Roberta Esther Gaston

Female 1914 - 1994  (79 years)


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  • Name Roberta Esther Gaston  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Born 31 Jul 1914  Alexandria, Thayer, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Female 
    Race White  [1, 4, 5
    Residence 1920  Eureka, Jefferson, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Age: 5; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter 
    Residence 1930  Eureka, Jefferson, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Age: 15; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter 
    Residence 1935  Fairbury, Jefferson, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Residence 1 Apr 1940  Beatrice, Gage, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Age: 25; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife 
    Died 2 Jul 1994  Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Buried Alexandria, Thayer, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • Alexandria Cemetery, Find A Grave Memorial# 26178909
    Person ID I5521  Clark Benscoter
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2020 

    Father Roy Jefferson Gaston,   b. 3 May 1889, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jun 1972  (Age 83 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Susanna Hill,   b. 6 Sep 1894, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Mar 1920, Alexandria, Thayer, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 25 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 15 Jun 1910  Fairbury, Jefferson, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1665  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Herbert Durand Garber,   b. 24 Sep 1908, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Dec 1984  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 22 Nov 1930 
    Children 
     1. Lois Jean Garber,   b. 1 May 1934, Helvey, Jefferson, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Nov 2003, Margate, Broward, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)  [natural]
     2. D. Garber
     3. Baby Girl Garber,   b. 12 Dec 1934,   d. 12 Dec 1934  (Age 0 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2020 
    Family ID F429  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 31 Jul 1914 - Alexandria, Thayer, Nebraska, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Age: 5; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter - 1920 - Eureka, Jefferson, Nebraska, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Age: 15; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter - 1930 - Eureka, Jefferson, Nebraska, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1935 - Fairbury, Jefferson, Nebraska, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Age: 25; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife - 1 Apr 1940 - Beatrice, Gage, Nebraska, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 2 Jul 1994 - Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Alexandria, Thayer, Nebraska, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Roberta E. Garber, 79, of Kansas City, Mo., formerly of Fairbury, Neb., and Weslaco, 'Texas, died July 2, 1994, at the Ramona Villa Health Care Center in Kansas City, Mo., where she had resided the past several years. She was born July 31, 1914, on a farm at Alexandria and there she grew up.
      On Nov. 22, 1930, she married Herbert D. Garber of Fairbury. He served as minister at the Snow to Sun Mobile Home Park in Weslaco for seven years.
      She was a member of the North Side Christian Church in Gladstone, Mo., where her late husband had been or¬dained. She resided in Kansas City, Mo., for 37 years and also in Lexington, Mo., and Excel¬sior Springs, Mo., before retir¬ing to Weslaco.
      Preceding her in death were her parents, Roy J. and Susie Anne Hill Gaston; husband Herbert; stepmother, Hilda P. Gaston; and brother, Harley L. Gaston.
      Survivors include her son, Donald L. and his wife Ros¬alie of Stover, Mo.; daugh¬ter, Lois Jeanne Larivee and her husband Allen of Mar¬gate, Fla.; sisters, Floy D. Gar¬ber and Blanche E. Frades, both of Fairbury; half brother, Wayne F. Gaston of Fairbury; eight grandchildren; 13 great¬-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
      Services were July 6, from Nuckolls-Meyer Chapel in Fair¬bury, with the Rev. Tim Adams officiating. Music was provided by Bonnie Hall-Fos¬ter and Karie Ann Gaston. Pallbearers were David and Kenneth Garber, Michael Grimes, Robert Larivee, Barry Lemire and Larry Gaston. Burial was in the Alexandria Cemetery

  • Sources 
    1. [S50] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Reco;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Eureka, Jefferson, Nebraska; Roll: T625_991; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 100; Image: 858.
      Record for Susie A Gaston

    2. [S259] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Roberta Esther Garber

    3. [S776] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Number: 508-22-6693; Issue State: Nebraska; Issue Date: Before 1951.
      Record for Roberta E. Garber

    4. [S49] 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626,;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Eureka, Jefferson, Nebraska; Roll: 1283; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0009; Image: 900.0; FHL microfilm: 2341018.
      Record for Roberta Gaston

    5. [S48] 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Beatrice, Gage, Nebraska; Roll: T627_2247; Page: 63A; Enumeration District: 34-9.
      Record for Roberta Garber