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Elvin James Roberts

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Elvin James Roberts Veteran

Birth
Wallowa, Wallowa County, Oregon, USA
Death
30 Jan 1977 (aged 53)
Elgin, Union County, Oregon, USA
Burial
Wallowa, Wallowa County, Oregon, USA GPS-Latitude: 45.5705924, Longitude: -117.5011541
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Elvin Roberts was the second husband of Velma Jean Gaines; they were married December 28, 1950. Velma was Elvin's third wife. Elvin was the son of James Arthur Roberts (b. Oct. 24, 1897, Wallowa, Wallowa Co., Oregon) and Angela Mary Seitz (b. Aug. 22, 1902 in St. Charles, St. Charles Co., Missouri).
Please contact me if you have any additional information on his birth location/death location and other genealogical information.
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Walla Walla Union Bulletin, 31 January 1977
Elvin James Roberts of Elgin died at his home Sunday at age of 53. The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Munselle-Rhoades Funeral Home Chapel in Milton-Freewater with the Rev. William Miller of the Elgin Christian Church officiating. Burial will be in the Wallowa Cemetery at 23:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Roberts was born May 28, 1923 in Wallowa, the son of Arthur and Angie Roberts. He lived in Wallowa until 1938, when he moved to Milton-Freewater and went to work for Key Brothers. In 1963 he moved to Elgin where he has been working for Boise-Cascade. He was married in Pendleton Dec. 28, 1950 to Velma Gaines. She survives at the family home. He was a member of the Elgin Christian Church and American Legion, Freewater Post No. 24.
Besides his widow, Velma, he is survived by his daughter, Patty Phillips, Milton-Freewater; his stepson James H. Aichele, Pendleton; his brothers, Jesse Roberts, Weston; Charles Raymond Roberts, Pendleton, and Davis Roberts, Milton-Freewater; his sisters, Opal Gentry, Gresham, Ore.; Pearl Dillings, Portland, and Mary Lewis, Weston; four grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.
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Walla Walla Union Bulletin, 31 January 1977
Obituary Notices
ROBERTS - January 30, 1977, Elvin James Roberts of N. 15th St., Elgin, Ore., aged 53 years. Survived by his wife Velma at the home; a stepson, James H. Aichele of Pendleton; a daughter, Mrs. Roger (Patty) Phillips of Milton-Freewater;brothers, Jesse Roberts of Weston, Charles Raymond Roberts of Pendleton and David Roberts of Milton-Freewater; sisters, Mrs. Opal Gentry of Gresham, Ore., Mrs. Dale (Pearl) Dillings of Portland, and Mrs. Bill (Mary) Lewis of Weston; four grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews. Born May 28, 1923 in Wallowa, ore. Member of Elgin Christian Church and Freewater Post 24, American Legion. Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home, Milton-Freewater in charge of arrangements (Paid Notice)
Elvin Roberts was the second husband of Velma Jean Gaines; they were married December 28, 1950. Velma was Elvin's third wife. Elvin was the son of James Arthur Roberts (b. Oct. 24, 1897, Wallowa, Wallowa Co., Oregon) and Angela Mary Seitz (b. Aug. 22, 1902 in St. Charles, St. Charles Co., Missouri).
Please contact me if you have any additional information on his birth location/death location and other genealogical information.
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Walla Walla Union Bulletin, 31 January 1977
Elvin James Roberts of Elgin died at his home Sunday at age of 53. The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Munselle-Rhoades Funeral Home Chapel in Milton-Freewater with the Rev. William Miller of the Elgin Christian Church officiating. Burial will be in the Wallowa Cemetery at 23:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Roberts was born May 28, 1923 in Wallowa, the son of Arthur and Angie Roberts. He lived in Wallowa until 1938, when he moved to Milton-Freewater and went to work for Key Brothers. In 1963 he moved to Elgin where he has been working for Boise-Cascade. He was married in Pendleton Dec. 28, 1950 to Velma Gaines. She survives at the family home. He was a member of the Elgin Christian Church and American Legion, Freewater Post No. 24.
Besides his widow, Velma, he is survived by his daughter, Patty Phillips, Milton-Freewater; his stepson James H. Aichele, Pendleton; his brothers, Jesse Roberts, Weston; Charles Raymond Roberts, Pendleton, and Davis Roberts, Milton-Freewater; his sisters, Opal Gentry, Gresham, Ore.; Pearl Dillings, Portland, and Mary Lewis, Weston; four grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.
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Walla Walla Union Bulletin, 31 January 1977
Obituary Notices
ROBERTS - January 30, 1977, Elvin James Roberts of N. 15th St., Elgin, Ore., aged 53 years. Survived by his wife Velma at the home; a stepson, James H. Aichele of Pendleton; a daughter, Mrs. Roger (Patty) Phillips of Milton-Freewater;brothers, Jesse Roberts of Weston, Charles Raymond Roberts of Pendleton and David Roberts of Milton-Freewater; sisters, Mrs. Opal Gentry of Gresham, Ore., Mrs. Dale (Pearl) Dillings of Portland, and Mrs. Bill (Mary) Lewis of Weston; four grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews. Born May 28, 1923 in Wallowa, ore. Member of Elgin Christian Church and Freewater Post 24, American Legion. Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home, Milton-Freewater in charge of arrangements (Paid Notice)

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Elvin James Roberts
TEC4 US Army
World War II
1923 1977



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