John Henry Roberts, 79, of Whittington, IL, died at 2:15 p. m. Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at Good Samaritan Regional Health Center in Mt. Vernon. Mr. Roberts was born on October 12, 1933 in Sesser, IL the son of Clifford and Alenne (Lasley) Roberts. He married the former Elizabeth Meyers on Nov. 19, 1955 and she preceded him in death on October 14, 2003. John was a retired coal miner from the Consolidated Coal Company Rend Lake Mine and a member of the U.M.W.A. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War, a member of the Benton Elks, Boneyard Boccie Club, Benton American Legion and V.F.W., and West Frankfort Moose Lodge. He was a 33rd degree Mason, member of the Benton Masonic Lodge #64, Scottish Rite Bodies, and Order of the Sword of Bunker Hill. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, gardening, and playing cards. Surviving relatives include a daughter, Pamela J. (Bill) Vandermeir, St. Petersburg, FL, a son, Jeffery A. (Beth) Roberts, Whittington, three grandchildren, Benjamin Vandermeir, Lakeland, FL, Courtney Vandermeir, St. Petersburg, FL, Ethan Roberts, Whittington, one great-grandchild, Colton Vandermeir, Lakeland, FL, two brothers and one sister, Paul (Elizabeth) Roberts, Jim (Carleen) Roberts, Wanda (Ted) Thompson, all of Sesser, and several nieces, nephews, and cousins and several special friends. Mr. Roberts was preceded in death by his parents, wife, a sister, Shirley Stubbins, and an infant brother, Kenneth Roberts. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 8:00 p. m. Thursday, February 28, 2013 and 11:00 a. m. 1:00 p. m. Friday, March 1, 2013 at the Hobbs-Johnson Funeral Home & Crematory in Benton with Masonic Rites and Elks Rites performed at 7:30 p. m. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p. m. Friday at the funeral home with Pastor Eric Drake officiating. Military funeral honors will be performed by the Benton American Legion/V.F.W. and the Marion National Guard Honor Squad. His body will be cremated following the funeral services. Memorial contributions may be made to the Elks Crippled Children Fund and will be accepted at the funeral home. Visit www.hobbsjohnson.com to sign the memorial guestbook. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Memorial Messages from Friends and Family Add Memorial Guestbook Entry New Memorial Message Submission Form Fields marked with ** are required. Enter your name**: Enter your email: Enter your city: and State/Province: Country: Enter your memorial message**: We strongly discourage you from using copy and paste from MS Word into this form element as you will very likely not get what you expected when displayed. Some browsers are known to insert erroneous characters when the Enter key is pressed. We are working to address this issue. ← Please retype this pass phrase in the space on the right.* → Visitation Thursday, February 28, 2013, 5:00PM - 8:00PM Hobbs-Johnson Funeral Home & Crematory 301 South Main Street Benton, Illinois 62812 Funeral Service Friday, March 1, 2013, 1:00PM Hobbs-Johnson Funeral Home & Crematory 301 South Main Street Benton, Illinois 62812

Is this Clifford ROBERTS the son of Mary Jane JOHNSTON and Robert R. ROBERTS -----Original Message----- From: BLS Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 4:57 PM To: Franklin County Subject: [ILFRANKL] ROBERTS, John H. (OBIT) John Henry Roberts, 79, of Whittington, IL, died at 2:15 p. m. Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at Good Samaritan Regional Health Center in Mt. Vernon. Mr. Roberts was born on October 12, 1933 in Sesser, IL the son of Clifford and Alenne (Lasley) Roberts. He married the former Elizabeth Meyers on Nov. 19, 1955 and she preceded him in death on October 14, 2003. John was a retired coal miner from the Consolidated Coal Company Rend Lake Mine and a member of the U.M.W.A. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War, a member of the Benton Elks, Boneyard Boccie Club, Benton American Legion and V.F.W., and West Frankfort Moose Lodge. He was a 33rd degree Mason, member of the Benton Masonic Lodge #64, Scottish Rite Bodies, and Order of the Sword of Bunker Hill. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, gardening, and playing cards. Surviving relatives include a daughter, Pamela J. (Bill) Vandermeir, St. Petersburg, FL, a son, Jeffery A. (Beth) Roberts, Whittington, three grandchildren, Benjamin Vandermeir, Lakeland, FL, Courtney Vandermeir, St. Petersburg, FL, Ethan Roberts, Whittington, one great-grandchild, Colton Vandermeir, Lakeland, FL, two brothers and one sister, Paul (Elizabeth) Roberts, Jim (Carleen) Roberts, Wanda (Ted) Thompson, all of Sesser, and several nieces, nephews, and cousins and several special friends. Mr. Roberts was preceded in death by his parents, wife, a sister, Shirley Stubbins, and an infant brother, Kenneth Roberts. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 8:00 p. m. Thursday, February 28, 2013 and 11:00 a. m. 1:00 p. m. Friday, March 1, 2013 at the Hobbs-Johnson Funeral Home & Crematory in Benton with Masonic Rites and Elks Rites performed at 7:30 p. m. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p. m. Friday at the funeral home with Pastor Eric Drake officiating. Military funeral honors will be performed by the Benton American Legion/V.F.W. and the Marion National Guard Honor Squad. His body will be cremated following the funeral services. Memorial contributions may be made to the Elks Crippled Children Fund and will be accepted at the funeral home. Visit www.hobbsjohnson.com to sign the memorial guestbook. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Memorial Messages from Friends and Family Add Memorial Guestbook Entry New Memorial Message Submission Form Fields marked with ** are required. Enter your name**: Enter your email: Enter your city: and State/Province: Country: Enter your memorial message**: We strongly discourage you from using copy and paste from MS Word into this form element as you will very likely not get what you expected when displayed. Some browsers are known to insert erroneous characters when the Enter key is pressed. We are working to address this issue. ← Please retype this pass phrase in the space on the right.* → Visitation Thursday, February 28, 2013, 5:00PM - 8:00PM Hobbs-Johnson Funeral Home & Crematory 301 South Main Street Benton, Illinois 62812 Funeral Service Friday, March 1, 2013, 1:00PM Hobbs-Johnson Funeral Home & Crematory 301 South Main Street Benton, Illinois 62812 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message