Velva L. Roberts

Velva L. Roberts, 77, of Moorhead, MN, died Thursday, September 14, 2006, in Moorhead Health Care Center, Moorhead, MN, after a long battle with cancer.Velva Lorraine Roberts was born July 1, 1929, at Agar, South Dakota, to Julius and Josephine Pies Brehe. She grew up there and graduated from Agar High School in 1947, then attended business school in Rapid City. She wed Kenneth Redden in 1953, in Pierre, SD, and they went on to have three children. They moved to Brooten, MN, in 1968, and farmed there for several years. In 1979, she married Nelson Roberts, who died in 1981. Most recently, Velva worked at Lutheran Social Services in Moorhead until her retirement in July 2006.She is survived by two daughters, Gayle Roger Skramstad, Alexandria, MN, and Kathy Roger Eckert, Hill City, SD; one son, Bernie Dianne Redden, Knoxville, IA; one sister, Irene Romo, San Diego, CA; ten grandchildren, Josie Corey Birch, Jennifer Bryan Klassen, Jessie Jeremy Glawe, Sheri Jay Buchholz, Jacki Skramstad, Travis Eckert, Brett Eckert, Shanna Eckert, Emily Redden, Katie Redden; three great-grandchildren, Alyssa Klassen, Kylee Klassen, Callie Glawe; and many friends.