Waldo Joseph Roberts (1922 - 1996)

Born 13 May 1922 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth Catherine (Cole) Roberts — married 21 Oct 1944 in Arlington, Virginia, USA

Died 29 Mar 1996 at age 73 in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, USA

Biography

Waldo was born 13 May 1922 in Chicago, Illinois.^[1] He was the son of Pasco Bernard Roberts Sr. and Emogene Edith Holt.

He married Ruth Catherine (Cole) Gossage, as her second husband, on 21 October 1944 in Arlington, Virginia, in a ceremony performed by Walter F. Wolf, Presbyterian minister.^[2]

Waldo died on 29 March 1996 in Las Vegas, Nevada,^[3] and he is buried in Tarpon Springs, Florida, in the Cycadia Cemetery.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871–1940," Waldo Joseph Roberts, 12 May 1922; database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7QM-TVW : accessed September 2016).
2. ↑ Commonwealth of Virginia, marriage certificate no. 23756 (1940), Waldo J. Roberts and Kay Gossage, 21 October 1944, Arlington; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://interactive.ancestry.com/9279/43067_162028006051_0524-00247/10968571?backurl=http://person.ancestry.com/tree/37835005/person/190029290740/facts/citation/680102392701/edit/record : accessed September 2016); citing Virginia, Marriages, 1936–2014; Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.
3. ↑ "Nevada, Death Index, 1980–2012," Waldo Joseph Roberts, 29 March 1996, Las Vegas, Clark County; database, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8997&h=150043&ssrc=pt&tid=37835005&pid=190029290740&usePUB=true : accessed September 2016).
4. ↑ thefifthofnov, "Waldo Joseph Roberts," Memorial no. 98302754, posted 5 October 2012; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=98302754&ref=acom : accessed September 2016).