Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Roberts, Helen F. 1953
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The Portland Review, Thursday, January 29, 1953

Mrs. Helen F. Roberts, 55, of Portland, received fatal injuries and her 
husband, Clarence, 61, was seriously injured when their car skidded on an icy 
pavement at Fruitport and struck a street Saturday night.

Mrs. Roberts, mother of 10 children, died en route to a Muskegon hospital.  
According to Coroner Basil A. Young, she died of chest injuries.  Mr. Roberts, 
whose condition was reported as fair this week, suffered fractured ribs, shock 
and face lacerations.  He was taken to Hackley Hospital, Muskegon.

Officers said the Roberts’ automobile skidded about 160 feet on the ice, left 
US16 and hit a tree along the road.  Mr. Roberts was returned home Monday from 
the hospital in the Neller ambulance.

Funeral services for Mrs. Roberts were held Wednesday afternoon at Neller 
Funeral Home, Rev. Keith Avery officiating.  Burial will be Memphis, Mo. 
Friday and there will be services there at that time.

Survivors besides the husband are four daughters, Mrs. Margaret Harshman, of 
Sullivan, Ill.; Mrs. Martha Lamphere, of Mason; Mrs. Marian Parr, of 
Whitehall, whom Mr. and Mrs. Roberts were on their way to see at the time of 
the accident; and Rhesa, of Portland; six sons, Clarence Edward Roberts, Jr., 
of Portland; Marcus, of Lake Odessa; James, in the navy at Jacksonville, Fla.; 
Jerry, in the Air Force at Las Vegas, Nev.; Terry and Timothy, both of 
Portland.

There are 13 grandchildren.  A brother, Hugh McIntyre, resides at Newkirk, 
Okla., and there are two sisters, Mrs. Mollie Moffitt, of Keosauqua, Iowa and 
Mrs. Gertrude Drain, of Winfield, Kansas.  

Mrs. Roberts was a member of Blue Star mothers.  Mr. and Mrs. Roberts had 
operated the cafeteria at Portland Manufacturing Co. until the plant closed 
last fall.



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