Roberta M. Smithburg 1930-2018

SMITHBURG, TOWNSEND, CAMPBELL, KEARNS, FLEMING, CHAPLIN

Posted By: Volunteer Rich Lowe
Date: 4/6/2018 at 10:31:52

Roberta Maxine Smithburg, 87, of Bloomfield, IA, and former resident of Milton, IA, passed away on January 13, 2018, in Bloomfield. She was born January 18, 1930, in Van Buren County, IA, to Glenn and Leota Townsend Campbell. She married Virgil Earl Smithburg in Milton, IA. Virgil passed away on August 15, 1997.

Roberta was a bookkeeper and had a tax preparation business doing taxes. She and her husband also owned the Milton skating rink and had a store where they sold antiques. While not working, she enjoyed spending time at the river at family gatherings fishing or on the pontoon boat that Virgil built. She was a member of the Milton Methodist Church for many years.

She is survived by a daughter, Barbara Kearns of Milton, IA; son, Wayne (Jean) Smithburg also of Milton; stepson, Robert Smithburg, and family of California; six grandchildren, Ambrosia Fleming, Miranda Kearns, Adrianna Kearns, Robert Fleming IV, Brandon Smithburg, Heather Chaplin; and 12 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; son, Glenn Smithburg, and a sister, Margret “Peggy" Campbell.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, January 18, 2018, at Wagler Funeral Home in Bloomfield with Pastor Kevin Mote officiating. Burial will be at Sunnyside Cemetery in Milton. Visitation began on Wednesday morning and the family present Wednesday to greet friends from 5-7:00 p.m. at the funeral home.

Source: Van Buren County Register, Keosauqua, IA; 18 Jan 2018

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