Extracted from the O'Fallon Progress (O'Fallon, IL)
Thursday, July 25, 1991

James M. Roberts

James M. Roberts, 80, of Fairview Heights, formerly of O'Fallon, died Wednesday, July 17, 1991, at Memorial Hospital.

He was a retired international president of the Stove Furnace and Allied Appliance Workers Union. Member of Local 4 of the Stove and Furnace and Allied Appliance Workers Union. St. John's United Church of Christ-Fairview Heights, Masonic Lodge #576, Scottish Rite Bodies Valley of Southern Illinois and Ainad Temple Shrine of East St. Louis.

He was preceded in death by his parents, James and Fannie Roberts and one brother Charles Roberts. Survivors include his wife LaVera Roberts of Fairview Heights; one daughter and son-in-law, Joan and Edward Dressel of O'Fallon; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Arthur and Luella Roberts of O'Fallon; George and Betty Roberts of Quincy, Mass.; two grandsons, Mark Dressel of Collinsville and Kent Dressel of Dallas, Texas.

Funeral services were held Friday, July 19, from the Schildknecht Funeral Home with the Rev. Dr. Harold Paul officiating. Burial was in Lake View Memorial Gardens.

Memorials may be made to St. Johns United Church of Christ or O'Fallon United Church of Christ.