Roberta Georginana JOHNSON b. 31 May 1902 Blairsville, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania d. 23 May 1944 Berlin, Somerset Co., Pennsylvania

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1902 - 1944

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Born	31 May 1902	Blairsville, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania
Gender	Female
Died	23 May 1944	Berlin, Somerset Co., Pennsylvania
Buried	I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Berlin, Somerset Co., Pennsylvania
Person ID	I6981	Johnson Hindin Tree
Last Modified	9 Jul 2019

Father	Robert G. JOHNSON, b. 14 Aug 1871, Pennsylvania , d. 1 Aug 1961, Indiana, Indiana County, Pennsylvania
Mother	Elsie Agnes George, b. Dec 1877, Pennsylvania , d. 20 Jan 1961, Pennsylvania
Family ID	F2836	Group Sheet

Family Orin Osborn Swope, b. 18 Apr 1883, Berlin, Somerset Co., Pennsylvania , d. 6 Jul 1967, Meyersdale, Pennsylvania

Married 27 Nov 1935

Children

	1. Charles Robert Swope, b. 5 Jan 1937, Berlin, Somerset Co., Pennsylvania , d. 18 Feb 1998, Orange, Virginia
	2. John Orin Swope, b. 7 Aug 1938, Berlin, Somerset Co., Pennsylvania , d. 17 Feb 2007, Silver Spring, Maryland
	3. Harry Edward Swope, b. 4 Aug 1940, Berlin, Somerset Co., Pennsylvania , d. 11 Jun 2017, Washington, D.C
	4. Barbara Anne Swope, b. 19 Oct 1943, Berlin, Somerset Co., Pennsylvania

Family ID F3312 Group Sheet

Notes

According to Barbara Swope Miller, Roberta was a music teacher in Indiana, Pennsylvania and Berlin, Pennsylvania.

The following obituary appeared in the Meyersdale Republican on May 25, 1944 the transcription of which was found at appearedhttp://files.usgwarchives.org/pa/somerset/obits/s7/swope-roberta.txt, in 2009:

ROBERTA JOHNSON SWOPE Mrs. Roberta Johnson Swope, aged 42, died very suddenly at her home, Tuesday afternoon. She was the wife of Orin Swope and the daughter of Robert and Elsie George Johnson of Blairsville. Mrs. Swope was born in Blairsville and received her elementary education in the public schools there. She was a graduate of Thiel College and Indiana State Teachers College. She taught in Homer City for four years and in the Berlin High School for two years. She was an untiring worker in the Berlin Reformed Church, also a member of the Dames of Malta. She is survived by her husband, her father and mother and these children: Charles, Robert, John Orin, Harry Edmund and Barbara Ann. Also three step- daughters, Mrs. Helen Lehman, Berlin; Mrs. Isabol Lange, Syracuse, N.Y., and Mrs. Elnora Nedrow, Garrett; also by a sister, Mrs. Margaret Bronson, Blairsville. Funeral services will be held Friday at 4 p.m. at the Swope home in Berlin, with interment in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Berlin, under the direction of Johnson and Son. Meyersdale Republican, May 25, 1944