Norman O. Roberts

Norman O. Roberts, 80 of Helena, died on Tuesday morning, June 10, 2008 at Fremont Memorial Hospital. He was born on October 2, 1927 in rural Clyde, OH to the now deceased Roy P. and Sarah D. (Stevens) Roberts. Norman was a 1945 graduate of Jackson-Burgoon High School. He served in the U. S. Army from 1946-1948. On December 30, 1950, he married Estella M. Laderman at St. Johns Lutheran Church, Fremont, OH and she survives. Norman was a farmer and Stationary Engineer at Libby Owens Ford Glass Company in Toledo, OH for 37 years, retiring in 1990. He was a member of the D.A.V. Chapter 33 in Fremont, the Gibsonburg American Legion and the Sandusky County Farm Bureau. Norman enjoyed raising beef cows.

Surviving are children, Linda (Jeff Watkins) Roberts, Roy (Darlene) Roberts of Gibsonburg, Dorothy (Jerry) Downing of Green Springs, Jane (Tom) Frederick of Fremont, Ann (Roy) Roth of Helena, N. Jon (Mary) Roberts of Kenton; ten grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and niece, Suzanne Rieger of Kalamazoo, MI. He is preceded in death by his parents, sister, Etta M. Mitchell; nephew, John Mitchell and 2 grandchildren. Visitation will be on Friday, June 13 from 3-8 p.m. at the Herman-Kinn-Veh Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Gibsonburg.

Burial will be private. Memorials may be made to the D.A.V. Chapter 33 Fremont, the American Legion Post 17 Gibsonburg or to a charity of the donors choice.