Roberta Hellstrom, 91, of Baldwin City, KS, passed away, Monday, May 29 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
Roberta was born October 14, 1931 to Emma & Walter Hellstrom. She moved to Baldwin City in 1999.
She worked at Lawrence Memorial Hospital for 14 years and Hallmark Cards for 27 years as a machine operator/inspector, retiring in 1993.
She was a lifetime member of the North Lawrence Christian Church.
Roberta received a letter of athletic participation in 2000 due to 50 years of attending every home football game beginning in 1950.
Along with the above football participation she was a scholar of the Civil War era & read many publications, if not all, she could find on the subject.
She is survived by brother Ray (Joyce) Hellstrom of Kansas City, MO; sister Sandra Rebecca Melton of Raytown, MO, and several nieces, nephews and a cousin.
Visitation will be Monday, June 5 at 1:00 with service following at 2:00 pm. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Sending condolences to the family. I enjoyed our talks about movies, Native American History, and country and western songs. She was a delight to take care of at Medicalodges. She will be missed by many.
I will miss Roberta. Her family was always in our church. Always enjoyed talking to her.
I have known Roberta since I was a young girl. She was a dear friend of the family. I loved seeing her at church. God has another angel
Debbie Mills Shafer & family
My deepest Sympathy to her family. May the Lord wrap them in his loving embrace and give them comfort at this most difficult time.
It has been a lot of years since I worked with Roberta at Hallmark Cards. She was a wonderful person to work with, and I enjoyed her smile and laugh as well. Rest in peace Roberta.
Roberta was a sweet and gentle soul. I loved working with her. Her passing is a reminder of the good old days at work. RIP Robo.
Roberta and her whole family were friends of our whole family in fact we called her mom aunt Emma, and they called our grandma Aunt Eve have had her in a group we both belonged too and kept in touch all these years she will be missed.
Roberta was always full o f faith in Jesus. We will .miss her joy
Rod and Margie Hinkle and North Lawrence Christian Church
I’m so sorry to hear this. My condolences to her family! She was so loved by the Medicalodges staff and residents. Will miss her laughter!
To Roberta’s family I am sending my condolenc. Eldon
and I thought a lot of Roberta. Eldon passed in January of 2022 at 90 years old, also
Roberta is one of the best women I’ve had the pleasure of working with. She was such a hard worker. She had a funny side, too. I will never forget her smiling, shaking her fist and then laughing. Rest in peace my friend.