Obit of Toombs, Roberta Leona (Zeller) - Washington County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Terri    16 Oct 2005
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Surnames: TOOMBS, ZELLER, DERSHEM, MATTHESON, NETT, REED, DYER, MARTINOVICH, 
LEESON, BUCHANAN
from 1-24-2003 Examiner Enterprise

Roberta L. Toombs

Roberta Leona (Zeller) Toombs, 87 of Bartlesville, died 2:55a.m. Thursday 

January 23, 2003 at the Jane Phillips Medical Center. Services are 
scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Saturday in the Walker-Brown Chapel with Rev. 
Ralph Dershem officiating. Committal prayers and entombment will be in the 
Memorial Park Mausoleum. Arrangements are under the direction of Walker-
Brown Funeral Home. Roberta Toombs was born in Oklahoma City on January 
11, 1916. She was the daughter of the late Samuel J. Zeller and Elsie M. 
(Mattheson) Zeller. She received her education and graduated in 1935 from 
Moore High School at Moore, OK. She and Robert Edward Toombs were married 
April 11, 1936, at Moore. They moved to Bartlesville in November, 1936. 
Mrs. Toombs was a homemaker most of her married life. She worked for Jack 
& Jill Children's Shop for two years and later had one of the first 
slenderizing salons in Bartlesville, called "Roberta's" which she owned 
and operated for seven years. Robert worked for Phillips Petroleum Company 
for 41 years as Supervisor of the Special Services Section of the 
Administrative Branch of the Exploration & Production Department. After 
retiring, she & Bob did a lot of traveling and enjoyed life. Robert E. 
Toombs passed away on August 26, 1993 and Roberta has continued to live 
here. Mrs. Toombs was an active member of the Virginia Avenue Baptist 
Church and had been a member for over 55 years. Roberta was a loving wife, 
mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and wonderful friend to many. She 
will be greatly missed by all her family members and friends. Surviving 
Mrs. Toombs are 2 daughters, Barbara Dawn Nett & husband David and Glenda 
Kaye Reed & husband Claude all of Bartlesville; 1 sister, Katherine M. 
Dyer of Moore; 3 grandchildren, Randall D. Nett of Ramona, Tami (Nett) 
Martinovich & husband Mark of Chesterfield, MO, and Robyn Leeson of 
Bartlesville; 6 great-grandchildren, Andrew, Aaron, Alex & Ashley 
Martinovich of Chesterfield, MO, Cearah Nett & Sami Kaye Leeson, both of 
Bartlesville, many nieces, nephews and a special friend Dorothea Buchanan. 
She was preceded in death by her husband Robert of 57 years, her parents, 
1 brother Samuel Zeller and 3 great-grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, a 
memorial in remembrance of Mrs. Toombs has been established with the 
Virginia Avenue Baptist Church, 132 SW Virginia Bartlesville, OK 74003.
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