Obituary - Annabelle K. Roberts

Thursday, October 18, 2001
THE JUNEAU EMPIRE

Annabelle K. Roberts died Oct. 13, 2001, at Wildflower Court in Juneau.

She was born April 18, 1930, in Klawock to Lillian (Anniskett) and Henry Roberts Sr. She was a member of the Taku River Tribe, Yanyeidi Wolf Clan. Her Tlingit name was Yach-Yahnts-Keen.

She enjoyed traveling and visiting with friends and family, who say she always had a ready smile for everyone.

Roberts was preceded in death by her sister, Alice Castillo; sister Estabeth Roberts; parents Henry Sr. and Lillian Roberts; nephews Terry and Alvin "Butch" Kahklen; Charles, David and Craig Heizman; aunt Josephine Booth; cousin Dolly Demmert; uncle Alfred Anniskett.

She is survived by her son, Daniel R. Villarias, Enumclaw, Wash.; daughter Mary Ann Clifton, Pasco, Wash.; sister Sue Kahklen, Juneau; brother Henry Roberts Jr., Klawock; aunts Mary Holmes, Ketchikan, and Teresa Stitt, Juneau; uncle James Anniskett, San Francisco, Calif.; aunt Flora Jones, Nevada; numerous nieces and nephews and other relatives throughout Southeast Alaska and the Lower 48.

Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 20, at the Alaskan Memorial Park Mortuary, 3839 Riverside Drive.

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