Rosa Justina Heyer, daughter of Paul and Nettie Heyer, was born at Winside, Nebraska, May 2, 1892. She grew to young womanhood at Winside, attended school there and went to Wayne Normal. She taught school one year in the vicinity of Winside. In 1910, the Heyer famiy came to Gordon and she continued her teaching in this area.
Rosa was united in marriage to William E. Roberts on June 11, 1911. The first year of their marriage, the young couple spent in Wyoming. In 1912 they returned to the Roberts homestead East of Gordon and that continued to be their home until January of 1963, then they moved to their new home in Gordon. In June 1961, Bill and "Tena", as she was known, were privileged to celebrate 50 years of wedded life, their golden wedding anniversary.
She was an ever loving mother and devoted partner. Everyone else's needs and desires came before her own. She was known for her hospitality and her help where it was needed. She was a good community worker. Tena was a member of the Lutheran Church from her early years and attended a Lutheran parochial school during elementary education.
She died on May 28, 1963. She had been hospitalized at St. Joseph's hospital in Alliance, Nebraska, after an accidental fall in an Alliance store.
She leaves to mourn her passing, her husband, William Roberts; her children, Elsie (Mrs. Paul Ericksen of Hampton, VA); Keith Roberts; Jean (Mrs. Ray Riggleman), and Jack Roberts, all of Gordon; one brother, Henry Heyer and one sister, Mrs. Herschel Hanks and a host of friends and other relatives.
Rosa was united in marriage to William E. Roberts on June 11, 1911. The first year of their marriage, the young couple spent in Wyoming. In 1912 they returned to the Roberts homestead East of Gordon and that continued to be their home until January of 1963, then they moved to their new home in Gordon. In June 1961, Bill and "Tena", as she was known, were privileged to celebrate 50 years of wedded life, their golden wedding anniversary.
She was an ever loving mother and devoted partner. Everyone else's needs and desires came before her own. She was known for her hospitality and her help where it was needed. She was a good community worker. Tena was a member of the Lutheran Church from her early years and attended a Lutheran parochial school during elementary education.
She died on May 28, 1963. She had been hospitalized at St. Joseph's hospital in Alliance, Nebraska, after an accidental fall in an Alliance store.
She leaves to mourn her passing, her husband, William Roberts; her children, Elsie (Mrs. Paul Ericksen of Hampton, VA); Keith Roberts; Jean (Mrs. Ray Riggleman), and Jack Roberts, all of Gordon; one brother, Henry Heyer and one sister, Mrs. Herschel Hanks and a host of friends and other relatives.
Rosa Justina Heyer, daughter of Paul and Nettie Heyer, was born at Winside, Nebraska, May 2, 1892. She grew to young womanhood at Winside, attended school there and went to Wayne Normal. She taught school one year in the vicinity of Winside. In 1910, the Heyer famiy came to Gordon and she continued her teaching in this area.
Rosa was united in marriage to William E. Roberts on June 11, 1911. The first year of their marriage, the young couple spent in Wyoming. In 1912 they returned to the Roberts homestead East of Gordon and that continued to be their home until January of 1963, then they moved to their new home in Gordon. In June 1961, Bill and "Tena", as she was known, were privileged to celebrate 50 years of wedded life, their golden wedding anniversary.
She was an ever loving mother and devoted partner. Everyone else's needs and desires came before her own. She was known for her hospitality and her help where it was needed. She was a good community worker. Tena was a member of the Lutheran Church from her early years and attended a Lutheran parochial school during elementary education.
She died on May 28, 1963. She had been hospitalized at St. Joseph's hospital in Alliance, Nebraska, after an accidental fall in an Alliance store.
She leaves to mourn her passing, her husband, William Roberts; her children, Elsie (Mrs. Paul Ericksen of Hampton, VA); Keith Roberts; Jean (Mrs. Ray Riggleman), and Jack Roberts, all of Gordon; one brother, Henry Heyer and one sister, Mrs. Herschel Hanks and a host of friends and other relatives.
Rosa was united in marriage to William E. Roberts on June 11, 1911. The first year of their marriage, the young couple spent in Wyoming. In 1912 they returned to the Roberts homestead East of Gordon and that continued to be their home until January of 1963, then they moved to their new home in Gordon. In June 1961, Bill and "Tena", as she was known, were privileged to celebrate 50 years of wedded life, their golden wedding anniversary.
She was an ever loving mother and devoted partner. Everyone else's needs and desires came before her own. She was known for her hospitality and her help where it was needed. She was a good community worker. Tena was a member of the Lutheran Church from her early years and attended a Lutheran parochial school during elementary education.
She died on May 28, 1963. She had been hospitalized at St. Joseph's hospital in Alliance, Nebraska, after an accidental fall in an Alliance store.
She leaves to mourn her passing, her husband, William Roberts; her children, Elsie (Mrs. Paul Ericksen of Hampton, VA); Keith Roberts; Jean (Mrs. Ray Riggleman), and Jack Roberts, all of Gordon; one brother, Henry Heyer and one sister, Mrs. Herschel Hanks and a host of friends and other relatives.
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