Services This Afternoon for 51-Year-Old Woman.
---Mrs. Emitt Roberts, 51, died early Saturday morning at her home in LaPlata.
---She was born Sept. 9, 1901, at Galesburg, Ill., and was a daughter of David N. and Bertha Viola Marquith.
---On March 2, 1920 she was married to Emitt Virgil Roberts. Three daughters and two sons were born to them, all of whom survive. They are: Mrs. Cleo (Joan) Gilliland, of New London, Ia.; Mrs. Arlis Strickler, of Burlington, Ia.; Twila Roberts, of the home; Emitt Ray Roberts, of Ft. Burlington Wood, and Gordon Lane Roberts, of Woodstock, Ill.
---She has four grandchildren, Helen Gilliland, and Stephen, Tommy, and Linda Stickler.
---Also surviving are four sisters and a brother: Mrs. Emery (Fern) Saffell, of Waterloo, Ia.; Mrs. Marie McGuigan, of New London, Ia.; Mrs. Olin (Vera) Hall, of LaCrosse; Mrs. Everett (Ruby) Billings, of LaPlata, and Wilton Marquith, of Rawlins, Wyo.
---Her parents and two sisters preceded her in death.
---She was a member of the Illinois Bend Christian Church and had lived most of her life near La Plata and Kirksville.
---Funeral services will be held this afternoon at two o'clock at the Christian Church in La Plata, with the pastor, Rev. R.L. Prather, in charge of the service. Interment will be in the LaPlata cemetery. The body is at the Wilson Funeral Home.
Services This Afternoon for 51-Year-Old Woman.
---Mrs. Emitt Roberts, 51, died early Saturday morning at her home in LaPlata.
---She was born Sept. 9, 1901, at Galesburg, Ill., and was a daughter of David N. and Bertha Viola Marquith.
---On March 2, 1920 she was married to Emitt Virgil Roberts. Three daughters and two sons were born to them, all of whom survive. They are: Mrs. Cleo (Joan) Gilliland, of New London, Ia.; Mrs. Arlis Strickler, of Burlington, Ia.; Twila Roberts, of the home; Emitt Ray Roberts, of Ft. Burlington Wood, and Gordon Lane Roberts, of Woodstock, Ill.
---She has four grandchildren, Helen Gilliland, and Stephen, Tommy, and Linda Stickler.
---Also surviving are four sisters and a brother: Mrs. Emery (Fern) Saffell, of Waterloo, Ia.; Mrs. Marie McGuigan, of New London, Ia.; Mrs. Olin (Vera) Hall, of LaCrosse; Mrs. Everett (Ruby) Billings, of LaPlata, and Wilton Marquith, of Rawlins, Wyo.
---Her parents and two sisters preceded her in death.
---She was a member of the Illinois Bend Christian Church and had lived most of her life near La Plata and Kirksville.
---Funeral services will be held this afternoon at two o'clock at the Christian Church in La Plata, with the pastor, Rev. R.L. Prather, in charge of the service. Interment will be in the LaPlata cemetery. The body is at the Wilson Funeral Home.
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