Roberta loved being a stay-at-home mom and traveling the states while John was in the Air Force. When that chapter was done, they settled in Victoria and raised their family. Roberta enjoyed gardening, bowling, and being surrounded by her children and grandchildren. Roberta was ready to lend a hand or listen and offer advice. Roberta was loved by her children and grandchildren and will be deeply missed.
Roberta is survived by her daughters, Stacie Riley, Paula Newell, Angela Coin, Kellie Castillo; her son, John Riley; her brothers, Claude Goode Jr., Joseph Goode; twenty grandchildren and twenty-eight great grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and a host of cousins, nieces, and nephews.
Roberta was preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, John Riley; her son, William (Eddie) Riley; her parents, Claude William and Lottie Mae Johnson Goode; her sister, Mary Buxkemper; her sons-in-law, Patrick Newell and Samual Coin; and her grandson, John Schaar.
Friends are cordially invited to a visitation with the family from five o’clock in the afternoon until seven o’clock in the evening at Rosewood Funeral Chapels. The recitation of the Holy Rosary is to commence at seven o’clock.
A funeral service is to be conducted at ten o’clock in the morning on Thursday, the 4th of September, at Rosewood Funeral Chapels.
The interment service will follow via an escorted cortege to Memorial Park Cemetery.
Honoring Mrs. Riley as pallbearers will be: Kasey Riley, Zachary Riley, Joshua Riley, Christopher Coin, Caleb Moriaida, and Rob Alvarez.
We invite you to take a few moments to share fond memories and words of comfort and condolence with her family at www.rosewoodfuneralchapel.com.
