Memorial for Robert Lee Roberts
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Born in Austin, IN on Aug. 17, 1953
Departed on Oct. 13, 2009 and resided in North Vernon, IN.
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Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009
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Friday, Oct. 16, 2009
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Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery
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Please click on the links above for locations, times, maps, and directions.
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Robert Lee Roberts
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Robert Lee Roberts, 56, of North Vernon, Indiana passes away at 12:19 a.m. on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Robert was born on August 17, 1953 in Austin, Indiana the son of Walter Lee and Mary Ann Sadler Roberts. He married Peggy Ellen Fleming on February 20, 1982 in Seymour, Indiana. She survives.
Robert was employed for 10 years with the North Vernon Forge in North Vernon, Indiana and prior to this had worked for Vernon Summer Furniture Factory in Vernon, Indiana. He served in the United States Marine Corp. He was a 1971 graduate of Austin High School in Austin, Indiana. He was a member of First Church of the Nazarene in North Vernon, Indiana and Alcoholic Anonymous. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, playing guitar and loved his dog Molly.
Surviving with his wife are two sons, Christopher Bowling and Blake Roberts both of North Vernon, Indiana; two daughters, Erin Mitchell and her husband Stephen of Dupont, Indiana and Mackenzie Roberts of North Vernon, Indiana; five brothers, Ronnie Roberts and his wife Kim, Tim Roberts and his wife, Billie, and Jonathon Roberts and his wife Frances all of Seymour, Indiana, Darrell and David Roberts both of Austin, Indiana; seven grandchildren, Amber Turner of Taylorsville, Indiana, Ashlee Bello of Elizabethtown, Indiana, Cole Roberts of Seymour, Indiana, Thomas Bowling of North Vernon, Indiana and Dalton, Ryan and Stephany Mitchell all of Dupont, Indiana.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his brother, Terry Roberts and his grandmother, Elizabeth Spicer.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, October 16, 2009 at the Dove-Sharp & Rudicel Funeral Home with the Rev. Dale Boyd officiating. Friends may call at the Dove-Sharp & Rudicel Funeral Home on Thursday, October 15, 2009 from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and one hour prior to the service on Friday. Burial will be in the Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Madison, Indiana.
Memorials may be made through the Dove-Sharp & Rudicel Funeral Home for expenses.
You are welcome to sign the guestbook and leave a message of condolence to the family at www.dovesharprudicel.com
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