Jack V. Roberts
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Jack V. Roberts, 89, of the Mowrystown community passed away Sunday, Sept. 23 2018 at his home.
He was born Jan. 24, 1929 in Chillicothe, the son of the late Dana Dewey Roberts and Helen Jane Rankin Roberts.
Jack was a farmer for most of his life. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean Conflict, and a member of the Mowrystown Presbyterian Church, where he had been a Sunday school teacher for many years. He had also worked at Cincinnati Milicron for 15 years and was a member of the Mowrystown American Legion.
Surviving are his wife, Joanne M. Roberts, whom he married June 20, 1953; a son, Barth (Denise) Roberts; two daughters, Julie (Rob) Greene and Jackie (Kenny) Broughton. Also surviving are nine grandchildren, Craig (Heather) Roberts, Jason (Shannon) Roberts, Lorin (Blake) Kibler, Sarah (Kenny) Barnes, Kellie Greene, Seth (Becca) Greene, Jesse Greene, Clay Broughton and Whitney Broughton; as well as 13 great-grandchildren. Other survivors include Jack's brother, Phil (Carol) Roberts; two sisters-in-law, Karol Lee (Sherman) Wallen and Esther L. Beucler; seven nephews; and one niece.
In addition to his parents, Jack was preceded in death by a sister, Sara Lou "Sally" Sanders; a nephew, William Thomas Sanders; and two brothers-in-law, Gene Beucler and William "Bill" Sanders.
Services will be held at the Mowrystown Presbyterian Church, 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27. Interment will follow in the Mowrystown Cemetery, where the Highland County Veterans Honor Guard will conduct military honors. Friends will be received at the church on Thursday from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
The Edgington Funeral Home, Mowrystown, is serving the family.
Contributions in Jack's memory may be made to Hospice of Hope or the Mowrystown Presbyterian Church Memorial Fund.
To sign the online guest book, go to www.edgingtonfuneralhomes.com.
He was born Jan. 24, 1929 in Chillicothe, the son of the late Dana Dewey Roberts and Helen Jane Rankin Roberts.
Jack was a farmer for most of his life. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean Conflict, and a member of the Mowrystown Presbyterian Church, where he had been a Sunday school teacher for many years. He had also worked at Cincinnati Milicron for 15 years and was a member of the Mowrystown American Legion.
Surviving are his wife, Joanne M. Roberts, whom he married June 20, 1953; a son, Barth (Denise) Roberts; two daughters, Julie (Rob) Greene and Jackie (Kenny) Broughton. Also surviving are nine grandchildren, Craig (Heather) Roberts, Jason (Shannon) Roberts, Lorin (Blake) Kibler, Sarah (Kenny) Barnes, Kellie Greene, Seth (Becca) Greene, Jesse Greene, Clay Broughton and Whitney Broughton; as well as 13 great-grandchildren. Other survivors include Jack's brother, Phil (Carol) Roberts; two sisters-in-law, Karol Lee (Sherman) Wallen and Esther L. Beucler; seven nephews; and one niece.
In addition to his parents, Jack was preceded in death by a sister, Sara Lou "Sally" Sanders; a nephew, William Thomas Sanders; and two brothers-in-law, Gene Beucler and William "Bill" Sanders.
Services will be held at the Mowrystown Presbyterian Church, 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27. Interment will follow in the Mowrystown Cemetery, where the Highland County Veterans Honor Guard will conduct military honors. Friends will be received at the church on Thursday from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
The Edgington Funeral Home, Mowrystown, is serving the family.
Contributions in Jack's memory may be made to Hospice of Hope or the Mowrystown Presbyterian Church Memorial Fund.
To sign the online guest book, go to www.edgingtonfuneralhomes.com.