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Merle E. Robertson - November 13, 2002

Merle E. Robertson, who was born and raised in Minonk Illinois, died last week, November 13, 2002 at the age of 80. His mother, Esther and two brothers, Jack and George were lifelong residents of Minonk. He moved his family of eight to Chicago in 1959.

He will be greatly missed by his wife, Lorrayne, all six children Karen (Jim) Hronek, Kathleen (Richard) Wierzbicki, Daniel (Angie), Mary Beth (Gerry) O'Connell, Patricia (Hal) Hopkins and Bernadette McNamara and 14 grandchildren.

He was buried at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Cemetery in Joliet, Illinois.