Harold Roberts Jr. (Died 1944)

ROBERTS

Posted By: John Davis (email)
Date: 3/8/2020 at 19:14:52

Obit posted in Ottumwa Courier July 7, 1944
Harold Roberts Jr. son of the Rev. and Mrs. Harold Roberts of Ottumwa, who died Friday in Kansas City during a vacation visit, will be buried in Ottumwa cemetery Tuesday at 10 a.m. There will be a short service at the grave, conducted by the Rev. Edgar Knight, Christian church minister at Oskaloosa. Services were to be held in Kansas City this afternoon, after which the body was to be sent by train to Ottumwa. He will be accompanied by the parents and Mrs. Roberts father. The all will return to Kansas City Wednesday. The Roberts boy, 12 years old, was stricken with infantile paralysis following the family’s arrival in Kansas City. They went there Sunday, July 2, and he entered a Kansas City hospital July 4. His sister, Janet 10, also is ill with the disease, but apparently is recovering. There are two other younger children in the family. The Rev. Mr. Roberts is pastor of the First Christian church here and is prominent in Ottumwa religious and civic circles.