CATHERINE ROBERTS. MIDDLE GRANVILLE, WASHINGTON COUNTY, NEW YORK.
Mrs. Catherine Roberts, widow of the late David Roberts, died Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock at the home of her son, Fred Roberts, where she had lived for the past six years.Mrs. Roberts had been in failing health for some time. She was born in Wales nearly 89 years ago. She came to this country when twenty years of age and has been a resident of Granville for fifty years.
She is survived by five sons, Fred, Davis and William of Granville; John of Schenectady; Rees of Albany; two daughters, Mrs. Catherine Jones of Albany and Mrs. Griffith Roberts of Syracuse; twenty three grandchildren and twenty-six great-grandchildren.
The funeral services will be conducted from the Welsh Presbyterian Church of which she is a member on Friday at 2 o'clock. The Rev. E. Arfon Jones will officiate. Thr burial will be in the family plot, where her husband and son are buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Middle Granville.
Post Star Glens Falls ~ July 26th, 1928.
CATHERINE ROBERTS. MIDDLE GRANVILLE, WASHINGTON COUNTY, NEW YORK.
The funeral services for Mrs. Catherine Robetrs, 79, widow of the late David Roberts, were conducted from the Welsh Presbyterian Church of which she was a member on Friday afternoon. TVhis was preceeded by a prayer service at the home of her son, Fred Roberts, where she had made her home for the past six years and was in the charge of the pastor the Rev. E Arfon Jones.The funeral service at the church, the Rev. Mr. Jones was assisted by the Rev. T. L. Joseph of the Congregational Church and the Rev. Richard Owens of Middle Granville.
The bearers were her grandchildren, David RobertsJr., Will Roberts and Glen Roberts of Granville; Hugh Jones of Albany; Leon Roberts, Newark, New Jersey and Harold Roberts of Schenectady.
The burial was in Elmwood cemetery at Middle Granville in the family plot where her husband was buried thirty one years ago and one son, another son is buried at Fair Haven. The Rev. Mr. Jones had charge of the burial service.
The funeral was largely attended. The five sons and two daughters were present with their families and twenty-two of the twenty-three grandchildren and nearly all of the twenty six great-grandchildren.
Relatives from out of town who attended included Mr. and Mrs. Griffith Roberts and son, Spencer, of Syracuse; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hayden, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Jones, all of Albany; Mr. and Mrs. David Jones of Ticonderoga; Mr. amd Mrs Leon Roberts and daughter, of Newark, New Jersey; Mr. and Mrs. John Roberts and son, Harold, of Schenectady; Mrs. K. Lloys and sister, Miss Betty Roberts of Plattsburg; Rees Roberts and Mrs. Chepbui of North Troy; Mrs. James Dorrance of Waterford and Miss Edna Jones of Albany.