Huron County MI Archives Obituaries.....Roberts, Ralph Elmer January 21, 1945
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Ralph Elmer Roberts
April 11, 1925 - January 21, 1945
Mr. and Mrs. August Roberts have been notified by the war department that 
their son. Pvt. Ralph Roberts, is missing in action in Luxembourg.  Private 
Roberts was inducted into the Army in May, 1944, and trained at Camp Fannin. 
Tex.  He was sent overseas from Fort Meade, Md., in October. 1944.  
Published Times Herald (Port Huron, Michigan) Thursday February 15, 1945

Pfc. Ralph Roberts, Of Ruth, Killed In Luxembourg Jan. 21 
 
Ralph E. Roberts Published Times Herald (Port Huron, Michigan) Friday April 
22, 1949
Ruth. March 10 -  Pfc. Ralph Elmer Roberts, son of Mr. and Mrs. August 
Roberts, who was previously reported missing in action, has been listed as 
killed in action January 21 in Luxembourg.  He is survived by his parents, 
five sisters, Miss Edna Roberts, Saginaw; Arline, Joanna and Mary Ann, of 
Ruth, and two brothers, Levern and Leland, of Ruth.  Private Roberts was 
born April 11, 1925. and entered the Army May 10, 1944.   He trained at Camp 
Fennis. Tex., and Fort Meade. Md., and went overseas Oct. 6, 1944.  
Published Times Herald (Port Huron, Michigan) Saturday March 10, 1945

Ruth. March 15 - A memorial service for Pfc. Ralph Elmer Roberts, son of Mr. 
and Mrs. August Roberts, Ruth, will be held Saturday in SS Peter and Paul's 
Catholic church.  Private Roberts was killed in action in Luxembourg January 
21.  Previously he was reported as missing in action. He was born April 11, 
1925, and entered the Army May 10, 1944.  After training at Camp Fennis. 
Texas, and Fort Meade, Md., he went overseas October 6, 1944.  Published 
Times Herald (Port Huron, Michigan) Thursday March 15, 1945.


Hero To Return, Comrade To Assist In Last Rites 
Ruth, April 22 - The remains of Pfc. Ralph E., Roberts, 19, killed in action 
Jan. 21, 1945, with Jan. 21, 1945, with the 80th Infantry Division in 
Luxembourg, will arrive Saturday at the home of his father, August Roberts.  
Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Monday in SS. Peter and Paul 
Catholic church.  Rev. Frank W. Kaufmann will officiate.  The American 
Legion post of Minden City will conduct military burial rites in the church 
cemetery.  Sgt. Lavern Schock, a boyhood playmate, who was wounded in the 
same battle in which Private Roberts was killed, will be one of the 
pallbearers at the funeral Monday. 
Private Roberts, born April 11, 1925, in Sherman Township, spent his boyhood 
here and entered the Army May 10, 1944.  Sergeant Shock also entered the 
Army at the same time. They trained at Camp Fannin, Texas and Fort Meade, 
Maryland, before going overseas October 6, 1944.  Private Roberts and 
Sergeant Schock went into action together and were engaged in the same 
battle January 21, 1945.  Sergeant Schock was wounded and Private Roberts 
stopped to give him first aid before advancing further.  A few minutes 
later, Private Roberts was killed.  Sergeant Schock recovered from his 
wounds and has returned home. 

Private Roberts is survived by his father, five sisters, Mrs. Joseph 
Czolgosz, Saginaw; Mrs. Lloyd DesJardins, Port Huron, and Misses Delores, 
Joan and Mary Ann Roberts, all of Ruth; two brothers, Lavern and Leland 
Roberts, both of Ruth, and his grandfather, Frank Trepkowski, Bay City.  His 
mother, Mrs. Mary Ann (Trepkowski) Roberts, died October 24, 1948.  She had 
been notified that her son's remains were being brought home.  Published 
Times Herald (Port Huron, Michigan) Friday April 22, 1949



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