The Susan Moore Roberts Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund
Susan A. Moore Roberts was born on February 10, 1944 to Russell V. and Mildred Yoder Moore. Russell married Mildred E. Yoder on June 1st, 1934 and they were very active in the Midland Mennonite Church where Russell served for many years as the treasurer of the church. Susan married William D. Roberts on August 21st, 1965. It was not until they had been dating for quite some time that they learned their fathers knew each other and had been friends while both were in the Boy Scouts. Throughout the lives of Bill and Sue, their fathers showed an amazing love and caring for their children. In July of 1996, Susan and Bill decided to take out a deferred gift annuity with Goshen College to establish the Roberts-Moore scholarship fund at Goshen College (GC) in their fathers’ honor and in tribute to their faithful and generous lives at their passing.
Sue passed away in November of 2003 and the Roberts-Moore scholarship was started in 2005. In the last eight years, Bill has witnessed how this scholarship fund has helped numerous Goshen College students and even canceled another gift annuity (in 2006) they had taken out in 1998, transferring the proceeds to GC to help build the fund. In addition, he has given more to GC students the last few years by way of a current scholarship for students who are double majoring in music and another area. He recognizes that these music students need to be very disciplined to make sure they study and practice in order to succeed in all of their endeavors. Now, in 2013, Bill has decided to establish yet another scholarship fund at Goshen College, this one in honor of and in tribute to his spouse, Susan Moore Roberts.
Sue was a math teacher in the Ft. Wayne, Ind. middle schools for over 30 years. But she did more than simply teach math concepts. She was passionate about her work with young people and served as a friend, mentor and advisor to many, many kids that she came in contact with and got to know in her classrooms. While teaching can be exhausting work, Sue was energized by her work and found great satisfaction and joy in working with these young people. Bill hopes that this scholarship, designed for math education majors at Goshen College, inspires and encourages future recipients to be the same kind of teacher and mentor that Sue was for her students.