Rita M. DIONNE

CONCORD—Rita M. (Dionne) Roberts, 81, a longtime resident of Downing Street in Concord, died Dec. 9, 2005, at Presidential Oaks Nursing Home.She was born in Laconia, a daughter of the late Joseph and Eva (Breton) Dionne and was a graduate of Sacred Heart High School and the former Concord Business College.Roberts had worked at Concord City Hall, Concord Hospital and Concord Urology.She was a lifelong parishioner of St. John the Evangelist Church where she had served as a Eucharistic minister for many years. She was also a member of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court Margaret K. Desmond #67.She loved spending summers at Weirs Beach with her family and friends, and also cherished sewing and embroidery with her sewing group.She is survived by six sons, Thomas Roberts and his wife, Louise, of Pembroke, and their children, Frank Fontenot and Christine Roberts, James Roberts and his wife, Patricia, of Lebanon, and their children Jessica Roberts, Benjamin Roberts and Abigail Roberts, John Roberts of Concord and his son, Matthew Roberts, Philip Roberts of Concord, and his children, Patrick Roberts and Hailey Roberts, Mark Roberts and his wife Susan, of Bow and their children Christopher Roberts, Rachel Roberts and Jillian Roberts, and David Roberts of Concord and his daughter, Jennifer Roberts; and three daughters, Marcia Wurster and her husband Larry, of Pembroke and their children, Richard Wurster, Amy Roth and her husband, Mathias, and their children, Andrew Roth and Ryan Roth, and Michael Wurster, Mary Beth Bennett and her husband Robert, of Hopkinton and their children, Sarah Bennett and Robert Bennett, and Catherine Thompson and her husband Peter, and their children, Emily Thompson, Hannah Thompson and Alexander Thompson; one brother, Roger Dionne and his wife Elsie, of New Hartford, Conn.; and nieces, nephews and cousins.She was predeceased by her first husband, Dolphus DesRosiers who died in a mid-air collision in a fighter airplane at Merced Air Force Base California during WWII; and her second husband Thomas E. Roberts who died in October after 57 years of marriage.Calling hours will be held Tuesday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. at Waters Funeral Home, 50 South Main St. in Concord.