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FamilyRobertsRobert  (View posts) Posted: 8 May 2008 12:58AM GMT
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Surnames: Roberts
Checking to see if anyone can check for an obit for Victor Roberts who might have died in April of 1938. He was a sheepherder who vanished in a snow storm and not sure if he was ever found.There were articles about this in the newspaper. He was near Glasgow and Fort Peck.He was only 18 when this happened and family still wonders about it to this day. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Victor was from New London, Wisconsin and went to Montana at age 14.

Re: Victor Roberts

CatheeCrapo  (View posts) Posted: 8 May 2008 8:26PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi,
This is the last article I could find in the newspaper archives that talks about Victor Roberts missing:
I am not related,
Cathee
Montana Standard
Butte, Montana
4-29-1938

GLASGOW, April 28.—<.AP>—
If Victor Roberts, 18-year-old
camp tender who disappeared
south of Glasgow in a blizzard
on March 29, is still alive, both
his mother and Valley county
officers would like to hear from
him. '
A search of the badlands
where Roberts apparently was
lost disclosed no trace of him.
His disappearance was complicated
by a report from George
W. Johnson, Havre probation
officer, that a youth named
Roberts whose description fallied
with that of the tender,
had been seen in Havre a few
days after the storm.
"We are anxious to clear up
this case, both for the sake of
local people and for Roberts'
mother, who lives In Bear
Creek, Wis.," Undersheriff
Hugh Borton said. "No one
blames Roberts for losing his
sheep in the storm. The only
wise things for him to have done
would be to look for shelter.
There are no charges against
him. Both his employer, Lou
Bretzke, and his mother hope
he will notify them if he is still
alive.

Re: Victor Roberts

FamilyRobertsRobert  (View posts) Posted: 8 May 2008 10:03PM GMT
Classification: Query
This is such good news, was hoping there was more news. The other clippings I got were from a different paper. Would it be too much to ask if you could let me know about the other articles and send them to my e-mail address.Maybe this newspaper will say more.I know this is alot to ask but it sure would be appreciated. Thank you so very much for what you sent.

Re: Victor Roberts

CatheeCrapo  (View posts) Posted: 8 May 2008 10:16PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi,
I will try and send the entire page of the newspapers,
what is your email?
Cathee

Re: Victor Roberts

FamilyRobertsRobert  (View posts) Posted: 9 May 2008 2:20AM GMT
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