Cleon J. Griffin Roberts Obituary (1936

Let Us Pause To Honor the Memory of Mrs. Cleon J. Griffin Roberts Mrs. Cleon J. Griffin Roberts, age 77, of Madison, Indiana, entered this life on February 24, 1936 in Madison, Indiana. She was the loving daughter of the late, Howard James and Blanch O. Wise Griffin. She resided all of her life in Madison and was a 1954 graduate of Madison High School. She was united in marriage on August 14, 1959 at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in downtown Madison to Jesse Roberts. This union was blessed with two sons and a daughter. Cleon had worked for King's Daughters' Hospital in Madison, working twenty years as a department secretary for the radiology department. She spent five years working as dietary clerk and central supply clerk retiring with twenty years of service. She had last worked in clerical with Work One. She was a member of Jefferson Post 9, of the American Legion Auxiliary and Resurrection Lutheran Church. Cleon loved to spend time with her family and socializing with her high school friends. Cleon died on Tuesday, September 10, 2013, at 10:00 pm at the Thornton Terrace Health Campus in Hanover, Indiana. A LOVING FAMILY Cleon will be missed by her loving daughter, Dariel V. Courtney and her husband, Keith of Madison, Indiana; her loving son, Vincent D. Roberts and his wife, Anne of Hanover, Indiana; her sister, Ruth A. Rogers of Bedford, Indiana; her loving grandchildren, Danielle Smith, Brandon Smith, Jared V. Roberts, Brittany L. Shaffstall (Matt), Erin E. Kindle (Doug) and Austin Courtney; her adoring great grandchildren, Bryleigh Shaffstall, Lillian Shaffstall, Sage Kindle Alex Kindle and Zaylor Smith; her brother in law, Ralph Rogers of Hanover, Indiana; several nieces, nephews and other relatives. She was preceded in death by father, Howard James Griffin died, Sept. 8, 1976; her mother, Blanch O. Wise Griffin died, June 1, 1988; her son, Darnell William Roberts, died October 22, 1961; her brother, James Leroy Griffin died, Jan. 16, 1938; her sister, Dorothy "Dot" Eades, died Jan. 3, 2006; her brother in law, Gailord Eades, died March 18, 2011. FUNERAL CEREMONY Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, September 15, 2013, at 3:00 pm, by Dariel Courtney and Vincent D. Roberts at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive Madison, Indiana. Interment will follow in the Bayless Cemetery in Madison, Indiana VISITATION Friends may call Sunday from 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm at Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive Madison, Indiana. MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to St. Judes or the King's Daughters' Hospital Foundation. Cards are available at the funeral home. Click Here for Funeral Service or Tribute Video To send a flower arrangement in memory of Cleon J. Griffin Roberts, please click here to visit our sympathy store.