John T. "Tom" Roberts 1930 - 1999

ROBERTS, NAVIN, WEBER

Posted By: Connie Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 11/2/2014 at 01:10:34

Sioux City Journal
7 October 1999

John T. "Tom" Roberts, 69, of Sioux City died of cancer Monday, Oct. 4, 1999, at his residence.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday

at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel, with the Rev. Kevin M. Richter of St. Boniface Catholic Church officiating. Burial will be in Logan Park Cemetery, with military rites conducted by American Legion Monahan Post 64. Visitation with the family present will be 2 to 9 p.m. today, with a rosary at 4 p.m. said by the Catholic Daughters of America and a vigil service at 7 p.m., at the funeral home.

Mr. Roberts was born Jan. 19, 1930, in Sioux City, the son of Frank and Mabel (Weber) Roberts. He attended East High School.

He married Marcella M. "Peg" Navin on Dec. 22, 1951, at Fort Kit Carson in Colorado Springs, Colo. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.

He was employed with Sioux City Stockyards. He owned the Park Lane Garage. He was then employed as sexton and labor supervisor with the City of Sioux City for 34 years. He retired in 1992.

He enjoyed bowling, puzzles, yard work and walking.

Survivors include his wife; two daughters and their husbands, Kathy and the Rev. Monty Montagne of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Margie and Jim Cayne of Sioux City; two brothers and their wives, Don and Peggy Roberts of Sioux City and Jim and Sharon Roberts of Bedford, Texas; two sisters, Dorothy and her husband, Harold Lockmiller and Sally Smith, all of Sioux City; a sister-in-law, Katie Roberts of Sioux City; five grandchildren, Michael and Kristin Crayne, Melinda, Johnathon and Jennifer Montagne; and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Marie; a brother, George; and a niece.

Pallbearers will be Melinda, Johnathon and Jennifer Montagne, Eric Smith, Scott Lockmiller, Jeff, Chris and David Roberts.