NORWAY – Herbert J. Roberts, 91, of Norway died Thursday, May 3, at Stephens Memorial Hospital.

He was born in Belfast on Oct. 13, 1915, the son of Harry and Mabel Smith Roberts. He attended grade school in Waldo, three years in Boston and four years at Brooks High School.

He worked at Gay Holmes Dairy Farm through high school and two years after. In February 1937 he went to work for First National stores as a meat cutter for six years in Belfast, Augusta and Waterville, then Norway and Rumford. He returned to Norway to work for Alton Luck’s IGA.

Eight years later he bought out Alton and was associated with IGA for 18 years. He went into partnership with Nolan Jackson, known as Jackson & Roberts Groceries and Choice Meats. He sold to Don Twitchell in 1976. He then set up a custom meat processing business at his home at 22 Danforth St., where he cut, wrapped and froze many beef, deer, moose, pigs and lamb for many people from all over Oxford County.

He also plowed snow for many people around town, as many as 45 customers from 1945 to 1997. He married Mabel C. Austin of Norway in February 1942. She died in August 1985. He later married Georgine Bryant, formerly of Norway and Lynn, Mass., on Oct. 17, 1987. She passed away in 1997.

He is survived by two daughters, Judy Morse of Belfast and Candace Anderson of Norway; a son, Jon Roberts of Norway; eight grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.