Roberta Jean Britt, 84, formerly of Patoka, died on March 1, 2016, at Breeze Park Care Center in St. Charles, MO. She was born the daughter of Alfred B. and Angela (Colson) More on February 10, 1932 in Ionia, Kansas. On March 2, 1952 she married Dwight Britt at the First Baptist Church in Patoka and he preceded her in death.
Survivors include: sons, Mark Britt and wife Andrea, Robert Britt; daughter, Jean Schaffner and husband Roger; grandchildren, Kate and Lauren; sisters, Evelyn Burk and husband Glenn, Audrey Cooksey and husband Charles, and Gwendolyn Jones. She is preceded in death by: parents, Alfred and Angela More; adoptive parents, Rolla and Goldie Sparks; and half-sister, Bernice Arendt.
Roberta grew up in Oklahoma and Texas before moving to Illinois in 1950. She worked at the First National Bank in Patoka for 25 years.
Services will be Saturday, March 19, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at Day Macz Funeral Home in Patoka with Pastor Dave Rogers officiatiing. Friends may call at time of service at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association or Patoka Baptist Church. Day Macz Funeral Home is in care of arrangements. Online condolences and memories of Roberta may be shared with the family at www.maczfuneralhomes.com and/or on the funeral home’s Facebook page.