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Roberta Gay Roe

Lake Forest, Illinois

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Roberta "Bobbi" Roe (June 29, 1938 - March 31, 2021) Pilot, author, publisher, mother and friend. Born in Rochester, Michigan in a log cabin to Edna Ferguson Burns and Russell Burns, died in Chicago, Illinois, aged 82. She was predeceased by her husband, David Christopher Roe (September 9, 1933 -...

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Prayers for Bobbi and her beloved family now and always.

Susan, David, and Jim, My condolences on reading of the your mother's passing. What an amazing life she lived. Your dad, too. I worked with your dad at HLM in Iowa City. The other day I found a letter he sent me after the move to Rochester NY. Please reach out and I'll email you the letter. Best regards, Tom Wittman, Des Moines, IA

A photo from my last visit in September 2019. She was such an amazing lady; my life is richer for having known her. The archiving work she spearheaded for the 99s was an important gift for women´s aviation history. Will always miss her, especially whenever I am at an aviation event.

Miss you mom.

Thank you for all of the beautiful memories and photos. I miss my mom everyday.

I miss her dearly. Remembering the WASP was her passion. Pictured is Bobbi with WASP Dawn Seymour, age 99 at Canandaigua Lake NY, September 2014

Thank you for being a true leader for all women in aviation. Blue skies and tailwinds.❤

With friends in front of the statue of Yuri Gagarin in Star City, Russia.

At the 99s International Conference in Chicago with Russian Section Members