The following teaser is from an article posted in the Feb. 14, 2014 edition of the pressbanner.com website.
Seven hundred and twenty five miles later, a headstone found in a Felton backyard is safe and sound at its original resting place in Ojai, Calif. thanks to the intrepid research and stick-to-itiveness of three locals.
While clearing brush from their weekend cabin on Hillcrest Drive in Felton, Chris and Joanne Lunardi discovered a toppled-over headstone inscribed with the name Bobbie Lee Rice. The baby boy had lived only a short time, from October 21 until December 1, 1930, according to the inscription on the headstone.
“I was thinking, ‘now what do I do?’” Joanne Lunardi said this week.
The Lunardi’s, who were clearing the property after purchasing it from a friend in December 2012, weren’t sure if the baby was buried in a plot on the property, or if the 100-pound headstone had been moved from somewhere else.
