A daughter of the late Robert and Dora Morrison McLachlan, she was born Jan. 27, 1927, in Ernest.
Roberta was a graduate of Indiana Area School District and the Maison Felix Beauty School. She was a teacher's aide at Indiana Junior High School and a homemaker. Roberta was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, the Church Altar Guild, AARP, Junior Women's Civic Club and a life member of Indiana Regional Medical Center Hospital Auxiliary. Later in life, she became a member of the Red Hat Society.
She is survived by three children: Lana J. Buchanan, William G. Buchanan, Jr. and wife Rosemary and Robert M. Buchanan and wife Tammy; eight grandchildren: Shelly Droz (Brian), Alicia Marcoline (Jon), Carrie Wood (James), William M. Buchanan (Amy), Christopher Buchanan, Michael Buchanan, Julie Buchanan and Stefanie Buchanan; 10 great-grandchildren; a sister-in-law, Sandy Buchanan and numerous loving nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William G. Buchanan, Sr.; her sister, Betty Jones (Kyle); her brother-in-law, Meade Buchanan and her sister-in-law, Jane Buchanan.
Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery Mausoleum.
Robinson Lytle Shoemaker Funeral Home, Indiana, Pa.
A daughter of the late Robert and Dora Morrison McLachlan, she was born Jan. 27, 1927, in Ernest.
Roberta was a graduate of Indiana Area School District and the Maison Felix Beauty School. She was a teacher's aide at Indiana Junior High School and a homemaker. Roberta was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, the Church Altar Guild, AARP, Junior Women's Civic Club and a life member of Indiana Regional Medical Center Hospital Auxiliary. Later in life, she became a member of the Red Hat Society.
She is survived by three children: Lana J. Buchanan, William G. Buchanan, Jr. and wife Rosemary and Robert M. Buchanan and wife Tammy; eight grandchildren: Shelly Droz (Brian), Alicia Marcoline (Jon), Carrie Wood (James), William M. Buchanan (Amy), Christopher Buchanan, Michael Buchanan, Julie Buchanan and Stefanie Buchanan; 10 great-grandchildren; a sister-in-law, Sandy Buchanan and numerous loving nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William G. Buchanan, Sr.; her sister, Betty Jones (Kyle); her brother-in-law, Meade Buchanan and her sister-in-law, Jane Buchanan.
Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery Mausoleum.
Robinson Lytle Shoemaker Funeral Home, Indiana, Pa.
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