Walter Brown Robertson

Daily Argus Observer (Ontario, Oregon)
Friday, March 03, 1983

PAYETTE - Rosary for Walter Brown Robertson, 75, Payette, who died Wednesday in an Ontario hospital, will be recited at 8 p.m. today in Shaffer-Jensen Chapel, Payette. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 9 a.m. Saturday in Holy Family Catholic Church, Payette, by Father Patrick Phelan. Interment will follow at Riverside Cemetery, Payette.

He was born December 29, 1907, at Mammoth Springs, Ark., the son of Albert and Lena Robertson. They moved to Colorado where he was raised and attended schools. He moved to New Plymouth, Idaho in 1938. He married Iva Bendon, Dec. 6, 1939 at Emmett, Idaho. They moved to Payette in 1941. He worked for The Ontario Grain Co. for 14 years and the Pacific Supply CO-OP of Ontario for 15 years. He retired in 1973. He was a member of the Holy Family Catholic Church of Payette.

Surviving are his wife, Iva of Payette; four sons, Roy Robertson of Stockton, Calif.; Gary Robertson of Medford, Ore.; Dennis Robertson of Helix, Ore.; Jim Robertson of the Oregon Slope, Ore.; one daughter, Linda Ward of Payette; two brothers, Fred of Glenwood Springs, Colo.; Clark of Doniphan, Mo.; one sister, Helen Pettigrew of Midvale, Idaho and 11 grandchildren.

Friends may call at the Shaffer-Jensen Chapel from 4 p.m. until time of rosary tonight.

Memorials may be directed to Mountain States Tumor Institute, Boise.