OBITUARY WILLIAM J. ROBERTS

 William Joseph Roberts died on August 15, 2007 at the Presbyterian Home in Bloomington, Minnesota of bladder cancer. Born and raised in Dubuque, Iowa, and graduated from its high school, Bill pleged Alpha Delta Phi, lettering in football as a star running back.  He majored in history and was a member of Sphinx. 

After graduation, he spent two years with the CIA in Formosa, two years with the U. S. Marine Corps and two years playing professional football with the Green Bay Packers and the British Columbia Lions.  During this time he married Peg Moran and began a family that consisted of two boys and two girls.

In 1958 he started a career with 3M that was to last 33 years.  He specialized in sales and marketing, rising to national sales manager for one of its divisions.  Bill is survived by Peg, children Ann, Nancy, William and Michael '87 and 13 grandchildren.