Wednesday, July 8, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Obituary
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Honoring Luther Metke...
darlene A. roberts
Darlene A. Roberts, 88, of
Black Butte Ranch, passed
away Tuesday, June 30.
She was born in Hastings,
Nebraska to Abraham and
Alice (Hooten) Froschheuser.
She began her career in nurs-
ing at St. Luke’s in Denver,
CO with a time in Pueblo,
CO. With her move to the
Portland, Oregon VA Hos-
pital, she met a handsome
Army Air Corp Captain, Cy
“Bob” Roberts. They were
married October 18, 1948 in
Portland.
They raised their family
in Portland, Salem, and Lake
Oswego, where they were
active in the Lake Oswego
Presbyterian Church since
1964. Darlene enjoyed arts
and crafts and was an accom-
plished seamstress. Bridge
was her card game of choice
and the two loved traveling
internationally. Cy preceded
her in death in 2000.
She is survived by a son
and daughter-in-law, Thomas
& Deborah Roberts; two
daughters and sons-in-law,
Barbara and Steve Henkes
and Laurie & Jerry Greco; a
sister, Marian Froschheuser;
five grandchildren, Laura
Day, Luke Roberts, Michael
Henkes, Kali Greco and Dan-
iel Henkes; as well as five
great-grandchildren, James,
Mikayla, Liam, Nola and
Ezra.
Preceding her in death
were a brother, James, and
her parents.
A private family commit-
tal will be held at Willamette
National Cemetery in Port-
land. A memorial gather-
ing will be held in the Lake
Grove Presbyterian Church
in Lake Oswego on Monday,
July 13, at 11 a.m. Those
who wish may make memo-
rial contributions to various
cancer societies.
Please visit the online reg-
istry for the family at www.
niswonger-reynolds.com.
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photo by conrad Weiler
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