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Dorothy Roberts
TAMMS -- Dorothy P. Abbott Roberts, 95, of rural Tamms, passed away at 4 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, at her residence.
Mrs. Roberts was born March 4, 1917, in Elco, daughter of the late Ira Bridges and Grace (Shaffer) Bridges.
Mrs. Roberts was the oldest living member of the Elco Baptist Church where she taught Sunday school for 25 years. Dorothy was a housewife and homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her first husband, Ora Abbott, Nov. 26, 1971; and by her second husband, Everett Eugene Roberts, June 11, 1985.
Survivors include three daughters, Geneva Heinback of Concord, Calif., Delores Bottom of Tamms, and Vermel (Lowell) Huckelberry of Jonesboro; stepdaughter, Sue Van Laningham of Pekin; one sister, Pearl Harvell of Anna; seven grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; 14 great-great-grandchildren; several stepgrandchildren; and stepgreat-grandchildren.
Services for Dorothy P. Abbott Roberts will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7, in Elco Baptist Church, with the Rev. Lacie Betts officiating. Interment will follow in St. John's Cemetery rural Dongola, Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday at Jones Funeral Home in Tamms and from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the church.
Published in The Southern Illinoisan on October 5, 2012
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Dorothy Roberts
TAMMS -- Dorothy P. Abbott Roberts, 95, of rural Tamms, passed away at 4 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, at her residence.
Mrs. Roberts was born March 4, 1917, in Elco, daughter of the late Ira Bridges and Grace (Shaffer) Bridges.
Mrs. Roberts was the oldest living member of the Elco Baptist Church where she taught Sunday school for 25 years. Dorothy was a housewife and homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her first husband, Ora Abbott, Nov. 26, 1971; and by her second husband, Everett Eugene Roberts, June 11, 1985.
Survivors include three daughters, Geneva Heinback of Concord, Calif., Delores Bottom of Tamms, and Vermel (Lowell) Huckelberry of Jonesboro; stepdaughter, Sue Van Laningham of Pekin; one sister, Pearl Harvell of Anna; seven grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; 14 great-great-grandchildren; several stepgrandchildren; and stepgreat-grandchildren.
Services for Dorothy P. Abbott Roberts will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7, in Elco Baptist Church, with the Rev. Lacie Betts officiating. Interment will follow in St. John's Cemetery rural Dongola, Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday at Jones Funeral Home in Tamms and from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the church.
Published in The Southern Illinoisan on October 5, 2012
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Dorothy Roberts
TAMMS -- Dorothy P. Abbott Roberts, 95, of rural Tamms, passed away at 4 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, at her residence.
Mrs. Roberts was born March 4, 1917, in Elco, daughter of the late Ira Bridges and Grace (Shaffer) Bridges.
Mrs. Roberts was the oldest living member of the Elco Baptist Church where she taught Sunday school for 25 years. Dorothy was a housewife and homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her first husband, Ora Abbott, Nov. 26, 1971; and by her second husband, Everett Eugene Roberts, June 11, 1985.
Survivors include three daughters, Geneva Heinback of Concord, Calif., Delores Bottom of Tamms, and Vermel (Lowell) Huckelberry of Jonesboro; stepdaughter, Sue Van Laningham of Pekin; one sister, Pearl Harvell of Anna; seven grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; 14 great-great-grandchildren; several stepgrandchildren; and stepgreat-grandchildren.
Services for Dorothy P. Abbott Roberts will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7, in Elco Baptist Church, with the Rev. Lacie Betts officiating. Interment will follow in St. John's Cemetery rural Dongola, Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday at Jones Funeral Home in Tamms and from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the church.
Published in The Southern Illinoisan on October 5, 2012
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Dorothy Roberts
TAMMS -- Dorothy P. Abbott Roberts, 95, of rural Tamms, passed away at 4 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, at her residence.
Mrs. Roberts was born March 4, 1917, in Elco, daughter of the late Ira Bridges and Grace (Shaffer) Bridges.
Mrs. Roberts was the oldest living member of the Elco Baptist Church where she taught Sunday school for 25 years. Dorothy was a housewife and homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her first husband, Ora Abbott, Nov. 26, 1971; and by her second husband, Everett Eugene Roberts, June 11, 1985.
Survivors include three daughters, Geneva Heinback of Concord, Calif., Delores Bottom of Tamms, and Vermel (Lowell) Huckelberry of Jonesboro; stepdaughter, Sue Van Laningham of Pekin; one sister, Pearl Harvell of Anna; seven grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; 14 great-great-grandchildren; several stepgrandchildren; and stepgreat-grandchildren.
Services for Dorothy P. Abbott Roberts will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7, in Elco Baptist Church, with the Rev. Lacie Betts officiating. Interment will follow in St. John's Cemetery rural Dongola, Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday at Jones Funeral Home in Tamms and from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the church.
Published in The Southern Illinoisan on October 5, 2012
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