Obituary of Mary C. Roberts

Mary C. Roberts, 88 of Woodstock, CT, died Saturday, September 12, 2015 at the Westview Nursing Home in Dayville. She was the wife of Preston T. Roberts, who died in 2006. She was born in New York City, July 1, 1927, daughter of the late William and Marie J. (Gumber) Cuff. She attended public schools in New York and graduated from Riverhead High School in 1944. She worked in the executive offices of AT&T for several years before her marriage. She has made her home in Woodstock for the last 60 years. Mary was an active member of the First Congregational Church in Woodstock, where she served on many committees and boards. She was a former President of the Woodstock Garden Club, and a member of the Woodstock Historical Society, the Woodstock Young Homemakers and the Woodstock Theft Detection Society. She had also served as treasurer of the Bracken Memorial Library. Mary was a great supporter of the Woodstock Academy’s Music Program for many years. A devoted and caring mother, grandmother, aunt and friend to many, she leaves her son, Richard Roberts and his wife Melissa of Wethersfield, her grandchildren Amelia Roberts and Thomas Roberts, and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her son David Roberts in 1981, and her siblings Emil Weichand, Ethel Moffitt, and William Cuff, Jr. A Memorial Service will be Saturday, September 26, 2015 at 2:30 PM at the First Congregational Church of Woodstock, Route 169, Woodstock, CT. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Mary’s memory to the David Roberts Memorial Fund, Woodstock Academy, Woodstock, CT 06281 or Preston Roberts Scholarship Fund, Woodstock Agricultural Society, Woodstock, CT. Share a memory at www.smithandwalkerfh.com