John Irvin Sturgis, I

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• Name: John I Sturgis
• Name: John Stinger
• Name: John Sturgess
• Residence: 1930, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head

John married Bessie Roller on 12 May 1909 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. Bessie (daughter of Harry White and Katie M Roller) was born on 20 Jun 1887 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 6 Mar 1939 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: William H Stergis
• Burial Location: 2 Mar 1910, 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
• Obituary: 2 Mar 1910, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA

Notes:

Buried:
Lincoln Cemetery

Other Events:

• Name: John Sturgess
• Name: John Sturgis Jr
• Residence: 1930, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son
• Residence: 1940, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; Relation to Head: Self; Relative Relation to Head: Wife
• Obituary: 22 Jul 1998, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA

Notes:

John Sturgis Jr., 87, owned hotel John Irvin Sturgis Jr., 87, of 4161 Sixth Ave., Los Angeles, formerly of Lancaster, died July 10 at home of natural causes.
Sturgis owned and operated a small hotel and nightclub in Lancaster for 26 years. He previously served on the Harrisburg Police Force for 10 years. He was a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church, Lancaster. He graduated from John Harris High School, where he excelled in a variety of athletics. He was a five-letter man known as Flying Cloud to football fans, v He earned an athletic scholarship to Lincoln University and then attended Morgan State College, Baltimore. He was inducted into Morgan States Football Hall of Fame and was known as one of four football Four Horsemen. Born in Harrisburg, he was the son of the late John Irvin Sr. and Bessie Roller Sturgis. He was married to Sadie Elizabeth Brown Sturgis for 62 years. Surviving in addition to his wife are five daughters, Loretta Brown, Caryn Hobbs and Tanya Sturgis, all of Los Angeles, Kathleen Boyce of Lancaster and Gaye Bennin of Minneapolis; 16 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.

Family/Spouse: Sadie Elizabeth Brown. Sadie (daughter of George Winston Brown and Florence R Coleman) was born on 13 Jan 1916 in Rappahannock, Virginia, USA; died on 12 Sep 2007. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]