Miss Roberta (Bert) Lucille Suddith, RN, 79 of Ft. Wayne passed away at Lutheran Hospital, Tuesday December 10, 2024.

Roberta was born June 30, 1945, to Beaman and Effie Borden Suddith at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, IN. She grew up on a farm in Richland Center Township near Rochester IN, where she shared her childhood with her older sister, Marcia, and her twin brother, "Bob". As children, she and Bob started a business of growing rabbits to sell. She graduated from Richland Center Highschool in 1963. While growing up, she was a member of St. John Lutheran Church, in Rochester and continued through life's journey as a devout Lutheran and a woman of strong faith.

Bert pursued her dream to become a nurse and became a third-generation nurse following her grandmother, mother and older sister, Marcia. She graduated from Lutheran School of Nursing in 1966. Roberta initiated her career on a Med/Surg unit. Later she played an instrumental role in the opening of the first Coronary Care Unit at Lutheran Hospital. She taught EKG rhythm strips interpretation to nursing staff, physicians, and paramedics for over 40 years. With great passion and a servant's heart to help her patients Roberta lived and breathed cardiology. She taught all levels of CPR and was on the state board of directors for American Heart Association. Roberta became an audiovisual specialist to help provide another means to get information to new personnel. She provided many continuing education courses through Lutheran Hospital, and the University of Saint Frances. She retired from Ivy Tech Community College where she taught Qualified Medication Aides. In continuing to meet the needs of her students, she co-authored a CNA and QMA Textbook and Workbook. She would like to thank all the people she has had the opportunity to teach over so many years.

Roberta continued her education with a Bachelor's degree from St. Francis College, Fort Wayne, in 1987 and a Master's degree from Walden University in 1999. Roberta was known and well respected for her passion for teaching and helping others learn.

Left to cherish Roberta's memory are her twin brother and wife, Dr. Robert L. Suddith and Dr. Kathy Savage, Lawrence KS, nephew and wife, Andrew Suddith and Cindy Rolli, Lawrence KS, and great nephew Kelvin Suddith, Portland OR, dear friends Charlene and Charles Mantock, their children Douglas (Samantha) Mantock and David (Beth Ann) Mantock of Ft Wayne IN, Megan and Samantha Iemma of Indianapolis, IN, and many friends, students and patients she befriended during life's journey.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Beaman and Effie Suddith, sister and brother-in-law Marcia and Ed Wenrick,  uncle and aunt, Charlie and Maleta Borden, cousin, Don Borden, niece, Beth Wenrick and nephew Michael Wenrick and her special friend, Janet Iemma.

A celebration of life for Roberta L. "Bert" Suddith RN will be held at 10:00 AM on Monday, December 16, 2024, at Grace Point Church of the Nazarene, 8611 Mayhew Rd Fort Wayne, IN 46835. Her family will receive friends an hour prior to services. Rev. Dr. Victor Kolch will officiate. A time of visitation will also be held at 1:00 PM at the Good Family Funeral Home, 1200 West 18th Street, Rochester, IN.  At 2:00 PM the Nursing Honor Guard of Midwestern Indiana will conduct a Nightingale Memorial Service. Burial will follow at the Rochester IOOF Cemetery where Roberta will be laid to eternally rest. Rev. Curtis May will preside.

Roberta's family would like to express deep gratitude to Roberta's friend, Charlene Mantock, for her kindness and thoughtfulness caring for and assisting Roberta in her later years.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Roberta's memory to Ivy Tech Paramedic program https://engage.ivytech.edu/s/giving.