Delores E. Forman Roberts, age 89, formerly of Watertown, passed away April 5, 2020 at the Crowell Memorial Home in Blair, NE.
Private family services will be at the Wight & Comes Funeral Chapel in Watertown with Pastor Cheryl Rondeau-Bassett officiating. A Memorial service will be held at a later date.
Interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery, Watertown, SD.
Pallbearers will be David Miller, Doug Riley, Mark Wilson, Joel Stormo and Joe Engels.
Cards of condolence can be sent to the Family at 11734 Todd Drive, Blair, NE 68008.
Delores Ethel Adolphsen was born on June 23, 1930 in Sioux Falls, SD. She lived in South Shore on the family farm until marrying Glenn Forman on January 10, 1947 in South Shore. They had five children, Carol, Michael, Darwin, Mark and Kimberly. They lived in South Shore and Igloo, SD before moving to Watertown where she resided until the last few years when she lived in Nebraska. Glenn passed away March 9, 1981.
Delores married Dale Roberts at Grace Lutheran Church in Watertown on August 28, 1982. Dale passed away December 26, 2010. For many years Delores worked at Memorial Hospital as a Ward Clerk and later as daycare provider for many wonderful children.
Delores was an active member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Auxiliary serving locally and as a Dakota state officer. She was a past president of the Dakota State Fraternal Order of Eagles. Delores was also inducted into the Dakota State Auxiliary Fraternal Order of Eagles Hall of Fame in 2015.
She was also a member of Grace Lutheran Church. Also a member of the VFW Auxiliary. She was an active member of the Watertown Senior Center serving on its board.
Delores was an active bowler. She bowled on a ladies bowling league on Thursday evenings sponsored by the Eagles as well as a mixed double league on Saturday evenings at Tommy’s Lanes.
Her interests also included music as well as dancing, playing cards, reading and Bingo at the Senior Center.
Delores is survived by daughter, Kimberly (Lynn) Nordquist of Blair, Nebraska and sons, Mark (Donna) Forman of Troutsdale, Oregon and Darwin Forman; step-daughter, Julie (Bill) Rigsbee of Cologne, MN and step-son, Thomas Roberts of Watertown, SD; 11 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; 3 great-great grandchildren; 7 step grandchildren; 6 step great-grandchildren; her sister, Barbara (Dennis) Meseberg of Ontario, California; 2 sisters-in-law, Wilma Zemlicka of Watertown, SD and Joyce Evjen of Strandburg, SD.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Clarence and Etta Nelson; husbands, Glenn Forman and Dale Roberts; daughter and son-in-law, Carol and Lonnie Hanson; son, Michael Forman; sisters, Donna Miller and Joyce Evjen; and several sisters and brothers-in-law.