Mary Ann (Dille) Roberts 1843-1922

ROBERTS, DILLE, HOSKIN, PIPER

Posted By: Volunteer - Karen DaPra
Date: 10/2/2001 at 19:14:39

OBITUARY

Mary Ann Roberts, wife of Oscar Roberts, departed this life December 20, 1922, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. R. Hoskin, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Mrs. Roberts was born in Morgan county, Ohio, August 17, 1843, and came with her mother, Mrs. Rebecca Dille, to Iowa in 1848, where she has since continuously resided except occasional visits with her children.

On October 10, 1861, she was united in marriage to Oscar Roberts who preceded her in death Janurry [sic] 1912. To this union was born eight children, Mrs. Castilla Hoskin, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Mrs. Alice Piper of Douglas, Okla., B. Frank, of Washington state, Charles H. and M.T. of Cantril, Ia., Willis L. of Alttmont [sic], Mo., Roy L., of Bonaparte, Ia., Lester of Des Moines, Ia., all except one son, B. F., of Washington are present today. Besides the eight children she leaves to mourn her departure 24 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren.

Mrs. Roberts was a faithful member of the Methodist Protestant church, holding her membership in the Mt. Zion church northeast of Cantril. She loved her Bible, believed in its promises and endeavored to follow its teachings. A loving mother, a kind neighbor, a faithful Christian friend. She will be missed by all who knew her, and of her can be truly said, "She has done what she could."

How blest the righteous when they die,
When sinks a weary soul to rest,
How mildly beams the closing eyes,
How gently heaves the expiring breast,
Life's labor done, as sinks the clay,
Light from its load the spirit flies,
While heaven and earth combine to say,
How blest the righteous when they die.

Funeral services were conducted from the Methodist church at Cantril Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment in the Hoskin cemetery.

CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our heartfelt thanks to all the friends who rendered aid and sympathy during the sickness and at the death and burial of our mother.

The Children.

NOTE: Husband's obit posted elsewhere on this forum.

(Photocopy of this obit is located on page 3 of Obit Book A found in the Van Buren County, IA Genealogical Society's collection at the Keosauqua Public Library in Sept 1999. Name of newspaper and date of obit not given.) ORIGINAL POST 07 Oct 1999.

I am NOT related and am posting this obit for those who may find this person in their family history.