Obituary of Donna M. Roberts
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
DONNA M. ROBERTS
Donna Maxine Roberts passed away at the Andbe Home in Norton, Kansas, on March 7, 2019. Donna was born to George and Elva Madden on May 23, 1923, in Norton County. Her paternal grandparents, John and Nancy Madden, homesteaded in Norton County in 1873.
Donna attended schools in Norton and Phillips counties and graduated from Norton County High School in 1941. She worked as an addressograph operator in Kansas City, Missouri, and a money transfer clerk in banks in Denver, Colorado.
Donna married Vernon D. Roberts on August 17, 1963, and they made their home in Norton, where she worked for Ideal Truck Lines and New York Life Insurance Company. Donna was admitted to the Andbe Home in Norton in July 2018. Donna and Vernon celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 2013, at an open house at the Norton Senior Center.
Donna attended and was a member of the Norton Christian Church and was also a member and active in the Norton Study Club.
Survivors include: her husband of nearly 56 years, Vernon, her sister-in-law, Beverley Roberts, Ogallala, Nebraska; her niece, Patricia Miller, and her husband, Overland Park, Kansas; nine nieces, nephews and spouses.
Donna was preceded in death by her parents, her sister, Evalyn Butts Stevens, and brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law.
FUNERAL SERVICE – Tuesday, March 12, 2019—10:30 a.m.
PLACE – Enfield Funeral Home – 215 W. Main – Norton, KS
INTERMENT – Norton Cemetery – Norton, KS
MEMORIAL – Donna Roberts Memorial Fund
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