Lela Roberts

COURTESY NOTICE

Lela Roberts, 85, a lifetime Miami resident, passed away at her home on Wednesday, October 29, 2026. Lela was born on June 5, 1941, in Miami to Dora and Willie Morris. Lela never knew her father, as he was killed in an accident a month before she was born. Lela grew up in Miami, going to Wilson Grade School, Miami Junior High, and High School. She met the love of her life in the Summer of 1958; they married in December that same year and were married for sixty-six happy years together. Lela loved to fish and hunt with Kenneth. She loved to do yard work, trying to keep the yard looking decent. She loved to grow flowers and loved their vegetable gardens and always canned what they couldn't eat fresh. Plus, she loved to sew.Preceding her in passing are her husband Kenneth Roberts, her mother and father, two brothers and three sisters, and several good friends.         

Lela is survived by one sister, Mary Cox of Miami, one brother-in-law, Bill Turner of Commerce, Oklahoma, several nieces and several special friends, along with a very special friend, John Hadley.          

Graveside services for Lela are at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, November 4, 2026, at Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery in Miami, with Reverend Tim Osborn officiating.     

In lieu of flowers, family requests memorials be made to the Caldwell Alumni Association for the Alumni Gallery and sent to Schaeffer Mortuary at 6 N. Main in Caldwell, Kansas 67022.  

Friends and family may send the family notes of encouragement by viewing Mrs. Roberts’ Tribute Page at https://www.brown-winters.com/obituaries/lela-roberts-5/obituary.

Services have been placed in the care of Brown-Winters Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 5 B Street NW, Miami, OK 74354.