Vernon Co., Wisconsin Obit:  Roberts, Thomas 

SUBJECT: Roberts, Thomas Obituary
SUBMITTER: Mary Schultz
EMAIL: mas2509@cs.com
DATE: Nov 04, 1999
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SURNAMES: Roberts, Stretchberry, Boldon, Fish, Brickles
HILLSBORO SENTRY-ENTERPRISE
Hillsboro, WI March 16, 1939

ROBERTS RITES HELD THURSDAY

Funeral services were held here last Thursday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock
from the Hart Funeral Home for Thomas Roberts, who was fatally injured
in a dynamite explosion Monday, March 6, 1939. The Rev. Raymond Warren,
pastor of the Trippville Wesleyan Methodist Church, officiated at the rites.
Burial was in the Hillsprairie Cemetery.

Thomas Roberts, son of John and Sarah E Roberts was born at LaFarge, Vernon
County, Wisconsin, on April 5, 1902. He passed away in Hillsboro, Tuesday
afternoon, March 7, following an accident which caused his death.

Most of his life was spent in Hillsboro Township, near Trippville. On October
19, 1921, he was united in marriage to Bessie Ellen Boldon, the ceremony
taking place at Hillsboro. To this union were born five children, four
of whom are living.

He is survived by his wife, four children, Floyd, Wanda, Thelma and Earl;
four brothers, Gilbert of Mauston, James and Cyrus of Monico, Wisconsin,
Gene of Trippville; one sister, Thelma, (Mrs. Green Arrowood) of Monico,
Wisconsin. He was preceded in death by one son, Gerald; his father and
mother; two sisters, and three brothers.

Mr. Roberts was a kind husband and father and a friend to all who knew
him. His untimely death will be mourned by a wide circle of relatives and
friends.




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