Roberta L. Roberts Obituary (1952

Roberta Lee "Bertie" Roberts, age 72, of Harrisville passed away on Monday February 24, 2025 at Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown. A funeral service will be held at 1PM on Saturday March 1, 2025, calling hours will precede the service from 11AM until 1PM. Arrangements are under the care and direction of Frary Funeral Home, 33 Park Street, Gouverneur. Bertie was born on October 18, 1952 in Rochester, NY to Matthew and Ellen Posadni. Growing up in Rochester, her family took many vacations up North over the years. During one of these vacations is when she met her husband, Lonnie (Bim) Roberts in Rossie. Bertie and Bim married on February 14, 1970 and settled in Gouverneur. Soon after marrying they welcomed their son, Duane and 3 years later a daughter, Darlene. Once her children were grown and started having their own families, Bertie spent a good deal of her time caring for her five grandchildren to whom she adored above all else. The best way to get on Bertie's "bad side" would be by hurting one of her "grandbabies", which is what she always referred to all her grandchildren as, no matter how old they were. Bertie's favorite things consisted of lunch outings with her Aunt Laurie and close friend Myrna, a good book, the occasional trip to the casino, and the most of all-visits with her cousins from Rochester, whom she loved dearly. She loved to be pampered and waited on, and was not afraid to admit it. She did not have much of a filter, and her family laughed often at her blunt personality, speaking whatever came to her mind. They found humor in her cooking habits (or lack thereof.) She was notorious for making sure every birthday party had vanilla cake- even the birthdays that were not hers, and she could knock back a large ice cream with the best of them. Her least favorite things were any of her grandbabies doing anything she considered "dangerous" and she made sure they got an earful when she didn't approve. She had more strength and was more brave then she ever gave herself credit for, and fought a long and hard battle to have more time with her family. To know Bertie was to love her, and she was deeply loved by many. Bertie is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Duane and Kathy Roberts, of Gouverneur, a daughter and son-in-law, Darlene and Jeff Sixberry, of Harrisville. Her grandbabies, Brooke Lynde, Porky Roberts, Kaitlyn Lynde, Kailee Hadfield, and Lacey Sixberry, and her 11 great grandbabies, Logan, Lola, and Lonnie Lynde, Bennett and Sutton Lynde, Molly, Matthew and Tate Roberts, Laiken, Colt, and Maverick Hadfield. As well as her sisters Linda Rennells and Kathy Witz. She is predeceased by her parents Ellen and Matthew, her husband Bim, her brother Kevin, and her daughter Mary Ellen- who was born sleeping. Online condolences may be shared with Bertie's family at www.fraryfuneralhome.com.