Lee-Hillsborough County FlArchives Obituaries.....Roberts Gruetzmacher, Betty June March 31, 2012 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/fl/flfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Charlotte Grove http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00030.html#0007435 April 16, 2012, 9:10 pm The News Press April 8, 2012 Betty June Roberts Gruetzmacher died peacefully in her sleep Saturday, March 31, 2012 in Tampa, FL. She was 88 years old. She was born in Charlotte Harbor in 1924 to Judge William Ruben Roberts and Maria Lopez Roberts. She was the youngest of eight children. Betty attended Charlotte Harbor High School and graduated from St. Petersburg in 1942. Betty then graduated from Mound Park School of Nursing in St Petersburg,FL in 1945 as a Registered Nurse. In 1953 she joined the Maryknoll Sisters and became a Catholic nun ( Sister Maura Therese). She was sent to Pusan, Korea where she worked as a surgical nurse and hospital administrator for 12 years. In 1969, due to health reasons she was forced to leave the Maryknoll Sisters. Betty then worked with her sister Mary Bennett in Real Estate in Ft. Myers, FL. In 1974 Betty married widower Casey Gruetzmacher and became an instant mother to his four children. Betty and Casey resided in Alva, FL. until Casey died in 1995. Betty moved to St. Petersburg, FL to take care of her remaining sister, Ann Ott. Betty was preceded in death by her husband, her six sisters and one brother. She is survived by four step-children and their families, 16 grandchildren and 36 great-grandchildren. Visitation will be held at 10:30 a.m at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church Seminle, FL. Funeral Mass at 11 a.m followed by reception. Burial will be in the family plot in Charlotte Harbour, FL at a later date. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/flfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb