Roberta Ann Kleppe, 82, of Cedar Rapids, died Friday, September 16, 2022, in her home.  Celebration of Life gathering will be from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Friday, September 23, 2022, at Brosh Chapel and The Avacentre in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW.  Burial services will be in Oak Hill Cemetery in Belle Plaine.

Roberta was born March 17, 1940, in rural Benton County, near Belle Plaine, the daughter of Lloyd Robert and Edith Myrtle (Hughes) Gorsch.  She attended Victor Public Schools, graduating in May of 1958.  She started her career at Rockwell Radio in 1960, until her retirement in May 1995.  January 7, 1967, Roberta was united in marriage to James Kleppe, at St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Cedar Rapids.  To this union they had one son James Kleppe Jr.   She was a forty-year member of Salem United Methodist Church and was involved in the Methodist Women's Groups.

Roberta is survived by her devoted loving son James (Shawn) Kleppe Jr. of Cedar Rapids; step-son Robin (Jill) Kleppe Sr.; step-daughter Bernadette Luensman; ten grandchildren Jaycee, Tristan, Breonah, Keeli, Tierney (Corey), Candice, Nathan, Nicole, Kristen, Sydney; five great-grandchildren; three sisters Mary Blomme, Nancy Martinson and Jan Gorsch; two brothers Robert (Sharon) Gorsch and James (Lori Sykes) Gorsch; sisters-in-law Marlene Steichen and Sharon Kleppe; as well as many nieces and nephews; and a special friend Josh Lawrence.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband James, step-grandson Robin "Arjay" Kleppe Jr., stepdaughter Annette Kleppe, two great-nieces Lisa and Michelle Kimm, four brothers-in-law Virgil Blomme, Milford Martinson, James Steichen, and David Kleppe Sr.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to the family.