Alexander, Roberta

Collection — Container: Roberta Alexander Folder

Identifier: KUMA-02-644

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Folder 1. Newspaper clipping (most of a full page), "Grandma Roberta," from the Wichita Eagle, Sunday, February 21, 1993

Dates

Existence: 1917-2006

Biographical or Historical Information

Roberta Jeanne Alexander was born July 16, 1917, in Wichita to Thomas and Roberta (Downs) Alexander. After graduating from Wichita High School East, she attended Friends University and graduated from the National Training School in Kansas City, Missouri. Roberta Alexander served for 22 years as a deaconess in the church. According to the Wichita Eagle article in the collection, her work included a house mother in Montana, a teacher in immigrant housing in New York City, and a summer camp director in New York state. Retiring from the diaconate in the 1960s, she was a case worker for the state Welfare Department (later SRS), retiring from that position in 1987. After her retirement, she continued her travels and her social and volunteer work while living at Presbyterian Manor. She died April 15, 2006, and is buried at Mission Chapel Mausoleum, Wichita.

Note written by Sarah St. John

Extent

1.00 folders

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection contains one newspaper article about Roberta Alexander, a deaconess in the Methodist Episcopal Church, Central Kansas Conference.

Arrangement Note

The sole document in the collection is a large newspaper clipping from 1993. It was folded into quadrants when accessioned and has not been flattened (2018).

Other Descriptive Information

Information from Kansas West card file (discarded): Home church: Wichita 1st 1962 - Central Kansas Conference 1965 - deaconess on leave 1966 - deaconess on leave, working in Sedgwick Co. Welfare Office 1967-68 - leave