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Earl McRoberts
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[July
26, 2007]
ATLANTA -- Earl L. McRoberts, 83, of
Atlanta died Tuesday, July 24, 2007, at 3:25 p.m. at Hopedale
Medical Center in Hopedale. |
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A memorial service for Mr. McRoberts will be at
10:30 a.m. Saturday at Quiram Peasley Funeral Home
in Atlanta, with Tony Billingsley officiating.
Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until the time of
the service. Inurnment will be in Atlanta
Cemetery, with military rites.
Mr. McRoberts retired from Olympia High School
Unit 16, where he worked in the maintenance
department.
He served in the U.S. Army during World War II
and was in the Battle of the Bulge.
He was born Oct. 29, 1923, in Lincoln to Elisha
V. and Cora Jane Landreth McRoberts. He married
Frances Hafley on June 4, 1944, in Atlanta. She
preceded him in death on Aug. 8, 1995, in Hopedale.
He is survived by one daughter, Vicki (and
husband Paul) Eckert of Atlanta; three sons, Terry
(and Carol) McRoberts of Fayetteville, Ark., Kenny
McRoberts of Atlanta and Randy McRoberts of Peoria
Heights; one sister, Donnie Lucas of Urbana; eight
grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and several
nieces and nephews. |
He was also preceded in death by six sisters and
four brothers.
He graduated from Bradley University
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that
memorials be made to either the Atlanta Rescue Squad
or the Atlanta Public Library.
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