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Robert Lewis Roberts

Birth	:	2 Apr 1923 Sterling, Logan County, Colorado, USA
Death	:	20 Oct 2017 Sterling, Logan County, Colorado, USA
Burial	:	Riverside Cemetery, Sterling, Logan County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.5928001, -103.2296982
Description	:	Robert L. Roberts “Bob Bob”, 94, of Sterling passed away October 20, 2017 in Sterling. A memorial service with the Sterling Elks Lodge #1336 will be at 10:00 am Thursday, June 14 at Tennant Funeral Home. Private family inurnment will be at Riverside Cemetery. Bob was born in Sterling on April 2, 1923 at Good Samaritan Hospital to Dyson and Eulalia Lewis Roberts. On August 30, 1936 his mother Eulalia died and his dad married Myrna Elnora Ard Hagemeier in 1937. While in high school, he worked during the summers for Platte Valley Title and Mortgage Company, Coca-Cola Bottling Co., and... Read More	Robert L. Roberts “Bob Bob”, 94, of Sterling passed away October 20, 2017 in Sterling. A memorial service with the Sterling Elks Lodge #1336 will be at 10:00 am Thursday, June 14 at Tennant Funeral Home. Private family inurnment will be at Riverside Cemetery. Bob was born in Sterling on April 2, 1923 at Good Samaritan Hospital to Dyson and Eulalia Lewis Roberts. On August 30, 1936 his mother Eulalia died and his dad married Myrna Elnora Ard Hagemeier in 1937. While in high school, he worked during the summers for Platte Valley Title and Mortgage Company, Coca-Cola Bottling Co., and as a section hand for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad. He attended Park College at Parkville, Missouri from Sept. 1941 to June 1942. He then attended Northeastern Junior College from Sept. 1942 to March 1943. He was then drafted for World War 2 and reported on March 19, 1943. He was shipped to infantry basic training at Camp Robinson, Little Rock, Arkansas. On April 18, 1943, he married Donna Lee Matteson in Little Rock by a Methodist Minister and later by a Catholic Priest. Bob qualified for the Air Force Cadet training while at Camp Robinson and was sent to Miami Beach on July 19, 1943 for their basic training. He did that for a month, then went to the University of Florida at Gainesville for more college courses. He did a little dual flying there and then later went to San Antonio Classification Center where he classified for pilot, navigator, or bombardier training. He chose navigation and graduated on August 26, 1944 as a 2nd Lt. He had more basic and advanced training at Ellington Field, Houston, more at Roscrans Field, St. Joseph, Missouri, and then assigned to Air Transport Command at Long Beach, CA until he was discharged in Nov. 1945 still as a 2nd Lt. He had ferried planes to and from England, East and to the South Pacific, West. Donna and Bob had 3 children: Gary Lewis Roberts born Nov. 13, 1943, Gayle Lee Roberts born on Dec. 18, 1946, and Greg Lee Roberts born on May 5, 1953 all born at St. Benedicts Hospital in Sterling. On Jan. 2, 1946, he started attending the University of Denver and graduated in June 1948 after going straight through including summers. He worked for a printer, a clothing store, Sears Roebuck, and Landon Abstract Co. He also worked for Great Western Sugar Co. as a timekeeper in Brush after graduation until Jan. 1951. He then came back to Sterling to work for Platte Valley Title and Mortgage Company. He became a partner in this business with Howard L. Morris on Jan. 1, 1966. Bob was a member in many organizations and held positions including: Secretary and President of Travelers Protective Assoc. of America, Secretary of Sterling High Athletic Boosters (also a charter member and on the first board of trustees), Exalted Ruler of Sterling Elks Lodge #1336 from April 1964 to April 1965, President of the Land Title Assoc. of Colorado from June 1968 to June 1969, President of the Sterling Country Club from Oct. 1975 to Oct. 1976. On March 9, 1983, Bob and Howard sold all of their stock in the Platte Valley Title and Mortgage Company to Robert and Paul Muchow, the owners of the Washington County Abstract Company in Akron. He then retired after the sale.

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Robert Lewis Roberts's memorial is located at: Riverside Cemetery, Sterling, Logan County, USA.
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Robert Lewis Roberts death on 20 Oct 2017 in Sterling, Logan County, Colorado, USA
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Latitude: 40.5928001
Longitude: -103.2296982

Family Members:

Parent

Dyson Roberts

(1892 - 1972)

Helen Eulalia Lewis Roberts

(1893 - 1936)

Spouse

Donna Lee Matteson Roberts

(1923 - 1995)

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