Services for John Deal Robertson, 65, Lawrence, will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Ives Chapel United Methodist Church, Baldwin. Burial will be in Vinland Cemetery.
Mr. Robertson died Sunday, March 4, 2001, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
He was born July 25, 1935, in Vinland, the son of Beulah A. (Carpenter) and Ralph Robertson. He grew up in the Vinland community, attended grade schools in Vinland and Coal Creek and graduated from Baldwin High School in 1953. He then attended Emporia State University.
Mr. Robertson was a Baldwin Police officer for three years, and also had worked for All-Star Dairy for eight years. He worked for the U.S. Postal Service for 26 years. He retired in 1995 and then worked for Laidlaw Bus Co., Lawrence. He coached Little League and Babe Ruth baseball in Baldwin for 29 years.
He married Mary L. Kneedler on March 11, 1961. She survives of the home.
Other survivors include a daughter, Janet Pape, Baldwin; two sons, Steve Robertson, Olathe, and Roger Robertson, Baldwin; a brother, Frosty Robertson, Manhattan; and five sisters, Jane Roller, Baldwin; Dorothy Smith, Lenexa; Leola Honstead, Madison, Wis.; Louise Cochran, Adrian, Mich.; and Cleta Campbell, Richmond; and seven grandchildren.
Friends may call after noon today at Lamb-Roberts-Heise Funeral Home, Baldwin, where the family will receive friends from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The family suggests memorials to the Brock Robertson Bone Marrow Fund, and they may be sent in care of the funeral home.
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