Lloyd Dale Roberts

Lloyd Dale Roberts, 99, formerly of Annabella, died on August 9, 2022, in South Jordan where he resided for the past 8 years. He was born on January 3, 1923, to Walter Lloyd and Sarah Lovell Roberts as the oldest of seven children in a small two room house in Annabella, Utah. He attended school in Monroe and went on to study Forestry at the Branch Agricultural College in Cedar City. He became a part of the Greatest Generation that Tom Brokaw wrote about. He was one of the more than 16 million men and women that served under the US Flag in WWII to defeat Nazi Germany and the Imperial Nation of Japan. He enlisted in the Army on March 3 rd , 1943. Following basic training he was assigned to the 143 rd Ordinance Battalion. He witnessed D-Day on June 6 th , 1944, and a couple of days later went ashore at Normandy between Utah and Omaha beaches. Shortly after the Battle of The Bulge in Belgium, he volunteered to join Patton’s Big Red One (1 st Army Infantry) and was placed in an Anti-Tank Platoon of the 16 th Regiment until the war in Europe was over. He remained in Germany as an MP for 6 months and was even tapped to stand guard as a white helmeted MP at the Nuremberg trials for a couple of days. On weekends both during the war and while serving in post war Germany, he and his band of buddies learned to ski in Austria. He returned to Utah, married Ruby Jane Gentry, and together raised three children and is grandfather to 7 and great grandfather to 14. Their marriage was solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple. He enjoyed his career at the helm of several departments on the manufacturing side of United States Gypsum Company for 41 years having lived in Utah, Iowa, Illinois, and Montana before his retirement in 1987. He and Ruby returned to Annabella in the Spring of 2003 and remained there until the fall of 2013. He enjoyed serving in many callings in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints including a 20-year run as Ward Clerk in three consecutive bishoprics. His true love and eternal companion, Ruby, passed away in 2014 at 86. He remained close to his group of six Pinochle playing pals of the 143 rd and outlived them all by several years. Additionally, he outlived every Roberts in his direct line. He is survived by his daughter Nancy (Mark) Beck; sons, John (Liliana) and James (Linda) Roberts; grandchildren, Jennifer Beck Schwieger, Benjamin (April) Beck, Nicolas Roberts, Alexandria (Jeromy) Hart and Kirsten, Chad (Mitzi) and Cody (Miley) Roberts. Funeral services will be held Saturday August 27, at 10:00 am in the Highland 6 th ward chapel at 10115 Yorkshire Drive, South Jordan, UT 84095. A viewing will take place from 9:00 am to 9:45 am for friends and family. Interment will be in the Annabella Cemetery at 3:00 pm. The family would like to thank Val, Jenny, Megan, Chris, Deaynne, Aman, and Char of Enhabit Health for their tender care over the past couple of months. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Enhabit Home Health & Hospice Facebook page. For the full service please visit https://youtu.be/JVy9_hA9VkQ

Lloyd Dale Roberts

January 3, 1923 - August 9, 2022