Springville Herald | 1944-10-19 | Page 1 | Western Writer Dies at Home of Brother

WESTERN WRITER DIES AT HOME OF BROTHER Funeral services were conducted in the Mapleton ward chapel Monday Mon-day afternoon for Oba Alvin Robertson, Rob-ertson, 60, western novelist and short story writer, who died Friday Fri-day at 5 p. m., at the home of a brother, Frank Robertson, Mapleton. Burial was in the Evergreen cemetery, directed by C. O. Clau-din Clau-din Funeral home. Born at Crab Orchard, Nebraska, Nebras-ka, April 24, 1884, Mr. Robertson came to Utah in 1925. He had lived at Mapleton since 1937. Although largely self-educated, Mr. Robertson contributed to many magazines, was the author of the novel, "Rags of Reed Range," published in England, and was the author of several novels published in the United States and abroad under the pseudonym of Robert Crane. Among his better bet-ter known books are "Thunder In The West," and "Wild Blood." He also collaborated wtih his brother Frank in numerous novels and in short stories. His writing career began accidentally acci-dentally at the age of forty years, while he ,wa3 convalescing from a fractured leg sustained in a fall from a horse. He took up writing as a pastime, and continued for many years. During the past few years, ho had followed farming. He was unmarried. Survivors include two brothers, Frank, and Chauncey L. Robertson, Robert-son, both of Mapleton.