Millard County Chronicle | 1948-01-01 | Page 1 | Deltan Dies Suddenly in Salt Lake City

Ideltan Hies Suddenly In Salt Lake City i Bert Howard Roberts, a resident of Delta and farmer on the North Tract for the past five years, died in Salt Lake City Friday, Dec. 26, at 10:30 a. m., of a heart attack.1 His death occurred at the home of a brother, Ray C. Roberts, whom he j was visiting. Mr. Roberts was born Dec. 24, 1876, in Brownville, Nebraska, a son of Samuel C. and Sarah E. Cochran Roberts.. He was married to Nora Pearl Finch August 15, 1900. Mrs. Roberts is in the hospital, hos-pital, following an operation, at this time, and it was to see her and spend Christmas with some of his family that Mr. Roberts had travelled to Salt Lake City. Before he moved to Delta, Mr. Roberts was employed at the Utah j Copper Co. in Bingham for 15 years, i He was a member of the Canyon Lodge No. 13, F. & A. M., Bingham. He is survived by his widow, and four brothers, James Z. and Sam- i uel L. Roberts, Brownville, and I Mace A and Ray C. Roberts, of Salt Lake City, and four sisters, Mrs. Rebecca Cole, Mrs. Delia Gaskill , and Mrs. Dorothy Van Cott, of Salt Lake City, and Mrs.. Elsie Lytle, McCook, Nebraska. Funeral services were held Tuesday Tues-day at noon in Salt Lake City, and I burial was in the Salt Lake City cemetery.