Roberta Williams

Roberta Ruth Williams, age 75, of Grants Pass, died Monday, January 20, 2014 at the Applegate House.

A memorial service will be at 4:00 p.m., Saturday, January 25, 2014 at Edgewater Christian Fellowship, 101 Assembly Circle, Grants Pass. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements.

Remembrances may be made to JOE’s Place Ministries, PO Box 1226, Grants Pass, Oregon 97528.

Roberta was born September 5, 1938 in Dayton, Ohio. As a young girl, she moved with her mother and grandmother to Deer Park, Washington where she grew up and graduated from Deer Park High School in 1956. On February 10, 1956 in Deer Park she married Robert Williams. In 1962 they moved to San Jose, California and in 1977 moved to Gilroy, California where they started RND Quarter Horse Ranch. In 1988 they moved to Harrah, Washington and in the early 1990s moved to Driggs, Idaho where for 16 years they operated Intermountain Lodge. In 2006 they moved to Grants Pass.

Roberta loved being a mother and grandmother and enjoyed attending her children’s and grandchildren’s many activities.

Survivors include two daughters, Layne Brown of Jackson Hole, Wyoming and Daye Perez of Grants Pass, Oregon; two sons, Norris Williams of Cashmere, Washington and Daron Williams of Grants Pass, Oregon; 15 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Williams in 2006.