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Obit of Bobbe Roberts - Grady County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Sandi Carter   SandKatC@aol.com 
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The Chickasha Express-Star
13 September 2000

Bobbe Roberts

Funeral service for Bobbe Roberts, age 72, of Chickasha, Oklahoma, will be 
held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 14, 2000, in the McRay Funeral Home 
Chapel. Brother Gary Layman of the New Life Christian Church will officiate 
and Rev. Gary Bell of the First Christian Church will assist.

Bobbe Roberts was born on August 17, 1928, the daughter of Dr. Robert S. Ward 
and Lila Benson Ward, at Hobart, Oklahoma. She died on Monday, September 11, 
2000, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Bobbe grew up in Hobart and graduated from Hobart High School. She lived in 
Lawton for a short time and worked at Security Bank and Trust. While in 
Lawton, Bobbe met Charles C. Roberts, and they were married on January 23, 
1953. In 1954, they moved to Chickasha where Bobbe became the director of the 
Chickasha Opportunity Workshop. She ended her career at the workshop in 1979 
with 15 years of service. Bobbe later worked at Hermetic Switch for a short 
time.

Bobbe was a member of the First Christian Church. She was very active in the 
P.T.A. and other parent activities.
She was preceded in death by her parents, one sister, and one granddaughter.

Survivors include her husband, Charles C. Roberts of Chickasha; daughter and 
son-in-law, Charla K. and David Posey of Chickasha; grandson, Ryan Posey of 
Chickasha; granddaughter, Brooke Posey of Chickasha.

Interment will be in the Fairlawn Cemetery under the direction of the McRay 
Funeral Home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the New Life Christian Church Youth 
Group.

Service will be under the direction of the McRay Funeral Home.


Submitted by Sandi Carter