Roberta Elwell Simpson, age 64 of Fort Pierce, FL, passed away Tuesday morning. Roberta was taken ill January 3, 2014 and has been continually hospitalized until she lost her batttle with pancreatitis on Novemebr 17, 2015. She passed peacefully, surrounded by her loving family.

Roberta had attended the Port Elizabeth Schools and the Port Elizabeth Methodist Church. She was a Millville High School Graduate, class of 1969. She was a talented trumpet player and was the first girl admitted to the Nabb-Leslie American Legion Marching Band. Roberta attended University of Delaware and earned a Bachelor's Degree in Plant Science. She was a Disney enthusiast and her greastest joy came from Walt Disney World and spending time with her family.

She was predeceased by her father, Kenneth C. Elwell.

Roberta is survived by her mother, Charlotte Elwell; sister, Donna Foster and her husband Ron; 2 sons, Carl Simpson and his wife Kelly, and Kenneth Simpson and his wife Alicia; and 8 grandchildren, Logan, Macey, Aubrey, Torey, Sadey, Spencer, Jared, and Charlotte.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend the viewing and funeral service on Saturday, November 21, 2015 at Barr Funeral Home, 2104 East Main Street in Millville. There will be a viewing from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM , followed by the funeral service at 1:30 PM in the funeral home. Burial will be Port Elizabeth United Methodist Church Cemetery.

The family requests in lieu of flowers that donations be made in Roberta's memory to the Port Elizabeth United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 101, Port Elizabeth, NJ 08348.