This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Coyle, Standley Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VW.2ADE/1033.2 Message Board Post: Here's her obit..if you'd like the paper copy for your records send me your mailing address to Sto4us@aol.com Hope this helps...Alma Merced Express, Merced, CA. Friday, Dec. 15, 1899 Mrs. Sarah Standley, an aged lady, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. M. Coyle, near Cottonwood on Tuesday last. She had been in failing health for some months, and her death was not un expected. Mrs. Standley was a native of Illinois, and was nearly ninety years of age. She came across the plains to California in 1854. The funeral was held at Cottonwood to-day. --- Newman Index, Dec, 7th.