Ida Adela (Haskins) Roberts

November 29, 1932 – June 13, 2024

Ida was a lifelong resident of Key West, born on November 29, 1932. Established in 1947, Roberts Plumbing Contractors Inc. was under her management for over 50 years. She was a proud graduate of the Convent of Mary Immaculate. She was a faithful parishioner of The Basilica of St. Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church and was the Director of the CCD program for several years. She was preceded in death by her father, James William Haskins, mother, Grace Haskins Rodriguez, husband, Merrill Emil "Tuffy" Roberts, brothers, Henry (Linda) Haskins and Freddie Haskins, brother-in-law, Kenneth Waite, and her beloved grandson, Marcus Arce. She is survived by her three children, Alan (Kathy) Roberts, Gail Roberts, and Carol (Kurt) Stephens, grandchildren, Merrill (Elizabeth) Roberts, Kara Stephens, Rev. Nathaniel Roberts, Kevin Stephens, Brent (Laura) McDonald, Graciela (Sean) Milligan, and Emma Roberts, brother, George (Toni) Haskins, sisters, Anna Haskins and Lillian Waite, sister-in-law, Kathy Haskins, fourteen great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. A public visitation will be held at Dean-Lopez Funeral Home on Thursday, June 20, at 6:00 pm. Mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated at The Basilica of St. Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church, on Friday, June 21 at 3:00 pm. Celebrant will be Father Nathaniel Roberts, grandson, with concelebrant Father Christopher Marino, Pastor. Burial will be in the Roberts' Family Plot in the Catholic section of the Key West Cemetery.