Ellen Jane (Jones) Roberts (1895 - 1980)

Born 3 Aug 1895 in Utica, Oneida, New York, United States

Died 10 Mar 1980 at age 84 in Herkimer, New York, United States

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Biography

Jane was born August 3, 1895.. She was the daughter of Robert Jones and Margaret Parry. She married Arthur L. Roberts on August 29, 1916. They lived in Columbus, Ohio, where both she and her husband were professional musicians, he a pianist and choral director and she a soprano soloist. She moved to Brooklyn, NY after her husbands death in the early 1940s. She then returned to Illion in 1948 and became the organist and choir director at the Herkimer Reformed Church. She retired in 1979. She later moved to the Folts Home in Herkimer, New York. She passed away March 2, 1980.

Sources

Evening telegraph, Monday March 3, 1980 obituaries page 3

http://www.ilionalumni.com/1911/1911_physician_lewis-jones.html

• Personal knowledge, my Aunt Jane