Lorayne Inez Roberts, age 96, currently of McHenry, formerly Buffalo Grove, passed away on Monday, May 6, 2024. She was born in Marquette, Michigan on November 7, 1927 to the late Leo and Catherine Smith.
In 1945, she left Michigan and settled down in Chicago, Illinois with friends. Here is where she built a new life and met her future husband Martin Roberts. The two married in 1948 and settled with their family in Buffalo Grove.
Lorayne is survived by her children Jacqueline (Feryl) Waldenmyer, Susan Roberts, and Donald (Susan B.) Roberts; her grandchildren Matthew (Beth) Drase, Joshua (Joanna) Waldenmyer, Scott (Michelle) Waldenmyer, Stacy (Joseph Werner) Balla, Jason Balla, Ryan (Alexandra) Roberts, and Michael Roberts; and her great-grandchildren Henry and Owen Waldenmyer, Michael Salemi, Madison Roberts, and Olivia and Madelyn Werner.
She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband; her children Susanne Balla and Marti (Ken) Drase; her brothers Donald, Glenn, Robert, Bernard, and Lloyd; and her sisters Joyce, Catherine, and Maxine.
A private inurnment will take place at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Arlington Heights.
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