Roberta 4-6 months old Roberta 10-12 yrs old Roberta 17 years: Newton HS Graduation 18 Dec 1929 to 10 Aug 2003 dau. of Murrel Leta Young
and Robert Paul Girndt
Roberta was an excellent seamtress. She made the outfit she is wearing above on the right, and sewed many
wonderful clothes for my sister and me as we grew.
She even had her own TV show for Pfaff, about 1956 in Wichita KS.
The Eskridge Independent, dtd Thurs 19 Jul 1945
“Dinner guests at the David Robinson home Sunday were Mr. Loomis, Dorothy and Marjory of Holton,
Roberta and Harriet Girndt of Newton, Sherman Young, Mr. and Mrs. Willey Beasterfeld, and Alden Loomis.”
“Mr. and Mrs. David Robinson drove to Emporia Saturday to meet Misses Roberta and Marjory [Harriet Gail]
Girndt of Newton and visited with Mrs. Wallace Robinson and Mr. and Mrs. Braum and son while there.”
“Mary Lu Girndt of Newton came Tuesday to visit at the David Robinson home and with other relatives.”
The Eskridge Independent, dtd Thurs 2 Aug 1945
“Mr. and Mrs. Willey Beasterfeld, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Iott and family, Mr. and Mrs. David Robinson and
family, Alden Loomis, Jack and Bobby Goodwin, Pvt. Robert Ryan, Mary Lu, Roberta and Harriet Girndt from Newton and Sherman Young had a picnic dinner at Lake Wabaunsee Sunday.”
MARRIAGES
Jack Roberts Nelson on 31 Aug 1947 in Newton, KS.
Bob Barrus on 18 Mar 1961 at the First Congregational Church of Houston TX,
by Rev. Harvey Swanson
TX Marriage Index
File #115920 Marriage to Robert E. Duncan age 31; wife: Roberta V. Girndt age 47
Date: 14 Sep 1977; 227 Travis Co, TX
TX Marriage Index
File #042061 Marriage to William Kelly age 40; wife: Roberta V. Girndt age 55
Date: 29 Apr 1985; Harris Co, TX
Certificate of Marriage:
Waugh Drive Baptist Ch., 1705 Waugh Dr., Houston TX 77006
by Rev. Harold T. Pultz, pastor
Witness: Lawrence William Sherman III
OBITUARY:
ROBERTA VIOLET GIRNDT
Roberta V. Girndt -Kelly, 73, of Houston TX, died 10 Aug 2003 of emphysema. Born on 18 Dec 1929 in Newton KS she was the delight of her parents, Murrel Leta Young & Robert Paul Girndt, that Christmas season. While growing up, Roberta and her sister, Lu, were know as the "Girndt Girls". She doted on her baby sister, Gail. In 1947 she graduated from Newton HS, and was married to Jack R. Nelson (dec. '88) on 31 Aug 1947. They lived first in KC, a job offer moved them to San Mateo CA, then later to Wichita KS. Divorced in 1959, Roberta and the girls moved to Houston TX, and she married Robert J. Barrus on 18 Mar 1961.
Always having a talent for fashion & flair, Roberta learned to sew the latest fashions to compliment her beautiful smile, and to dress her pretty little girls. In Wichita, for a short while, she even had a TV sewing show for Pfaff in the 50's, and later sold homes for Robin Hood real estate. With the addition of twin sons in Houston, Roberta became a stay-at-home Mom. Divorced in 1968 from Bob Barrus (dec. '98), Roberta ('Bobbi') stayed in Houston and married twice more, Bob Duncan & Bill Kelly, both deceased.
Survivors include a daughter: Dian D. Wright, Great Lakes IL; sons: Robert P. Barrus, Houston TX and
Joseph D. Barrus, San Diego CA; granddaughter: Danielle (Dandi) M. Wright, Austin TX; step- granddaughter Christina M. Vaughan, Pulaski TN; grandson: Paul J. Branco (Terry's son), Wardell (Audie) C. Wright Jr., Dallas TX and N. Beau Wright, Providence RI; sisters: Mary Lu Mayer, Topeka KS & H. Gail Hale, Osceola MO;
and step-great grandchildren: Sidney Bloom & Brittany Vaughan (Christi's children). Her first daughter, Terry Lynn Nelson, died in 1990.
Capt W. C. ('O.W.') Wright Sr., USN, officiated at the services held on 10:30am, 14 Aug, Thurs, at Davidson Funeral Home. Roberta was buried, next to her daughter, Terry, in Mt. Hope Cem., Topeka KS.
