Gladwin County MI Archives Obituaries.....ROBERTS, VIOLA J. "BABE" August 17, 2001 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Thomas Ladner tomdladner@yahoo.com April 27, 2008, 1:26 pm Gladwin County Record dated 08-22/2001 Column - 6 Page - 2 Viola J. "Babe" Roberts, 71, of Beaverton, died suddenly Friday, Aug. 17, 2001 at home. Born Aug. 26, 1929 in Beaverton, she was the daughter of Phillip and Bertha (Rise) Crockett. She was a lifetime resident of Gladwin County. Babe married Carl (Rich) Roberts, Oct. 6, 1951 in Beaverton. He preceded her in death in 1999. She was a cook with the Beaverton Community Schools, retiring in 1975 after 10 years. Surviving are two sons, James Carl and wife Patricia of Midland, and Jerry and wife Beth of Okemos; one daughter, Vicki and husband B.J. Higgins of Big Rapids; eight grandchildren; two brothers, Floyd Crockett of Hope and Roger Crockett of Beaverton; and several nieces and nephews. Services were held at 11 a.m. Monday at Hall Funeral Home, Beaverton with Rev. Henry List officiating. Burial was in Tobacco Township (Dale) Cemetery in Beaverton. Memorial contributions may be made to be used according to the wishes of the family. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/gladwin/obits/r/roberts3821gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb