Roberta Daisy Thompson Wilson Stuart
Roberta Daisy Thompson Wilson Stuart
On Tuesday, October 22, 2013, Roberta Stuart passed
peacefully from her earthly restraints into the arms of her savior, Jesus
Christ.
Our mother was born on September
19, 1918 to her parents, Leo and Minnie Thompson. Her only sibling, a sister, Dorothy, joined
the family in 1921. Roberta grew up in
the Parma, Meridian and Boise areas.
After high school she married her high school sweetheart, Willard
Wilson, and from that union 2 daughters, Beverly and Pamela, were born. Roberta worked at the telephone company both
before and during World War II while her husband served his country overseas as
a medic in the U.S. Army. She then went
to work for the State of Idaho at the state house. When the new State Highway Department
building was built on State Street, she transferred there and finished out her
thirty-one years with the state, retiring in 1979.
Roberta loved sports as a young girl. Her math teacher who was the school baseball
coach, use to keep her after school to hit fly balls, so the guys on the team
could practice catching them. She also
excelled in tennis, and later enjoyed bowling, participating with her Highway
Department team.
She married a wonderful man by the name of Richard
Stuart in 1957, and after retirement they began spending winters in
Arizona. Traveling in their motor home, they
so enjoyed the selling of Richard’s paintings that took them to the Arizona
area. Summer time, here at home, was spent camping and fishing with friends at
Brownlee Reservoir, and having great times with the family and friends at their
cabin in Centerville, Idaho.
Our Mother loved roses, sunsets, the fall colors and
doughnuts. Later in life she so enjoyed
her bingo time and her crossword puzzles.
She took pride in her work, her family, and always strived to look her
best and do her best. Our mother had
beautiful hands and long natural finger nails, which were the envy of all her
lady friends, and her daughters and granddaughters. Her deviled eggs, banana bread and Christmas
fudge will never be duplicated.
Our mother met all of her obstacles in life with
courage and determination learning from her experiences, and carrying on with
wisdom gained, in dependence on her Lords guidance. She loved her family, her state of Idaho, and
always considered it a blessing to live here never imagining why anyone would
want to live anyplace else. She was the
last remaining family member of her generation, has been looking forward to her
reunion with them all.
My family and friends, "Don't waste your time
and energy trying to perfect your lives in this chaotic world, but as Prov.
3:5-6 says, "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not unto
thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct
thy path." Psalm 23:6 was a
favorite verse of our Mothers and she took great comfort in this promise,
"Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I
will dwell in the house of the Lord forever."
Roberta is survived by her daughters, Pamela
Detweiler, and Beverly Taylor-Weatherspoon (Ernest); grandsons, Steven Taylor
(Vonnie), Scott Taylor (Libby), and Douglas Taylor; granddaughters, Brandi
Rassmusen (Ron), and Courtney McKinnie; seven great grandsons and seven great
granddaughters; three great-great granddaughters; one great-great grandson; two
nieces, Debra Peterson and Paulette Hennessy (Jim), and family; and two very
special life-long friends, Darrell and Pat Youngblood.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m.,
Saturday, October 26, 2013 at the Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel. A private burial will be on Monday, October
28, at Dry Creek Cemetery. A viewing will be held at the funeral home on
Friday, Oct. 25, 2013 from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., and Saturday between 12:30
p.m. and 1:30 p.m.
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