Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Roberts, Coral Jeanette "Jean" (Wall) 2002 ************************************************ 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: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net June 7, 2011, 11:02 am Ionia Sentinel Standard, 2002 Coral Jeanette “Jean” Roberts, a longtime resident of Lake Odessa, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2002, at Tendercare of Hastings at age 94. Jean Roberts was born Oct. 2, 1908, in Dighton, the daughter of John and Florence (Burnham) Wall. She was a graduate of Ottawa Hills High School and Butterworth Nursing School in Grand Rapids. Jean took additional course work in nursing at the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor. Jean Roberts was employed as a registered nurse at Butterworth Hospital and as a member of the Red Cross Nursing Staff in Grand Rapids. She also worked at the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor and Herman Keifer Hospital in Detroit. She completed her nursing career at Pennock Hospital in Hastings where she worked for 32 years before retiring in 1970. Jean married LaVerne O. Roberts, son of George D. and Caroline (Neithamer) Roberts of Lake Odessa, on June 25, 1937. Jean was a longtime active member of the Zion Lutheran Church in Woodland. She was active in many professional and community activities. Mrs. Roberts was preceded in death by her daughter, LaVerna Jean in 1945; a brother, Clayton Wall of Pittsburgh, Penn.; and her sisters, Reva Wall of Grand Rapids and Bertha Wall Woolsey of Lake Odessa. Jean Roberts is survived by her loving husband, LaVerne; her daughter and son- in-law, Jan and Thomas Steury of Mission Viejo, Calif.; two granddaughters, Jenne E. Steury of Mission Viejo, Calif. and Denyee J. Steury of Laguna Hills, Calif.; three grandchildren, Thomas James Steury-Hennekam, Taylor Mackenzie Steury-Herrera and Lauren Elyse Steury- Herrera, all of Orange County, Calif.; a niece, Laurel Woolsey Moore Lapham of Cherry Valley, Calif.; and a nephew, Lennard Wall of Pittsburgh, Penn. A family gathering was held on Friday, Nov. 22, 2002 at Lakeside Cemetery in Lake Odessa. A family memorial service to celebrate Jean’s life will be held at a later date in Costa Mesa, Calif. Contributions to the C. Jeanette “Jean” Roberts Memorial Fund can be made at the Union Bank in Lake Odessa. Arrangements were handled by the Koops Funeral Chapel in Lake Odessa. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/r/roberts12845nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.7 Kb