Ellen Kathleen Roberts

March 21, 1947 - June 24, 2020

Ellen McLaughlin Roberts was born in Schenectady, New York on March 21, 1947. She passed away peacefully at home on June 24, 2020 at the age of 73. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, June 29th at Calvary Cemetery. Ellen was raised in Tulsa, where she was a graduate of Bishop Kelly High School and later earned a Bachelors' Degree from The University of Tulsa. She lived and raised her family in Irving, Texas for many years. Her life dream was to have two little girls and during this time she was 100% mom and an avid volunteer. Her career included multiple companies, but two of her favorite highlights were being an active Toastmaster and creating the HIPAA program for OU Medical School. When she married Martin in 1999, she moved back to Tulsa. She enjoyed gardening, sewing, traveling and spending time with her friends and family. Their home was always open and full of friends and family. She and Martin enjoyed flying in his airplane and also traveling to K2 airshows in their RV, along with boating on Grand Lake. Ellen was preceded in death by her husband Martin Roberts, parents Ed and Frances McLaughlin, sister Maggie McLaughlin and her Aunt Sus, Dorothy Kime. She is survived by her daughters Jennifer Wright Simpson and husband Brian of Richardson, Texas and Karen Wright Coppo and husband Timmy of Richardson, Texas; bonus children, Joe Roberts of Tulsa and Kim Montgomery of Collinsville; sister Marie DuCharme of Tulsa; brother and sister-in-law Colonel David and Barbara McLaughlin of Atlanta, Georgia; sister and brother-in-law Julie and Steve Joyner of Tulsa; cousins Louise Hamilton of Broken Arrow and Kathie Floyd of Inola; sisters-in-law Carol Wieser and Roz Roberts; nieces and nephews Stephanie Dyson, Jon DuCharme, Amie Thomas and Christopher Thomas; Rhonda Runnels, "Chrissy" Zanjanipour, and Julie Kinzie. She is also survived by her best friend since 1st grade Margaret Warren of Tulsa and a slew of great nieces and nephews who loved her dearly! Ellen loved being actively involved with all of the kids and loved them like they were her own grandkids! She was greatly loved by many and will be greatly missed by all!