Margaret Roberts

Margaret Roberts 1918 ~ 2005 Margaret Lillian Merchant Boone Smith Roberts, passed away on February 4, 2005, in Mountain Home, Idaho due to complications from Alzheimer's Dementia. She had conquered cancer twice. Visitation will also be held on Thursday, Feb. 10th from 7:00-9:00 p.m. at Henefer LDS Church in Henefer, Utah. And again one hour prior to funeral service at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 11th at Henefer LDS Chapel in Henefer, Utah. Graveside service will follow at Henefer Town Cemetery. Margaret graduated from BYU in 1958 with the Honor of Magna Cum Laude. She taught at Payson Junior High, 1959 to 1962. She taught at Weber High in Ogden from 1963 to 1976. She was involved with Delta Kappa Gamma in Ogden and the Utah Poetry Society. She was a member of the LDS Church. She was born to David and Martha Flora (Parks) Merchant on January 1, 1918 in Nilrem, Alberta, Canada. She married John Vincent Boone in Edmonton, Alberta Canada on June 7, 1947. They were later divorced. She married Ernan Young Smith at Manti, Utah on Dec. 27, 1957. They were later divorced. She married Byron William Roberts in Ogden, Utah in the LDS Temple on Nov. 4, 1976. Byron died on Jan. 8, 1985. She is survived by her daughter Dawn (Smith) Soger, her son-in-law, Robert J. Soger, both of Mountain Home AFB, ID, four grandchildren, eight step-grandchildren, great-granddaughter Hannah Tannhauser and six step-great-grandchildren and brother Harold Merchant of Killam, Alberta. She was predeceased by her parents, husband, sister Mabel (Merchant) Grant, and her brothers, Arthur, Herbert, Kenneth and Allan Merchant. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Assoc. Research Fund or the American Cancer Society, c/o Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel, 500 N. 18th East, Mtn. Home, ID 83647.