Arvilla Dalbey Roberts

From: [email protected] (Cindy Colley)
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 19:20:19 -0600

Columbia, MO Tribune Online
Friday, October 13, 1998

Obituary: Eugenia Wyatt
Eugenia R. Wyatt, 93, of Columbia died Wednesday, Nov. 11, 1998, at University Hospital.

Services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Tom Adams and Bob Green officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

Mrs. Wyatt was born Oct. 7, 1905, in Audrain County to Shannon Buford and Arvilla Dalbey Roberts.

She married Ernest Wyatt on Oct. 7, 1929, in Columbia, and he preceded her in death.

She received a teaching certificate from Kirksville Teacher�s College and a master�s degree in education from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She was employed as a teacher and principal for the Hallsville School District
from 1939-57. She later taught literature at Hickman High School from 1959-73. She was a member of Hallsville Methodist Church, King�s Daughters, Bess Miller Circle, State Retired Teachers Association and National Retired
Teachers Association.

Survivors include a sister, Cleo Roberts of Centralia.

Memorials are suggested to the Ernest and Eugenia Hospitality House, in care of, Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, 115 Business 70 W, Columbia, Mo., 65203.

Columbia Missourian Newspaper Online Friday, November 13, 1998
http://digmo.org/news/local/premium/obitpage.html#erw
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Eugenia R. Wyatt
Eugenia R. Wyatt of Columbia died Wednesday, Nov. 11, 1998, at University Hospital and Clinics. She was 93.

Mrs. Wyatt was a teacher and principal at Hallsville schools from 1939 to 1957. She also taught literature at Hickman High School from 1959 to 1973.
She helped establish the Earnest and Eugenia Wyatt Hospitality House, which provides a place to stay for people from rural areas who need cancer treatment.

Mrs. Wyatt was born Oct. 7, 1905, in Audrain County to Shannon Buford and Arvilla Dalbey Roberts. She married Ernest Wyatt in 1929. Mrs. Wyatt graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia, receiving a master's
degree in education.

She was a member of Hallsville Methodist Church. Other organizations she was involved in include King's Daughters, Bess Miller Circle and the National and State Retired Teachers associations. She also enjoyed reading and traveling with her husband.

Visitation for Mrs. Wyatt will be from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, at Memorial Funeral Home, 1217 Bus Loop 70 W. Services, conducted by the Rev. Tom Adams and the Rev. Bob Green, will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Wyatt is survived by her sister, Cleo Roberts of Centralia.

Her husband died earlier.

Memorials may be sent to Ernest and Eugenia Wyatt Hospitality House, c/o Ellis Fischel, 115 Bus. Loop 70 W., Columbia, Mo. 65203.

Tribune Online News Story - 08/07/1995

Story ran on August 07, 1995

Thomas Cercy Roberts, 76, of Centralia died Sunday, Aug. 6, 1995, at Moberly Regional Hospital.

Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8, at the Fenton Funeral Chapel in Centralia. Burial will be at the Union Cemetery, south of Centralia.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 7, at the funeral home. Mr. Roberts was born Dec. 10, 1918, to David Elmer and Ora Meredith Roberts in Boone County.

A retired farmer, he was a lifelong resident of the Boone County area. He was a member and Sunday School teacher at the former Far West Christian Church. Survivors include two first cousins, Cleo Roberts of Centralia and Eugenia Wyatt of Columbia, and several second cousins.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Nelson Taylor Roberts, Dec. 10, 1979.

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