Mrs. Roberta Link Klass' Obituary
Roberta Link Klass of Dadeville died on June 20, 2015 at her home on Lake Martin. Viewing will be on Tuesday, June 23rd, from 10 am until noon at Radney Funeral Home. Funeral services will follow at St. John the Apostle Church at 1 pm with Father Woods as the celebrant. Burial will follow at Hillview Memorial Park.
Roberta was born on September 9, 1926 in Bay County, Michigan to Rufus and Delema Link.
Roberta was a retired Registered Nurse. She joined the U.S. Army in September 1944 and was chosen to be a member of the Cadet Nursing Corps. She took her training at St Mary’s Hospital in Detroit, Michigan and graduated in 1947 with honors.
After being discharged from the Army in 1947, she married Larry Klass. For the first five years of their marriage, they lived on the campus of Michigan State University while Larry obtained a degree in Materials Engineering.
Larry’s work took them to live in South Bend, Indiana; Midland, Michigan; Cleveland, Ohio; and Nashville, Tennessee. They resided in Nashville for over 30 years. While in Nashville, Roberta was a member of the Ladies of Charity and worked in their Thrift Shop for 26 years; was a Girl Scout leader for 4 years, volunteered for a number of years at the Cloverbottom Mental Hospital where she dearly loved the children and was very proud of the fact that they called her Momma. Roberta was elected President of the Home Demonstration Club several times and was a Room Mother at Holy Rosary School.
Larry and Roberta moved to Dadeville in 1990. They were active members of St John the Apostle Church and sang in the choir. They were also active in Master Gardeners, Prestige 55, Horizons Unlimited, Members of the Arts, Inc. and Lake Watch until Roberta was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2011.
Roberta and Larry have had a very happy and loving marriage for 67 years. Besides her loving husband Larry, she is survived by her loving family: son Robert and his wife Jana Klass of Pennsylvania and daughter Barbara and her husband Vic Adamson of Alexander City; grandchildren – Todd and Cindy Adamson of TN, Tiffany and Jimmy Daniel of Alexander City, Brent and Robbi Anne Adamson of Birmingham, Chad and Ashley Adamson of Trussville, Clay and Crystal Adamson of Florida, and Dr. Brittany Klass of Pennsylvania; great grandchildren – Maggie, Macy and Ansley Daniel; Gracie, Harper, Brenley, Emmie, Jack, Sophia and Leo Adamson.
Roberta was preceded in death by her parents, sister Vivian Gwiazda and brother Rufus Link, Jr. She is survived by a sister, Mary Jane Ransier.
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