a successful
search! |
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| Woody |
