Verna Roberts

Verna Olga Bosse Roberts, born March 8, 1914 in Gardena, North
Dakota, the eleventh child, to Carl and Emma Bosse, passed on March
22, 2010. Verna's family moved to Snohomish County in 1920. She
attended Zion Lutheran School, in Snohomish and was confirmed at
Zion Lutheran in 1929. She graduated from Snohomish High School in
1934. Verna married Ernest M. Roberts on February 11th, 1949, with
brother Bill and sister in law Hattie as witnesses. She had two
stepsons: Bill and Don. She worked for Pacific Northwest Bell,
retiring in the late sixties after 33 years of service. She was
preceded in death by her husband Ernie, brothers William, Bernard,
Robert, Amos, Fred, Herman and Walt and sisters, Lenora, Martha,
Gertrude, Florence and Myrtle. She is survived by numerous nieces
and nephews. Family graveside services will be at Zion Lutheran
Cemetery, Snohomish, WA, with a reception following at Zion
Lutheran Church, date and time to be announced. Donations in
memory of Verna can be made to Zion Lutheran Church, 4th &
Avenue A, Snohomish, WA 98290, (360) 568-2700 or the charity of
your choice.
Verna will be remembered mostly by her kind nature,
independent and feisty spirit exhibited by driving well into her
95th year. Verna, like the rest of her family, loved a good game
of pinochle, a hearty breakfast and a cup of coffee any time of
day. Verna's 96th birthday was recently celebrated at her favorite
breakfast spot, Strickers Café in Lynnwood, Washington, with family
and friends. Thank you to the Strickers staff for having her
breakfast on the table before she could sit down and pouring a
bottomless cup of coffee. Special thanks to the staff of Richmond
Beach Rehab in Shoreline, Washington where Verna resided the last
few months of her life.