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Submitted: 2/10/16 • Approved: 2/11/16 • Last Updated: 3/28/18 • R786973-G0-S3
Dec 19, 1928 - June 30, 2013
Roy Lee Roberts, 84, of Kirksville, Missouri, passed away Sunday (June 30, 2013) at Kirksville Manor Care Center in Kirksville.
The son of Ernest and Goldie (Goodwin) Roberts, he was born December 19, 1928 in Kirksville, Missouri.
Roy is survived by two sons and a daughter-in-law, Roger and fiancée of Novinger, MO and Stephen and his wife of Olathe, KS; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Janet of Tucson, AZ, Tracey and her husband of LaPlata, MO and Kelley and her husband of Troy, MO; nine grandchildren, as well as thirteen great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother,
Arthur Roy Roberts.
Roy was a lifelong resident of Adair County and was a graduate from Kirksville High School. He was employed many years at International Shoe Factory until retiring due to ill health.
Roy enjoyed animals, gardening, collecting clocks, fishing, hunting, and dancing.
Roy was a very devoted father and loved spending time with his grandchildren.
He was a past member of the Kirksville Moose Lodge 1751 and member of Hamilton Street Baptist Church of Kirksville.
Funeral services will be held 3:00 p.m. Wednesday (July 3, 2013) at Travis-Noe Funeral Home in Kirksville. Interment will follow the service at Lutz Cemetery, south of Novinger, Missouri.
Family will receive friends on Wednesday (July 3, 2013) from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. service time in the chapel of Travis-Noe Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Dylan Roberts, Tyler Munn, Brian Roberts, Justin Roberts, David Roberts and David Jacobs.
Expressions of sympathy in memory of Roy Roberts may be made to Lutz Cemetery. Memorials may be left at or mailed to Travis-Noe Funeral Home, P.O. Box 306, Kirksville, MO 63501.
Parents:
Earnest Arthur Roberts (1892 - 1961)
Goldie Goodwin Roberts (1894 - 1974)
Spouse:
Maxine Marie Jones Golden (1929 - 2014)
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