Patricia Ferne Roberts

“I remember eating with my family when I was a young girl,” the woman began, “Each of us would help clear away the dishes. Every once in a while, mom would tell us, ‘Save your fork!’ We children knew what that meant. It meant that mom had fixed us a pie or a cake or some sort of treat. When she said ‘Save your fork!’, that meant the best was yet to come. So I want to be buried with a fork in my hand, for the best is yet to come!” We have hope because we are waiting for someone. He will bring us something wonderful, a life without pain or sadness. We have hope because we know the best is yet to come. We have hope because we are waiting, waiting for our Lord to come back. So save your fork! -Tom Archer (2009)

In Loving Memory

Patricia Ferne Roberts April 10, 1957 ~ December 15, 2016

I’m Free

D on’t grieve for me, for now I’m free

I’m following the path God laid for me. I took His hand when I heard Him call I turned my back and left it all.

I could not stay another day To laugh, to love, to work or play Tasks left undone must stay that way I’ve found that peace at the close of day. If my parting has left a void Then fill it with remembered joy. A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss. Ah, yes, these things I too will miss. Be not burdened with times of sorrow I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow. My life’s been full, I savored much, Good friends, good times, a loved one’s touch. Perhaps my time seemed all too brief Don’t lengthen it now with undue grief. Lift up your heart and share with me; God wanted me now; He set me free.

In Loving Memory

Patricia Ferne Roberts Date of Birth April 10, 1957 Date of Death December 15, 2016 Service 11 a.m. Wednesday, December 21, 2016 Grand Rapids First Church Wyoming, Michigan Officiating Pastor Ken Stults

Andrew Roberts

Pallbearers Bryan Tucker

Richard Tucker

Interment Georgetown Cemetery Georgetown Township, Michigan