Just to show her more respect than her headstone got!
WICHITA FALLS TIMES MAY 14, 1962
Mrs. Martha Casteel died in Hospital
Mrs. Martha Casteel, 94, a resident of Wichita Falls for 42 years, died at 4:30 A.M. Monday in a Wichita Falls hospital following an illness of several years.
She made her home here with her daughter, Mrs. C.A. Stearns of 1607 Elizabeth, her only direct survivor.
Born May 25, 1867 at Boonville, Mo. Mrs. Casteel had come to Wichita Falls from Dayton, Wash. 42 years ago. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Services will be held at 4 P.M. Tuesday in Hampton-Vaughn Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Foy Thomas, pastor of Grant Street Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Rosemont Cemetery.
1930 Census Wichita Falls Texas
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Augusta St?Orn? M 54 Texas
Wife May St?Orn? F 41 Kansas
Mother Mattie Casteel F 62 Missouri
I am guessing those are the Stearns she is living with.
Daughter born in William Henry Casteel and Martha E. Lehew
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FWFW-FB8WICHITA FALLS TIMES APRIL 9, 1975
Mrs. May Stearns Dies her Thursday
Mrs. May A. Stearns, 97 year old Wichitan, died Thursday in a city nursing home. She was born Jan. 21, 1888 in Kansas. Services will be at 2 P.M. Thursday in Hampton-Vaughn Funeral Home with the Rev. Richard Perry of the Grant Street United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Rosemont Cemetery.