Rae Taylor Shurtleff Roberts Obituary (1917 - 2007)

Rae Taylor Shurtleff Roberts OGDEN - One of the kindest, most patient souls ever, Rae Shurtleff Roberts has passed on to the next life. Her final hours were peaceful and painless, in her home in Ogden, surrounded by friends, family and cat. Rae was born Feb 12, 1917, and died Jan 16, 2007 of old age. In her final years, she was at her best: cheerful, loving, and humorous as ever. As the daughter of Lee A. and Alice T. Shurtleff, she grew up on a farm in Harrisville, Utah, with her sisters Frances and Genet, and then moved to Ogden, where she graduated from Ogden High School. She attended the Dee School of Nursing where she was vice president of the student body, and graduated as a Registered Nurse in 1939. She combined homemaking and career, raising two sons and using her nursing skills to heal others for decades at nursing homes, as a public health nurse, and at the old Dee hospital where she was a supervisor. Her husband Donald W. Roberts, whom she married in 1939, died in 1992. She is survived by her sons Spencer D. Roberts (Sharon) of Lafayette, CO, and Douglas J. Roberts (Carolyn) of Bountiful, UT; 8 grandchildren, and 24 great grandchildren. Also surviving is her sister Genet Foley. Rae enjoyed gardening, traveling with Don to the Teton Mountains, and camping under the pine trees. She was a member of the LDS church. Special thanks to her best friends and caretakers; Shane, Debbie and Andrew Hurst. VisitationMyers Mortuary - Ogden 100 Monroe Blvd. Ogden, UT 84404 January 20, 2007 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM ServiceMyers Mortuary - Ogden 1875 Monroe Blvd Ogden, Utah 84401 January 20, 2007 11:00 AM CemeteryOgden City Cemetery 20th and Madison Ogden, UT 84404 January 20, 2007