Obituary: Roberts, Sidney George “Sid”

Age 90

Sun., Sept. 2, 2012

ROBERTS,
Sidney
George “Sid”

Passed away peacefully at home in Chandler, AZ on August 26, 2012.

He was born December 14, 1921 in Elk River, MN to Abram and Honora Brennan Roberts.

Sid was a graduate of Elk River High School, Hamline University, and the University of Minnesota from which he received his MS Degree in Physical Metallurgy.

Sid played football and basketball for Hamline, and was a member of the 1942 NAII National Champion Basketball team.

His professional career began with the Chrysler Corporation where he worked on turbine fan blade alloy development in Detroit, MI; which eventually led to his position as Sr. Research Scientist for Kaiser Aluminum in Spokane WA, and Pleasanton, CA, from which he retired.
Sid served as a Surgical Technician in the U.S. Army in WWII.

He served in Normandy, Northern France, the Rhineland, and Central Europe.

Sid served in Patton’s Third Army and participated in the relief of Bastogne.

After the war, he served in the occupation force in Czechoslovakia where he played football.
Sid loved the outdoors and was an avid hunter, fisherman, and trap shooter.
He is predeceased by his wife, Marlyn, his son, Richard, and his siblings Jack, Lloyd, and Margaret.

Sid is survived by his daughter Christine Batty, his sons Sidney, Gregory and Jeffrey, and his grand- children Alyssa, Matthew, Kate, Heidi, Hayley, Emily and Mason.
A visitation will be held Tuesday, September 4, 2012 from 10:00AM to 1:00PM at Thornhill Valley Chapel, 1400 S. Pines Rd, Spokane Valley, WA, followed by a Graveside Service, 2:00PM at Pines Cemetery, 1402 S. Pines Rd, Spokane Valley.

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