A. Roberta Rutledge
1926-2017
The death of our dear mother
Alice Roberta Rutledge
(Flemming) 90, born on August 23, 1926 in Port
Elgin, NB occurred at Moncton Regional Hospital June 3rd, 2017. Roberta was a resident
of Port Elgin where she married Douglas Edward Rutledge on August 9,
1946 and raised her family of eight children. The past 23 years she
resided in Dorchester nearer family.
She was well known in the community for
being an elementary school teacher in the Port Elgin district for over
thirty years, from the age of 18 until her retirement in
1984.
Predeceased by her husband Douglas
Edward Rutledge and two of her children, Sharon and Gregory and by her
siblings John C. Flemming, Doris M. Flemming, Archibald Flemming, her
dear sister Evelyn Julia Roach, Frank R. Flemming, Beatrice C. Lewis,
Archer K. Flemming, and by her father Roland Hill Flemming and mother
Flora Mae (Sainsbury) Flemming.
Roberta is survived by six children
Dianne (Gilles) Fournier of Dorchester, NB, Gwen (Fred) Black of Olds,
AB, Debby (Tom) Keehn of Port Elgin, NB, G. Carol (Joseph) Marohnic of
Thunder Bay, ON, Douglas Rutledge of Dorchester, NB, Sonya (Jerry)
Nelson of Kakabeka Falls, ON; daughter in law Loreen Rutledge of
Thunder Bay, ON; sisters M. Eileen (Mitchell) Smith of Sackville, NB,
and Eliza May (Josh) Purney of Nanaimo, BC, and two sisters-in-law,
Margery Evans, Chicago, and Marie Barker, Fairbanks,
Alaska.
Roberta Rutledge will be dearly missed
by her large family and friends. She was very proud to mention that
she had twenty-two grandchildren and thirty-three great-grandchildren
with four great-great- grandchildren, then go about naming them all
and their ages.
Roberta was a very dedicated and active
member of Jehovah’s Witnesses for fifty-four years and proud to speak
to anyone about her faith and the Bible’s hope it gives to
mankind.
Our mother will be resting at the
Jones Funeral Home, 70 Bridge Street,
Sackville NB (506-364-1300) from where the funeral service will be
held on Wednesday, June 7, 2017 at 2 pm. Prior visitation with the
family will be on Wednesday from 12 pm until the time of the funeral.
Burial will be in the Fernwood Cemetery, Port Elgin.
Donations in memory of Roberta may be
made to the Jehovah’s Witness World Wide Work.
Sharing of memories and condolences may
be sent to the family by visiting Roberta’s online memorial at
www.jonesfuneralhome.ca or through the Jones Funeral Home Facebook
Page.
Nos plus sincères sympathies à la famille et aux amis de A. Roberta Rutledge – 1926-2017.source
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