Duane Everett Roberts 1925-1941

ROBERTS

Posted By: Lorelei Rusco (email)
Date: 5/5/2011 at 14:30:37

Roberts, Duane -
Duane Roberts, 15-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Roberts died at his home north of Lenox at 3:10 Thursday morning, Jan. 9 [1941], following a short illness of pneumonia.
Funeral services were held at the Methodist church in Grant, Saturday, Jan. 11 [1941] at 2 o’clock in charge of the Rev. F. J. Robins, pastor of the Lenox Methodist and the Stringtown Federated church, assisted by the Rev. Ernest McAninch of Grant.
Duane Everett, oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Roberts, was born at Grant, Iowa, July 11, 1925, and died January 9, 1941, at the age of 15 years, 5 months and 28 days. He spent the greater part of his life in and Grant, until he moved to his present home near Lenox last March. His chief enjoyment in life was reading. This was fortunate, since never having been of a rugged physical constitution, other activities were limited. At the time of his death he was a sophomore in the Lenox high school, a member of the Grant Twp. 4-H club and also of the Stringtown Sunday school. This death caused the first break in the Roberts family since the death of his grandfather, Frank Roberts, who passed away on March 6, 1912.
Duane is survived by his parents, his brother, Ronald, one great grandmother, Mrs. J. B. Haworth of Council Bluffs, his grandparents, Mrs. Sadie Roberts of Villisca and Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Figgins of Grant as well as several aunts, uncles and cousins.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, January 16, 1941