Roberta Claire Britt, our loving and devoted mother and friend passed away peacefully at 82 years of age on August 9, 2022, due to complications from congestive heart failure. Roberta was born on May 20, 1940, in Northampton, Massachusetts to Joseph and Alice Hebert.

Roberta loved to garden, and all were amazed by her green thumb and her ability to get every variety of plant to thrive. She enjoyed reading a good mystery novel on her patio surrounded by her plants and the birds and butterflies that were attracted to her garden. She was an avid Red Sox and Celtics fan and could often be found rooting on her teams.  In earlier times she enjoyed traveling and loved the company and comradery of playing a round of golf and the special times to be had attending UMass basketball games with her children and grandchildren.

She worked as a highly valued executive assistant at the UMass Physical Plant for more than 30 years and enjoyed meeting with her old coworkers and childhood friends for coffee at Atkins as the years went on.

A generous soul, Roberta was a dedicated mother first and foremost. She treasured her children and grandchildren and cherished every moment with them. She especially loved her role as Grammy or Grandma. She had the ability to connect with her grandchildren and the feeling was mutual. She also had a special way of making every holiday an event, and her rendition of happy birthday either in person or left as a voice mail will be greatly missed.

Roberta is survived by her husband Robert; their children Aaron and his wife Cathy, Sharon and her partner Dan, and Shawn and his wife Dawn; her grandchildren Lindsey and her husband Eric, Danielle, and Christiane; her loving brother and sisters Leonard Hebert and his wife Joanie, Dorothy Lashway, and Beverly Savage and her husband Dick. She also leaves many cherished nieces and nephews who were very special to her, and many wonderful friends and family who will sadly miss her. She was predeceased by a son, Joseph, who died in very early infancy, her brother-in-law Richard Lashway, nieces Kelly McElmon and Alison Barabe.

Friends and family are invited to join us in celebrating her life by attending visiting hours on Thursday, August 18^th from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., at the Douglass Funeral Home 87 N Pleasant St. Amherst MA, followed by a Liturgy of Christian burial will be Friday August 19^th at 10 a.m. at Saint Brigid’s Church 122 N Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA. Burial will follow in St. Brigid’s Cemetery, Hadley.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorial gifts may be made to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute danafarber.jimmyfund.org whose providers, along with Dr. Grim at Cooley Dickinson Hospital, helped her to live a long life in which she saw her children and grandchildren grow up, got to play many rounds of golf with friends, and was able to send countless holiday cards to her loved ones.

Memorial guestbook at www.douglassfuneral.com