Roberta J. "Bobbie Jean" Eperthener
Roberta J. "Bobbie Jean" Eperthener
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Roberta Eperthener Obituary
Of Dormont on Sat. Feb. 7, 2009; beloved mother of Melissa Horn (Scott) and the late Douglas J. Engelman Jr.; daughter of Martha R. Eperthener; grandmother of Dougy, Chad, Evan and Cami; sister of Louis, John, Thomas Eperthener and Mary Lou Hutchison. Friends may call at FRANK F. DeBOR FUNERAL HOME, INC., 1065 Brookline Blvd., 412-561-0380 Wed. & Thurs. 2-4 & 6-8 pm. Mass of Christian Burial Fri. at 10 am in St. Pius X Church. www.deborfuneralhome.com
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Susan Hollingsworth
April 1, 2009
I worked with Bobbie and traveled with her. She was a good friend, a loyal employee and a great companion! I lost touch with her after she left Mellon. It is sad that I learned about her in this manner. She was always in my thoughts and now in my prayers. All the best to her family.
Arlene Schollaert
February 23, 2009
Melissa and Family - Please accept my deepest sympathy on the loss of your mother. She was a wonderful person and a great friend. I will keep you in my prayers.
Melissa
February 23, 2009
My Dear Mom - "Ma",
Every day of my life I will think of you and Dougy... Maybe some days I will pray on how I am here living through this life and the two of you are free in your spirits, able to protect us and love us and not have any of the fears that go through the day to day lives that the rest of us are still living with. Sometimes, I guess it will make me angry. I don't think that mostly it will make me sad. I'm sort of proud in a way that your body finally let go of your soul, because your soul, I know, has been ready, right? Your soul hasn't given a crap about your body in QUITE a while, I think, Ma. All you have cared about is that everyone around you is happy and loved. When Dougy left and had to move on - man, I just think it took your brain a long time to focus on the goal - the prize - the love.... the end of the rainbow.... for YOU. I bet that's right, isn't it? You and I are so much alike, and we are such people pleasers, but the difference is a really big one - you have already raised your family! You did a GREAT JOB! You taught me that I could do and be ANYTHING! And I am SO grateful that I made sure that you knew that I knew that. You taught Dougy to be loving and kind and forgiving to anyone for everything. He was the best big brother I could have ever asked for. I never had a moment in my entire life that I ever wondered if he loved me. I ALWAYS knew that he would do anything for me. And I ALWAYS knew that YOU would do anything for me. And finally, you did what you needed to do for YOU. I am well taken care of, Ma, here on Earth and now I have two of the greatest guardians that I know are dedicated to us. (Not to mention the angels above that we have in Pappap, Grandmere, Grandpa Frazier and all of our other loving family who will watch over us). God knows we need as many as we can for as often as your grandchildren seem to love running into traffic!!! I will miss hearing your voice on the phone every day. I will miss the fact that I know it's you calling and I will probably forever feel a little guilt for the times that I've been in the middle of doing 10 things and I ignored the phone knowing you'd call back. I will miss holding the phone a foot away from my head because you talk so loudly on the other end. I will miss handing the phone to Cami and hearing you say, "HI SWEETIE!!!" and hearing her say back, "Hi, Grammy. Did you mail my purple dress?" (Or whatever recent item she was expecting). And SO much I will miss the fact that I can call you up when I'm frazzled and say, "MA. Are you busy. Cami is making me psycho. Can you talk to her, please? Thank you! Hang on - here she is." ............. I am grateful that I know that about 3 or 4 years ago you made a video tape of yourself (even though it's not a great copy) reading Green Eggs and Ham to the boys. I can't wait to get home so I can play that for them all. I am not really looking forward to Cami, though, asking where you are and why we didn't see you when we were at your house (because I know she doesn't understand), even though she says, "Grammy's not here because she died." As if she's saying that Grammy went to the store. I know parts of this is going to be rough - especially when I lock up your house for the last time. Moving out all of the things that I want and packing up the final things that I have found from our childhood (that I can't trust in shipping back to Germany) and storing them at Cathy or Kenny & Lisa's is going to be a tough pill to swallow. I've found most of Dougy's things and it's pretty hard knowing that there is so little left from him. It's already hard trying to minimize the zillion things that you created and loved to such a small amount. I think that our family is going to end up having more stuff than they anticipated! Oh well - that's their problem, right?! They can stuff it under their couch, right, Ma? Well, I'm done crying for now, so I think I can wrap it up. I hope the Post-Gazette will let this entry stand, eh? No doubt I'm going to miss you and Dougy, but I know you're right here with me. Probably sitting right beside me drying my tears, in fact. It's all love. It is ALL LOVE.
Doug Engelman
February 13, 2009
To Melissa, and to the entire Eperthener family; On behalf of the entire Engelman family, I wish to express our deep sadness at the passing of Bobbie Jean. She is remembered very fondly by all. We know how difficult this will be for Melissa, having lost her brother and now her Mother. We will all be there to love and support you.
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Sarah Wells
February 12, 2009
I am so sorry to hear of the loss of Bobbie. She was a wonderfully creative and loving person whose spirit will stay close to those she touched. My deepest sympathy to her family.
Fleischauer
February 11, 2009
My deepest sympathy to Melissa, Bobbie's mom, and the family. ~Abby
Judy Witkowski
February 11, 2009
You are in my prayers.
Sabrina Ortberg
February 10, 2009
Melissa and Scott,
I am so sorry about your loss. I know that your mom has some great company up there! I think of you often throughout the day and hope that you know that if you need me all you have to do is call.
Love,
Sabrina Ortberg
Debra Bashioum
February 10, 2009
Tom and Caren - We are so sorry to hear of your sudden loss. You and your family will be in our thoughts and prayers. With love and sympathy,
Deb and Jim Bashioum
Vi and Chuppy Krance
Sherri Keffer
February 10, 2009
I'm so sorry to hear about Bobbie. She was a true friend and confidante. May God keep you close during your time of need.
Demma family
February 10, 2009
Our condolences to the family and
especially Bert. We will miss seeing
Bobby Jean and her dog picking
you up at St. Pius after mass.
We will miss her at our crafts shows.
Vanessa Ferguson
February 10, 2009
Melissa I am sorry I could not be there with you. You and your family are in my prayers. With love and sypmathy,
Jeff and Vanessa Ferguson
Sonya Eperthener
February 10, 2009
Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.
DONNA MOHLMAN
February 10, 2009
TO THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF BOBBIE JEAN, I WOULD LIKE TO SEND MY CONDOLENCES UPON HER RECENT PASSING. BOBBIE JEAN, PAULETTE AND I WOULD OFTEN ATTEND DANCES AT THE LODGE AND GROVE TOGETHER AS TEENAGERS. I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THOSE FUN TIMES. SINCE BOB AND I ARE RETIRED, WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH MY DAD IN FLORIDA. BECAUSE WE ARE CURRENTLY OUT OF TOWN, WE ARE SENDING OUR EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY BY MAIL. MY HUSBAND, BOB, WAS A NEIGHBOR FROM PLAINVIEW AVE. WITH DEEPEST REGRETS, BOB AND DONNA MOHLMAN
Darcy Anderson
February 10, 2009
BOBBIE JEAN, I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU AS A WARM, WONDERFUL, CREATIVE PERSON. YOU WERE A GREAT CAREGIVER TO YOUR MOM. YOU WILL BE GREATLY MISSED BY YOUR FAMILY.
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