Alice "Roberta" Gilliland Crofton

Died 3/22/2014

Alice 'Roberta' Crofton

Alice “Roberta” Crofton, 74, of Weston, Oregon, died March 15, 2014 at her home. Funeral services will be Saturday, March 22, 2:00 p.m. at the Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home chapel, 902 S. Main St, Milton-Freewater, Oregon. Concluding services and interment to follow in the Weston Cemetery, Weston, Oregon. For those who wish to pay their respects may do so on Friday, March 21, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and then 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Contributions can be made to the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children through the Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home, 902 S. Main St., Milton-Freewater, OR 97862. To leave a condolence online visit www.munsellerhodes.com

Roberta was born August 1, 1939, in Pendleton, Oregon. She was the daughter of Russell and Ola Huston Gilliland. The family lived in Ukiah, Oregon, for her first few years then moved to Weston, Oregon, where she attended Weston School and then later to Lewiston, Idaho, where she graduated high school in 1957. She played in the marching band and really enjoyed all the traveling they did. She also attended Yakima Beauty School.

Roberta met the love of her life, James Crofton, and they were married in Yakima, Wash., in 1958. Shortly afterwards they moved to Weston where they have lived for over 55 years. Roberta was mainly a stay-at-home mother raising their two daughters and then later helping with her two granddaughters that she adored. Roberta and Jimmy were very supportive of their granddaughters and enjoyed watching their programs and sporting events. She enjoyed fishing, camping, canning fruit and planting flowers with her grandkids. For many years her illness stopped her from doing many things but she never missed going to the local coffee hangouts to visit with the locals. Her will to survive was as strong as the Energizer Bunny.

She is survived by her husband, James “Jimmy,” daughters and sons-in-law Sally and Larry Henshaw of Pendleton, Oregon, and Suzi and Loren Hoepfner of Weston, Oregon, and granddaughters Katie and Jessie Henshaw, both of Weston, Oregon.