In Loving Memory of Irene Roberts
Friday 19th April 2024
11am - Mansfield Road Baptist Church, Gregory Boulevard, Nottingham
Followed by a committal service at Wilford Hill Cemetery
Irene Roberts , 88 passed away peacefully in her home on Saturday 9th March 2024 after a brief period of illness. Her daughter Fay and son Harry was by her side at the time of her death.
Irene was born to Julas and Sarah in August 1935, in Trout Hall, Clarendon, Jamaica. She was the fifth of seven siblings: four sisters and two brothers. After she was married, Irene emigrated to the UK in 1958 to join her then husband in Nottingham where the couple settled.
Irene was employed in a variety of factory jobs, including Nottingham lace factory, she later secured employment as a nurse at Sherwood Hospital where she worked, for the next 29 years until her retirement.
Late Irene’s favorite hobby was flowers and gardening she had a great love for plants, she kept many varieties and colours in her garden and every summer the entire garden would be in bloom, a haven for birds and bees, a beautiful spectacle to behold and relax in.
Irene is survived by her seven children; fifteen grandchildren ,eleven great grandchildren, two sisters, nine nieces and seven nephews.