I had no idea Thelma was born 1918...97 years ? I remember she asked me if this young man in Colorado could contact me about the Webbs...maybe our first Webb workshop !! On 4/9/2015 8:42 PM, Sheldon Jones via wrote: > Oh my goodness - Thanks so much, Larry. > Thelma was the very *first* person I got a hold of when I researched back > and realized I was a WEBB in the early 1990's and thus connected so deeply > to Southern Illinois and especially Franklin County. I remember the first > time I called her and we talked for over 2 hours. She was a very special > PHILLIPS and WEBB cousin, and I always tried to stop at Gerald and her house > in St Louis every time I headed to the Benton area. She helped me so much > and was the person who pointed me to contact Sheila Cadwalader thereafter. > Once I had the connections, we always had fun with the fact she was a cousin > to herself at least 5 different ways :-) > > Thelma Sadie ROBERSON was born 28 Sep 1918 at Benton and married Gerald > Miller FUGATE 29 May 1941 in Beardstown, Cass Co., IL. Gerald was born 23 > Jan 1916 Rinard, Wayne Co., IL and passed away 27 Feb 2009 St Louis, MO. > After Gerald passed away she moved to the Nancy's house - I thought she > stayed in that area; obit does not say where she passed away. > > She was d/o Rev. Ernest ROBERSON and Susannah PHILLIPS > Ernest s/o Demetrius "Met" ROBERSON and Anna Medora "Dora" WEBB > "Met" s/o Levi Yancey ROBERSON and Margaret Ann "Peggy" TAYLOR. > Dora d/o Samuel Silas WEBB and Julia Ann WEBB. > Susannah d/o Peter "Little Peter" PHILLIPS Jr. and Ala SUTTON > Peter s/o Benjamin Franklin PHILLIPS and Susannah WILFONG. > Ala d/o Lewis R SUTTON and Charlotte L COOK > > She will be missed greatly, > SRJ > (I do see obit from Charlotte: > http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/charlotte/obituary.aspx?n=thelma-fugate > <http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/charlotte/obituary.aspx?n=thelma-fugate&pi > d=174511099> &pid=174511099 ) > > From: Larry Lance [mailto:llance516@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2015 9:12 AM > To: ilfrankl@rootsweb.com > Cc: llance516@gmail.com; 'Sheldon Jones' > Subject: Thelma Roberson Fugate Obit > > Benton Evening News > Posted Apr. 7, 2015 at 2:11 PM > > FUGATE, Thelma Roberson, on March 19, 2015. We are proud to celebrate the > life of our mother, Thelma Roberson Fugate. She rose from modest beginnings > to build a full, successful life. One of nine children, she was born in a > log cabin in 1918 in Franklin County, Illinois, and grew up in Benton, > Illinois. She attended Southern Illinois University-Carbondale at a time > when very few women attended college and worked as a secretary to pay her > way through school. After seeing the quality of her work, the SIU president > asked her to work in his office. She graduated with honors in 1941 with a BA > degree in education and human services. > While at SIU, mother met Gerald Fugate. They married in 1941, six months > before Pearl Harbor. Their happy marriage lasted 67 years until Dad died in > 2009. During World War II, mother moved around the U.S. with him and held a > variety of office jobs to support the war effort. After the war, they > settled in St. Louis where she was a superb homemaker and raised a happy > family. > Mother taught us that you should never stop learning. She worked as a > substitute teacher, learned to use a computer, studied music and art, and > enjoyed singing, playing the violin, and painting in oils. She was a skilled > researcher who successfully traced her genealogy to the American Revolution > and then to the signing of the Magna Charta in 1215. She was an active > member of the Magna Charta Dames and the Webster Groves chapter of the > Daughters of the American Revolution. In 1962 she and Dad joined Ladue > Chapel, where she taught Sunday school, volunteered as a deacon, and devoted > time to numerous charities. > The family appreciates the attentive care given to Mother by the entire > staff at the Stewart Health Center in Charlotte, NC, especially Lois Hand, > Patricia Johnson, and Seana Robinson. She is survived by her four children > (Nancy Fugate Nye and Bob Nye of Charlotte, NC; Warren Fugate and Eileen > Kopchik of Pittsburgh, PA; Dennis Fugate of Godfrey, IL; and Alice Fugate > and Steve LoGrasso of Chesterfield, MO); five grandchildren; two > great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, the > family requests that memorials may be made in memory of Thelma Fugate to > Beverly Farm at 6301 Humbert Road, Godfrey, IL62035, or a charity of the > donor's choice. > Visitation at 8:30 a.m.; memorial service at 9:30 a.m. Monday, March 30 at > Ladue Chapel, 9450 Clayton Road, St. Louis, Missouri63124. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >