Emry was born in Nebraska to Nels Robertson, a Danish immigrant and his American wife, Christena Anderson Robertson.
Sometime after arriving in America, Emry's father Nels changed his last name from "Rasmussen" to "Robertson." And as an adult, Emry dropped the "T" in "Robertson" for an unknown reason. Emry's descendants use the "Roberson" last name.
(Pronounced "ROBBER-sen.")
Emry was the third of six known children who were: Elvena, Lenora, [Emry], Clarence, Carl, & Glen. All of Emry's siblings and their descendants kept the "Robertson" last name.
On August 21, 1912, Emry married Ella May Bradt in Kearney, Nebraska. Together, they had 9 children: Dale, Ellis, LaVaughn, Neal, Marilyn, Reta, Mardell, Marvin and Gary. Emry and Ella eventually divorced. He later married a widow named Sophie Cordes Meisinger on March 6, 1948 in Douglas County, Nebraska.
Emry spent most of his life as a farmer and died October 30, 1958 in Glenwood, Iowa. He was buried in the Glenwood Cemetery.
OBITUARY:
Emry A. Roberson
Funeral services for Emry A. Roberson, who died at his home in Glenwood, [Iowa] on October 30, [1958] were held Saturday, November 1, at 2pm from the Raynor Chapel, with the Rev. Paul Sparling of Trinity Lutheran Church officiating. Myrna Schmidt furnished the music.
Casket bearers were George Brower, Henry Bowley, Emer Hatcher, Robert Pollitt, Clyde Huffman and Nathan Hazen.
Burial was made in the Glenwood Cemetery.
Emry, son of Nels and Christina Anderson Robertson was born in Weeping Water, Nebraska on October 8, 1898.
In 1948 he was united in marriage to Sophie Meisinger of Papillion, Nebraska.
Emry followed the occupation of farming until 1931. He then went into construction work and operated heavy equipment.
One year ago his health began to fail. All was done for him that medical skill and living care could do but he continued to fail and passed away at his home, October 30, 1958, at the age of 65 years and 22 days.
He is survived by his wife, Sophie, of Glenwood; five sons, Dale of Portland, Oregon, Ellis of San Antonio, Texas, Neal and Marvin, both of Salt Lake City, and Gary of the US Army at Ft. Carson, Colorado; four daughters, LaVaughn, now Mrs. John Sullivan of Wahoo, Nebraska, Marilyn, now Mrs. Herbert Ueckert of Denver, Colorado, Reta, now Mrs. Delbert Powers of Twin Falls, Idaho; 21 grandchildren; three brothers, Clarence and Carl, both of Gering, Nebraska, and Glen of Denver, Colorado; two sisters, Mrs. Elvena Atkins and Mrs. Lenora Spellmeyer, both of Kearney, Nebraska.
Sometime after arriving in America, Emry's father Nels changed his last name from "Rasmussen" to "Robertson." And as an adult, Emry dropped the "T" in "Robertson" for an unknown reason. Emry's descendants use the "Roberson" last name.
(Pronounced "ROBBER-sen.")
Emry was the third of six known children who were: Elvena, Lenora, [Emry], Clarence, Carl, & Glen. All of Emry's siblings and their descendants kept the "Robertson" last name.
On August 21, 1912, Emry married Ella May Bradt in Kearney, Nebraska. Together, they had 9 children: Dale, Ellis, LaVaughn, Neal, Marilyn, Reta, Mardell, Marvin and Gary. Emry and Ella eventually divorced. He later married a widow named Sophie Cordes Meisinger on March 6, 1948 in Douglas County, Nebraska.
Emry spent most of his life as a farmer and died October 30, 1958 in Glenwood, Iowa. He was buried in the Glenwood Cemetery.
OBITUARY:
Emry A. Roberson
Funeral services for Emry A. Roberson, who died at his home in Glenwood, [Iowa] on October 30, [1958] were held Saturday, November 1, at 2pm from the Raynor Chapel, with the Rev. Paul Sparling of Trinity Lutheran Church officiating. Myrna Schmidt furnished the music.
Casket bearers were George Brower, Henry Bowley, Emer Hatcher, Robert Pollitt, Clyde Huffman and Nathan Hazen.
Burial was made in the Glenwood Cemetery.
Emry, son of Nels and Christina Anderson Robertson was born in Weeping Water, Nebraska on October 8, 1898.
In 1948 he was united in marriage to Sophie Meisinger of Papillion, Nebraska.
Emry followed the occupation of farming until 1931. He then went into construction work and operated heavy equipment.
One year ago his health began to fail. All was done for him that medical skill and living care could do but he continued to fail and passed away at his home, October 30, 1958, at the age of 65 years and 22 days.
He is survived by his wife, Sophie, of Glenwood; five sons, Dale of Portland, Oregon, Ellis of San Antonio, Texas, Neal and Marvin, both of Salt Lake City, and Gary of the US Army at Ft. Carson, Colorado; four daughters, LaVaughn, now Mrs. John Sullivan of Wahoo, Nebraska, Marilyn, now Mrs. Herbert Ueckert of Denver, Colorado, Reta, now Mrs. Delbert Powers of Twin Falls, Idaho; 21 grandchildren; three brothers, Clarence and Carl, both of Gering, Nebraska, and Glen of Denver, Colorado; two sisters, Mrs. Elvena Atkins and Mrs. Lenora Spellmeyer, both of Kearney, Nebraska.
Emry was born in Nebraska to Nels Robertson, a Danish immigrant and his American wife, Christena Anderson Robertson.
Sometime after arriving in America, Emry's father Nels changed his last name from "Rasmussen" to "Robertson." And as an adult, Emry dropped the "T" in "Robertson" for an unknown reason. Emry's descendants use the "Roberson" last name.
(Pronounced "ROBBER-sen.")
Emry was the third of six known children who were: Elvena, Lenora, [Emry], Clarence, Carl, & Glen. All of Emry's siblings and their descendants kept the "Robertson" last name.
On August 21, 1912, Emry married Ella May Bradt in Kearney, Nebraska. Together, they had 9 children: Dale, Ellis, LaVaughn, Neal, Marilyn, Reta, Mardell, Marvin and Gary. Emry and Ella eventually divorced. He later married a widow named Sophie Cordes Meisinger on March 6, 1948 in Douglas County, Nebraska.
Emry spent most of his life as a farmer and died October 30, 1958 in Glenwood, Iowa. He was buried in the Glenwood Cemetery.
OBITUARY:
Emry A. Roberson
Funeral services for Emry A. Roberson, who died at his home in Glenwood, [Iowa] on October 30, [1958] were held Saturday, November 1, at 2pm from the Raynor Chapel, with the Rev. Paul Sparling of Trinity Lutheran Church officiating. Myrna Schmidt furnished the music.
Casket bearers were George Brower, Henry Bowley, Emer Hatcher, Robert Pollitt, Clyde Huffman and Nathan Hazen.
Burial was made in the Glenwood Cemetery.
Emry, son of Nels and Christina Anderson Robertson was born in Weeping Water, Nebraska on October 8, 1898.
In 1948 he was united in marriage to Sophie Meisinger of Papillion, Nebraska.
Emry followed the occupation of farming until 1931. He then went into construction work and operated heavy equipment.
One year ago his health began to fail. All was done for him that medical skill and living care could do but he continued to fail and passed away at his home, October 30, 1958, at the age of 65 years and 22 days.
He is survived by his wife, Sophie, of Glenwood; five sons, Dale of Portland, Oregon, Ellis of San Antonio, Texas, Neal and Marvin, both of Salt Lake City, and Gary of the US Army at Ft. Carson, Colorado; four daughters, LaVaughn, now Mrs. John Sullivan of Wahoo, Nebraska, Marilyn, now Mrs. Herbert Ueckert of Denver, Colorado, Reta, now Mrs. Delbert Powers of Twin Falls, Idaho; 21 grandchildren; three brothers, Clarence and Carl, both of Gering, Nebraska, and Glen of Denver, Colorado; two sisters, Mrs. Elvena Atkins and Mrs. Lenora Spellmeyer, both of Kearney, Nebraska.
Sometime after arriving in America, Emry's father Nels changed his last name from "Rasmussen" to "Robertson." And as an adult, Emry dropped the "T" in "Robertson" for an unknown reason. Emry's descendants use the "Roberson" last name.
(Pronounced "ROBBER-sen.")
Emry was the third of six known children who were: Elvena, Lenora, [Emry], Clarence, Carl, & Glen. All of Emry's siblings and their descendants kept the "Robertson" last name.
On August 21, 1912, Emry married Ella May Bradt in Kearney, Nebraska. Together, they had 9 children: Dale, Ellis, LaVaughn, Neal, Marilyn, Reta, Mardell, Marvin and Gary. Emry and Ella eventually divorced. He later married a widow named Sophie Cordes Meisinger on March 6, 1948 in Douglas County, Nebraska.
Emry spent most of his life as a farmer and died October 30, 1958 in Glenwood, Iowa. He was buried in the Glenwood Cemetery.
OBITUARY:
Emry A. Roberson
Funeral services for Emry A. Roberson, who died at his home in Glenwood, [Iowa] on October 30, [1958] were held Saturday, November 1, at 2pm from the Raynor Chapel, with the Rev. Paul Sparling of Trinity Lutheran Church officiating. Myrna Schmidt furnished the music.
Casket bearers were George Brower, Henry Bowley, Emer Hatcher, Robert Pollitt, Clyde Huffman and Nathan Hazen.
Burial was made in the Glenwood Cemetery.
Emry, son of Nels and Christina Anderson Robertson was born in Weeping Water, Nebraska on October 8, 1898.
In 1948 he was united in marriage to Sophie Meisinger of Papillion, Nebraska.
Emry followed the occupation of farming until 1931. He then went into construction work and operated heavy equipment.
One year ago his health began to fail. All was done for him that medical skill and living care could do but he continued to fail and passed away at his home, October 30, 1958, at the age of 65 years and 22 days.
He is survived by his wife, Sophie, of Glenwood; five sons, Dale of Portland, Oregon, Ellis of San Antonio, Texas, Neal and Marvin, both of Salt Lake City, and Gary of the US Army at Ft. Carson, Colorado; four daughters, LaVaughn, now Mrs. John Sullivan of Wahoo, Nebraska, Marilyn, now Mrs. Herbert Ueckert of Denver, Colorado, Reta, now Mrs. Delbert Powers of Twin Falls, Idaho; 21 grandchildren; three brothers, Clarence and Carl, both of Gering, Nebraska, and Glen of Denver, Colorado; two sisters, Mrs. Elvena Atkins and Mrs. Lenora Spellmeyer, both of Kearney, Nebraska.
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