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Stanley G. Roberts, age 92, formerly of
Westbrook Road, Butler, Pennsylvania, died on October 2, 2009 at
4:38 a.m. in the VA Medical Center Butler.
Born August 21, 1917 in Wilkes-Barre,
Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late William A. Roberts and
Margaret Mae Grant Roberts.
Mr. Roberts was a funeral director at
Thompson-Miller Funeral Home in Butler for 25 years, retiring in
1982. He was a member of Eulalia Lodge # 342 F & AM of Coudersport,
a lifetime member of Coudersport Consistory Ancient Accepted
Scottish Rite Valley of Coudersport, Pennsylvania, a member of the
Syria Temple of Pittsburgh, the Butler Shrine Luncheon Club,and the
Caravan 14 of Butler. He was also a veteran of the United States
Army Air Corps, serving in the European Theater during World War II.
Stanley had been Judge of Elections for 16 years. He was a member of
First United Methodist Church for 52 years.
Mr. Roberts is survived by one
daughter, Marianne, and her husband, Richard Lidstone, of Poland,
Ohio; one son, Thomas A. and his wife Candace Roberts, of Tucson,
Arizona. He is also survived by a step- daughter, Betty Darlene
Smith; five grandchildren, three step-grandchildren; a number of
step-great grandchildren; his one brother, William L. Roberts of
Coudersport, Pennsylvania; two sisters, Mrs. Bertha Darrin of
Coudersport, Pennsylvania; Mrs. Jeanette Brown of Clarks Summit,
Pennsylvania. Also surviving is a number of nieces and nephews.
Mr. Roberts was preceded in death by
his wife, Betty Ellen Roberts who passed away in August 24,1997, and
one brother.
Friends will be received at the
Thompson-Miller Funeral Home, Inc., 124 East North Street, Butler,
Pennsylvania following church on Sunday, October 4, 2009 from 12 to
4 p.m.
Services will be held at the First
United Methodist Church on Monday, October 5, 2009 at 10:30 a.m.
with Reverend Dr. J. David Panther of First United Methodist Church
officiating. Entombment will follow in Jefferson Memorial Park 401
Curry Hollow Road, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
In lieu of flowers, memorial
donations to Syria Shrine Center c/o Children's Hospital, 1877
Shriners Way, Cheswick, Pennsylvania 15024 or the American Cancer
Society, Butler County Unit, Post Office Box 3014, Butler,
Pennsylvania 16001. |
A Life Remembered . . .