Alta Mae Dickinson Spooner

Birth 11 Nov 1903 Flagstaff, Arizona
Death 2002 (aged 98–99) Mesa, Arizona
Burial Valley Memorial Park Cemetery Coolidge, Pinal County, Arizona

Parents
Frank Lee Dickinson 1867–1925
Hulda Susan Smith Marshall 1881–1985

Spouses
Robert A Spooner 1904–1972

Siblings
Vaudrey Samuel "Sam" Dickinson 1900–1981
Edward Lee "Eddie" Dickinson 1906–1968
Frank H. Dickinson 1914–1998
Helen May Dickinson Moxcey

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Alta Mae Spooner Reid 
Obituary
Arizona Republic    May 10, 2002, Page 36

November 11,1903 to May 7, 2002

Was a native of Arizona with pioneer heritage.  Her father, Frank Lee Dickinson and mother, Hulda Susan Smith Dickinson traveled to Arizona from Missouri by wagon train in the late 1800’s.  Alta was born in Flagstaff.  She attended school in Flagstaff and Camp Verde graduating from High School at Clarkdale.  In 1926 Alta married Robert Spooner.  Daughter Barbara Ann was born while they lived in Clemenceau.   Alta worked as a bookkeeper and Postmaster at the Clemenceau Post Office.  In 1976 the family moved to Coolidge where Alta became the Railway Express Agent.  Rober died in 1975.  She became very active in Easter Star, serving as Worthy Matron twice for beloved Ocotillo Chapter.  She belonged to the Rebekah Lodge, The Women’s Club and the Presbyterian Church.  In 1987 at a class reunion in Camp Verde, she was reunited with an old friend, Marion Reid.  They were married in 1995.  She is survived by her daughter Barbara and her husband Jack Havens of Mesa, Granddaughter Holly and her husband Jerry Martinson of Pinetop; two sisters, Helen and husband Roland Moxcey, Mattey and her husband Joe Brashears of San Diego.