Robert Kanute Headburg was born December 05, 1892 to Robert C. and Charlotte (Johanson) Headburg in
Argentine, Wyandotte County, Kansas. He worked as a clerk in the Swift slaughterhouse shortly after high
school and later around 1915, took up the construction trade as a carpenter with the firm, Roberts & Shaefer
and was working in Las Vegas, New Mexico. He met Hilda Davis Moore who was born July 17, 1894 to Berry D
and Katherine (Hill) Moore in Rockingham County, Virginia and they were married in 1921. Moving to Somerville,
Middlesex, Massachusetts he landed a job as a construction foreman with the same firm he started with.
Robert and Hilda moved to Roanoke, Virginia sometime around 1934 where Robert remained a foreman with the
construction firm of Roberts & Shaefer, who were headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
Hilda Davis (Moore) Headburg died February 09, 1971 and is buried in Sherwood Burial Park, Salem, Virginia.
Robert Kanute Headburg died October 25, 1971 and is buried in Sherwood Burial Park, Salem, Virginia.
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