Mrs. Beth Roberts, 91, of Corsicana, passed away peacefully with her loving caregivers at her side on Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at Navarro Regional Hospital. Graveside services are scheduled for 11:30 a.m., Friday, November 29, 2013, in Dresden Cemetery in Dresden, Texas. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, November 29, 2013, at the First United Methodist Church in Corsicana with Rev. Eston Williams officiating. A reception following the service will be held in the Jackson Parlor at First United Methodist.
Ola Beth was born in Silver City, Texas, to the late Robert John Page, Sr. and Mary Emma Farmer Page. She attended Hill College for two years before moving to Washington D.C. to work in the ordinance department where she developed her love of travel. Upon the death of her brother, Robert John Page, Jr., she returned to Corsicana where she met and married Fred Theo Roberts on April 24, 1948. She worked as an executive secretary for various businesses and banks before she joined her business partner, best friend and sister, Gene McDonald in the McDonald – Roberts Real Estate business.
Beth always had flowers blooming in her garden year round and she made it her mission to take flowers to people in the hospitals, nursing homes or people who just needed a little joy in their life. She had a full and wonderful life filled with her successful real estate business and worldwide travels with her family. She loved her family dearly and was an active member in the First United Methodist Church in Corsicana.
She was preceded in death by her brother, Robert John Page, Jr.; and sister, Gene Page McDonald.
Beth is survived by her daughter, Karen Beal and husband, Spencer, of Midland, Texas; sons, Alan Roberts and wife, Bickie, of Mabank, Texas, and John Roberts and wife, Antoinette, of Dallas; grandchildren, Spence Beal and wife, Alyssa, Rebecca McClure and husband, Christopher, Kimberly Beal and fiancé' Meyers Fryback, Jeffrey Alan Roberts and wife, Cassandra, Page Maughan and husband, Zach, Lauren Shafer and husband, Luke, David Roberts and wife, Kally, Jane Roberts, and Rosalynn Ly; great-grandchildren, Ashley Beal, Autumn Roberts, Chisos Roberts, Felix Roberts, Theo Roberts, Madeline Roberts, and Layden Shafer; and Ron and Becky Farmer, who Beth referred to as her "own children."
Corsicana Daily Sun: 11/27/2013...A14
Ola Beth was born in Silver City, Texas, to the late Robert John Page, Sr. and Mary Emma Farmer Page. She attended Hill College for two years before moving to Washington D.C. to work in the ordinance department where she developed her love of travel. Upon the death of her brother, Robert John Page, Jr., she returned to Corsicana where she met and married Fred Theo Roberts on April 24, 1948. She worked as an executive secretary for various businesses and banks before she joined her business partner, best friend and sister, Gene McDonald in the McDonald – Roberts Real Estate business.
Beth always had flowers blooming in her garden year round and she made it her mission to take flowers to people in the hospitals, nursing homes or people who just needed a little joy in their life. She had a full and wonderful life filled with her successful real estate business and worldwide travels with her family. She loved her family dearly and was an active member in the First United Methodist Church in Corsicana.
She was preceded in death by her brother, Robert John Page, Jr.; and sister, Gene Page McDonald.
Beth is survived by her daughter, Karen Beal and husband, Spencer, of Midland, Texas; sons, Alan Roberts and wife, Bickie, of Mabank, Texas, and John Roberts and wife, Antoinette, of Dallas; grandchildren, Spence Beal and wife, Alyssa, Rebecca McClure and husband, Christopher, Kimberly Beal and fiancé' Meyers Fryback, Jeffrey Alan Roberts and wife, Cassandra, Page Maughan and husband, Zach, Lauren Shafer and husband, Luke, David Roberts and wife, Kally, Jane Roberts, and Rosalynn Ly; great-grandchildren, Ashley Beal, Autumn Roberts, Chisos Roberts, Felix Roberts, Theo Roberts, Madeline Roberts, and Layden Shafer; and Ron and Becky Farmer, who Beth referred to as her "own children."
Corsicana Daily Sun: 11/27/2013...A14
Mrs. Beth Roberts, 91, of Corsicana, passed away peacefully with her loving caregivers at her side on Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at Navarro Regional Hospital. Graveside services are scheduled for 11:30 a.m., Friday, November 29, 2013, in Dresden Cemetery in Dresden, Texas. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, November 29, 2013, at the First United Methodist Church in Corsicana with Rev. Eston Williams officiating. A reception following the service will be held in the Jackson Parlor at First United Methodist.
Ola Beth was born in Silver City, Texas, to the late Robert John Page, Sr. and Mary Emma Farmer Page. She attended Hill College for two years before moving to Washington D.C. to work in the ordinance department where she developed her love of travel. Upon the death of her brother, Robert John Page, Jr., she returned to Corsicana where she met and married Fred Theo Roberts on April 24, 1948. She worked as an executive secretary for various businesses and banks before she joined her business partner, best friend and sister, Gene McDonald in the McDonald – Roberts Real Estate business.
Beth always had flowers blooming in her garden year round and she made it her mission to take flowers to people in the hospitals, nursing homes or people who just needed a little joy in their life. She had a full and wonderful life filled with her successful real estate business and worldwide travels with her family. She loved her family dearly and was an active member in the First United Methodist Church in Corsicana.
She was preceded in death by her brother, Robert John Page, Jr.; and sister, Gene Page McDonald.
Beth is survived by her daughter, Karen Beal and husband, Spencer, of Midland, Texas; sons, Alan Roberts and wife, Bickie, of Mabank, Texas, and John Roberts and wife, Antoinette, of Dallas; grandchildren, Spence Beal and wife, Alyssa, Rebecca McClure and husband, Christopher, Kimberly Beal and fiancé' Meyers Fryback, Jeffrey Alan Roberts and wife, Cassandra, Page Maughan and husband, Zach, Lauren Shafer and husband, Luke, David Roberts and wife, Kally, Jane Roberts, and Rosalynn Ly; great-grandchildren, Ashley Beal, Autumn Roberts, Chisos Roberts, Felix Roberts, Theo Roberts, Madeline Roberts, and Layden Shafer; and Ron and Becky Farmer, who Beth referred to as her "own children."
Corsicana Daily Sun: 11/27/2013...A14
Ola Beth was born in Silver City, Texas, to the late Robert John Page, Sr. and Mary Emma Farmer Page. She attended Hill College for two years before moving to Washington D.C. to work in the ordinance department where she developed her love of travel. Upon the death of her brother, Robert John Page, Jr., she returned to Corsicana where she met and married Fred Theo Roberts on April 24, 1948. She worked as an executive secretary for various businesses and banks before she joined her business partner, best friend and sister, Gene McDonald in the McDonald – Roberts Real Estate business.
Beth always had flowers blooming in her garden year round and she made it her mission to take flowers to people in the hospitals, nursing homes or people who just needed a little joy in their life. She had a full and wonderful life filled with her successful real estate business and worldwide travels with her family. She loved her family dearly and was an active member in the First United Methodist Church in Corsicana.
She was preceded in death by her brother, Robert John Page, Jr.; and sister, Gene Page McDonald.
Beth is survived by her daughter, Karen Beal and husband, Spencer, of Midland, Texas; sons, Alan Roberts and wife, Bickie, of Mabank, Texas, and John Roberts and wife, Antoinette, of Dallas; grandchildren, Spence Beal and wife, Alyssa, Rebecca McClure and husband, Christopher, Kimberly Beal and fiancé' Meyers Fryback, Jeffrey Alan Roberts and wife, Cassandra, Page Maughan and husband, Zach, Lauren Shafer and husband, Luke, David Roberts and wife, Kally, Jane Roberts, and Rosalynn Ly; great-grandchildren, Ashley Beal, Autumn Roberts, Chisos Roberts, Felix Roberts, Theo Roberts, Madeline Roberts, and Layden Shafer; and Ron and Becky Farmer, who Beth referred to as her "own children."
Corsicana Daily Sun: 11/27/2013...A14
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