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Betty L. Roberts

Betty L. Roberts, 93, of Columbia City, IN, and having family members in Huntington, IN, died Monday, May 31, 2016, at 5:45 a.m. at Miller’s at Oak Pointe, in Columbia City.

Mrs. Roberts was a former resident of Cleveland Township, Whitley County. She graduated from South Whitley High School. She was a homemaker and attended Collamer Christian Church.

She was born Jan. 2, 1923, in Cleveland Township to John and Maude Poland Tschantz. She married Lawrence A. Roberts on Nov. 4, 1944, and he survives.

Additional survivors include a son, Wayne Roberts, of South Whitley; a daughter, Julia (Dan) Rowland, of South Whitley; two daughters-in-law, Judy Roberts Egolf, of Columbia City, and Sue Roberts, of North Manchester; a sister, Jeannie Dailey, of Huntington; 10 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.

Calling is Friday, June 3, 2016, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Smith & Sons Miller Chapel, 208 N. Maple St., South Whitley. A service will be held at the funeral home on Saturday, June 4, 2016, at 10:30 a.m. Burial will be at South Whitley Cemetery.

Memorial gifts may be made to the American Diabetes Association or Collamer Christian Church.