Vera Marcine Roberts

Funeral service for Vera Roberts will be held 2:00 p.m. Monday, August 20, 2012 at Gillette Memorial Chapel, Gillette, Wyoming with Pastor Bob Rudichar of Cornerstone Church of God officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery. Vera Roberts, age 86, of Gillette, Wyoming died Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at the Close to Home Hospice House in Gillette after an extended battle with illness. Vera was born February 12, 1926 in Cheney, Kansas, the daughter of Con and Ethel Pipkin. She was raised and attended school in Hutchinson, Kansas and after school she began work as a telephone operator. In 1945, she married Robert Carson in San Diego, California and from this union came three sons. The couple would later divorce after moving to Gillette in 1956. Vera married Henry "Hank" Roberts in Gillette in 1960. Together the couple had four children. Vera worked as a housekeeper for the Sands Motel in Gillette for over twenty years and then for another ten years at the Holiday Inn before retiring. She was an active member of her church and played piano for Sunday services at her church and for Pioneer Manor's Sunday services. For special services she also enjoyed playing piano, the accordion, and singing with the church choir. Vera will be especially remembered for her kindness and caring spirit. Her whole world was her family and she had no greater love than caring for them. Vera is survived by sons: Gary Carson, Jim Carson, Bill Carson, David Roberts, Ronnie Roberts, and Johnnie Roberts, all of Gillette, Wyoming; daughter, Joyce White of Gillette, Wyoming; brother, Harold Pipkin of Kingman, Kansas; as well as by 12 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, sisters: Mildred and Dorothy, former husband Robert Carson, and by her husband Hank Roberts. Memorials and condolences may be sent in Vera's name in care of Gillette Memorial Chapel, 210 West 5th Street, Gillette, Wyoming 82716. Condolences may also be sent via the internet at www.gillettememorialchapel.comFuneral Home:Gillette Memorial Chapel210 West Fifth Street Gillette, WYUS 82716