OBIT: Grace (HERSHBERGER) ROBERTS, 2004, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  GRACE ROBERTS
  May 18, 1921 
  July 18, 2004
  
    Grace Roberts, 83, died Sunday, July 18, 2004, at Goodwill Mennonite Home.
    Born May 18, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Menno and Minnie
  (Yoder) Hershberger.
    On December 9, 1959, she married Rev. Robert C. Roberts, who died April 3,
  1968.  In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by
  two brothers: Alvin and Ray Hershberger; seven sisters: Annie Beachy, Ivy
  Hershberger, Freda Yommer, Ada Swartzentruber, Mabel Yoder, Ruth Tice and
  Edna Yoder.
    She is survived by a daughter, Carol Jeanne Higginbotham and husband Jim,
  of Fernandine Beach, Fla.; two grandsons: Max and David Standel; one
  great-granddaughter; one stepson, Branson Roberts, Collegeville; four
  step-daughters: Dorothy Alcorn, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada; Thelma
  Sunberg, Joann Sheetz, and Lois Howard, Quincy, Mass.; 21
  step-grandchildren; 43 step-great-grandchildren; one sister, Lela Bender,
  Grantsville, Md.; two sisters-in-law: Grace Hershberger, Springs; and Mary
  Jane Hershberger, Kalona, Iowa; and a number of nieces and nephews.
    She was a member of God's Ark of Safety Ministry. For a number of years
  she was a dormitory supervisor at Gallaudet College for the deaf,
  Washington, D.C. More recently, she was a caregiver for elderly people.
    At Grace's request, she donated her body to the Maryland State Anatomy
  Board, Baltimore, Md.
    A memorial service is planned for 2 p.m. on Friday, July 23 at the Maple
  Glen Mennonite Church, Dorsey Hotel Rd., Grantsville, Md.  Friends will be
  received at the church one hour prior to the service.
    Memorial contributions may be directed to the Holy Land Christian Mission,
  Kansas City, MO  64101 or Hospice of Garrett County.
  
  7/22/2004  New Republic