Charlene June Roberts, 93, of rural Wabash, Indiana, died 3:02 pm, Thursday, May 27, 2021, at Parkview Randallia in Fort Wayne. She was born on March 22, 1928, in rural Urbana, Indiana, to Kenneth D. and Wilma G. (Scott) Niccum.
Charlene was a 1946 graduate of Urbana High School. She married David Lee Roberts at her parent’s home in rural Urbana on September 1, 1946; he died November 10, 2006. She worked at Cyclone Seeder in Urbana, Emrick’s Music Shop in Wabash several years, and was the secretary at Southwood High School 23 and a half years. She was a member of the Treaty Church of Christ, and enjoyed interior decorating.
She is survived by two sons, Tim (Pam) Roberts and Robin (Cheryl) Roberts, both of Wabash, three grandchildren, Cory (Melody) Roberts of Oregon City, Oregon, Brad (Ashley) Roberts of Huntington, Indiana, and Jennifer (Ben) Bailey of Lagro, Indiana, five great-grandchildren, Ian Roberts and Emma Roberts, both of Oregon City, Cade Roberts of Huntington, Bridget Bailey and Josie Bailey, both of Lagro, and her sister, Marca Snook of Wabash. She was also preceded in death by her parents, brother, Jim Niccum, and grandson, Jamie A. Roberts.
Funeral services will be 10:00 am, Wednesday, June 2, 2021, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with Brad Wright officiating. Friends may call 4-7 pm Tuesday, at the funeral home. Inurnment will be in Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash, at a later date.
Preferred memorial is Southwood High School Library.
The memorial guest book for Charlene may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.
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