Roberta J. BENEDICT 

March 28, 1923 ~ September 20, 2009 Roberta Jane Benedict, age 
86, was born to Robert Adams and Doris Alice Kane, the second of 
two children in Seattle Washington. She was raised in Seattle 
attended Beacon Hill Grade School, Cleveland High School and 
Seattle College (Seattle University) where she earned her Nursing 
Degree on June 1, 1945. She worked in Seattle where she met her 
husband Laurence A. Benedict. They were engaged in September 
1946. They were married at St Peter Catholic Church on June 21, 
1947. They moved to West Seattle in 1951 and were part of the 
Holy Rosary Parish until 1960 when they became founding members 
of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish. Roberta was a devoted wife, 
mother and grandmother. She loved to travel. In 1970 she embarked 
on a five month trip around the world with Larry. Her last trip 
was to Ireland for an International Belleek Collector's Society 
convention. She was a long time member of the Belleek Collector's 
Society and Beta Sigma Phi, a service sorority where she enjoyed 
many years of fellowship and had achieved lifetime member status. 
Roberta was an active in parish life at Our Lady of Guadalupe 
serving as an acolyte and present for daily masses until she 
became ill. Roberta was a serious genealogist for the Benedict 
and Adams Family, traveling and researching records that she 
shared with extended family. Roberta was preceded in death by 
husband Laurence, and survived by her children: Lawrence Robert 
(RoseAnn), James (Cathleen), William, Patrick (Debbie), Dorothy, 
and her grandchildren, John, David, Matthew (Cyra) and Laura. 
Larry and Roberta helped raise 16 foster children in the 50's and 
60's. A Rosary services will be at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, 
7000 35 Ave SW , Seattle WA. at 7:00 PM Wednesday September 23, 
2009. A mass of the resurrection and reception to celebrate her 
life will be held on Thursday 11:00a.m. September 24, 2009 at Our 
Lady of Guadalupe Church, 7000 35 Avenue SW. Seattle, Wa. 
Donation in her name may be made to: St. Vincent De Paul Society 
C/O Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish 7000 35 Ave SW, Seattle WA 
98126. Services entrusted to Howden-Kennedy Funeral Home of West 
Seattle. (www.howden-kennedy.com) 

Published in The Seattle Times on September 23, 2009