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Waupaca County Post

April 25, 1940

MRS. C.E. ROBERTS DIES IN WASHINGTON

Mrs. Charles E. Roberts died at the family home in Tacoma, Washington, Thursday morning, April 18, 1840. Mrs. Roberts had enjoyed excellent health throughout a long life until a few weeks before her death.

Born Grace Pomeroy at Fort Wayne, Indiana July 19, 1854, she was a daughter of Lt. Colonel and Mrs. Henry Pomeroy. Her early life was spent chiefly in Appleton, Wisconsin, and she was educated at Lawrence college and Washington university of St. Louis, graduating from the former in June 1876. After a brief experience teaching school in both Appleton and Waupaca, she was married to Charles E. Roberts, formerly of Waupaca, on the 23^rd of August, 1882.

Two of the three children survive: Mrs. Joseph D. Steele of Appleton and Robert R. Roberts of Tacoma, Wash. A third, Donald Pomeroy, died in early childhood. A brother, Colonel Hugh E. Pomeroy, resides in Appleton.

There are three grandchildren: Joan Pomeroy Steele, attending school in Washington, D.C.; Robert R. Roberts, Jr., and Donald Pomeroy Roberts, both students at Whitman college in Washington.

Mrs. Roberts was a member of the Congregational church, but attended the Methodist Episcopal church while a resident at Waupaca. She was a charter member of the Monday Night Club, and a faithful attendant of its weekly meetings.