Roberta Herr, 52; Native Palisadian

Roberta Beagles Herr, a native of Pacific Palisades, passed away on October 30 at the age of 52, after a three-week fight with ‘poorly differentiated small cell cancer occurring in the liver.”   Born at St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica in 1958, Roberta lived her childhood on the Castellammare mesa. She had a congenital hearing loss, but with great determination became an extremely good lip-reader. She attended Marquez Elementary, Paul Revere Junior High and graduated from Palisades High in 1975. She attended UC Irvine and San Jose State University, where she earned a degree in occupational therapy.   Roberta married Norman Herr in 1981 at Palisades Presbyterian Church, and enjoyed 29 wonderful years of marriage.’   During the early years of her marriage, Roberta worked as an occupational therapist at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, but gave it up to be an at-home mom, the job she enjoyed most in life. She was active with her family at Valley Presbyterian Church in North Hills, where she was involved in children’s ministries for the past 25 years. ‘   Roberta was a quiet servant and friend who blessed many, many lives.   She enjoyed time with her husband, children and friends, and she spent many days camping and hiking with her family throughout national parks and wilderness areas in the United States and Canada. Recently, she had acquired a great interest in European travel because her son-in-law is from the Netherlands. ‘   Roberta is survived by her loving husband, Norman Herr, a professor at Cal State Northridge; her mother, Alice Beagles, a long-time resident of Pacific Palisades; her sister, Jessica Roos, a former school board member in Culver City;’her daughter, Christiana Naaktgeboren, who with her husband Marten serve in Uganda with Water Missions, a’Christian engineering organization serving the water and sanitation needs of people in developing countries and disaster areas; her son Stephen, a recent graduate of UC Santa Barbara; and her youngest son, John, a sophomore engineering student at UC Santa Barbara.   Memorial services will be held on Saturday, November 6, at 2 p.m. at Valley Presbyterian Church, 9200 Haskell Ave., North Hills.’Memorial donations may be made to the Reformed University Fellowship (UCSB chapter), or Water Missions International.