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Retired U.S. judge J. Wendell Roberts dies

J. Wendell Roberts, who served as chief judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Kentucky before he retired, died March 29 at his home in Venice, Fla. He was 64.

Roberts was a 1964 graduate of Eastern Kentucky University and earned his law degree from the University of Kentucky in 1966.

Survivors include his wife, Sherry, a son, Dr. Stephen A. Roberts, a daughter, Shannon Morris, his mother, Dorothy Roberts, and a brother, Ritchie Roberts.

A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. CDT April 19 at Fohs Hall, 201 N. Walker St. in Marion. Farley Funeral Home in Venice, Fla., is handling arrangements

Memorials may go to Habitat for Humanity.

IN MEMORIAM