Obituaries for November 17, 2000DONALD GEORGE ROBERTS

Donald George Roberts passed away Sunday, Nov. 12, 2000, at the Pioneers' Home in Palmer at the age of 82. A service of remembrance was held at the home at 2 p.m. Tuesday.

Mr. Roberts was born on March 24, 1918, in Centreville, Mich., the first-born of George F. and Emma Mae Roberts. He had one brother, James.

His family moved from a one-store town to the city of Coleman. Following completion of the eighth grade he lived with his grandparents on an 85-acre farm.

In 1940, he enlisted in the United States Army, spending most of the next 5-1/2 years in the European theater in France, Belgium, England and Germany, where he won numerous decorations.

Following discharge, he worked in the coal mines of Colorado and then reenlisted in 1952, serving in California, Washington, Alaska and Germany for 16 more years, retiring in 1968.

During an Alaskan tour in 1958, he married Elizabeth Hume. Following his discharge, they lived in Anchorage, where he worked as a maintenance manager for the South Parks Estates Trailer Court until his retirement in 1981.

Mr. Roberts joined his wife, Betty, as a permanent resident of the Palmer Pioneers' Home in 1983. She passed away in 1988.

Mr. Roberts has no known living relatives. Interment will be at the Fort Richardson National Cemetery at a later date.