RIP Charlie Roberts
Arrangements as follows:
- Visitation - Wednesday 12/07/11 from 4:00 until 9:00 p.m. and Thursday 12/08/11 3:00 until 9:00 p.m. at Cumberland Chapels, 8300 W. Lawrence Ave., Norridge, IL 708-456-8300
Funeral - Friday 12/09/11 8:45 a.m. from the funeral home for final viewing and prayers Mass - 10:00 a.m. at Queen of All Saints Basilica, 6280 North Sauganash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois (773) 736-6060
Interment - Bohemian National Cemetery, Chicago, IL
Donations To - Chicago Police Memorial Foundation, 1407 W. Washington, Chicago, IL 60607
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posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
29 Comments:
RIP Charlie. Prayers & peace to the family.
Charlie was one of my instructors at Northwestern Staff & Command. He was enjoyable and had alot of good stories. RIP Charlie..and best wishes and prayers to his family.
RIP Charlie, you were a gentleman. The CPD bleeds for a boss like you today.
I for one, will miss Charlie's erudite commentary on SCC. RIP Charlie and guard over us!
ADS Roberts: I am proud to say I was trained by you in the academy and had a chance to get to know you with the NHL and Sheriff Zaruba. Your loss is heartbreaking to all of us, but you will never be forgotten.
Your friend
John Campbell
Area Three Detective Division
I enjoyed Charlie as an instructor and he was a real gentleman. He'll be missed.
Wife of Densey Cole passes.
Charlie Roberts was a great boss because he was a great guy. They go hand in hand. The Department was lucky to have such a gentleman in it's ranks.
IRONIC:
Charlie Roberts passes
No promotions
Him and his brother held great study groups
RIP, Sir
You were a gentleman to us PPO's in the academy
RIP Charlie. May God comfort your family.
He was a great man. I knew him from Lewis University and his Sgt. test prep class.God bless his family.
Charlie, thank you for sponsoring all of those promotional study classes. Your tough approach gave me and many of my fellow lieutenant wanna bees the determination to study those orders like we loved them. Many of us wore the bars because of you. I was one of them. RIP.
Always an upbeat yet easy-going gentleman, Charlie's intelligence, leadership and friendship will be sorely missed.
Rest in peace, my brother.
Knew Charlie well and he was always a class act as far as I'm concerned. RIP, Charlie.
Just saw Charlie at the Northwestern Dinner at IACP and now 4 weeks later he's gone?
RIP Charlie, great instructor at Staff & Command, great man.
Charlie was one of my instructors at NU Staff & Command. He was an excellent instructor, funny and engaging. The guy was a wealth of knowledge and a lot of fun to talk with.
R.I.P.
Roberts, Charles B. Ret. Assistant Deputy Superintendent C.P.D., Former First Deputy Commissioner C.F.D. Beloved husband of Amy B. nee Martorano. Loving father of Christine (Paul) Martincic and Cynthia M. (Adam Somers) Roberts. Dearest grandfather of Sophie and Sam Martincic and Paige Somers. Loving son of Lala and the late Charles L. Roberts. Dear brother of Jean (Joseph) Forst, William (Paulette), John (Donna), Patrick (Sandy), Bonnie (Eugene) Kornota, and the late Lawrence. 708-456-8300 or www.cumberlandchapels.com.
Published in Chicago Sun-Times on December
Charlie and John Roberts..two classy gentlemen and police officers.
I was a recruit in the academy when I would see him in the halls. He was one nice guy. Always had an encouraging and nice word. Very likeable. RIP Boss, you are truly missed.
O.T. - Hey Dan Shields with your quest to go to 189, it cost a P.O. his job. Thanks Big Dan.
I would like to thank SCC for making a special posting in my husband's memory. He really didn't know what blogging was :) but he would appreciate all of his fellow police officers, past and present, remembering him and honoring his memory. He truly was a special man who had a great gift of making people feel special. So I thank you all for your kind comments. Charlie will truly be missed by many people, most of all by me.
Amy Roberts
Charlie was Deputy Fire Commissioner of CFD EMS.He was a great guy who had a real vision for EMS.Which is why the fire bosses needed to see him go.Had he stayed EMS wouldn't still be the Red headed step child of the CFD.god Bless him and his family a great guy and great boss
We crossed paths with A.D.S Roberts some six months ago.
A twinkle in his eyes...
A firm handshake...
A genuine "How are you and how's the old man?" was how he started off the conversation...
We had been out of touch for a while but the conversation although brief, flowed like a fine, very old wheated bourbon.
Very few bosses have ever had Charlie's class, humility and genuine care for his people and people in general... His example was not a bad one to emulate IOHO...
We always say that Policemen are the funnest & funniest soldiers in God's Army.
Heh... The way we figure it, God must have figured it was time to give Charlie his biggest and best promotion ever.
Our condolences, love and prayers to The Roberts Family...
...See ya later Charlie.
We're these strange and peculiar people called Chicago Police Officers...
We're family... Or did ya know that already?
For the rest of you?
Stay safe and take care.
Two taps on the West Side doorbell while doin' da slo' roll...
A class act and consummate professional. Another well respected exempt (like Guthrie) who prematurely retired because of the Brass pettiness.
For Charlie it was J.C.
RIP Charlie. God bless you and your familiy. What a real Boss was and should be to bad there are none like him left on the job!!!
For the record:
Charlie was the Director of the Sheriff's Police Academy in 1999-2000 I believe. He took over after Lt. Denny Baker retired.
He ran a good tight ship and sent his recruits out to the street well trained and ready to do the job.
Unfortunately, he ran afoul of our First Deputy Chief Malinowski. You see, Jim was always afraid of people below him that were smarter than he was. Charlie was surely that, a very fine smart man, and a great Policeman.
The world is a lesser place with Charlie Roberts gone.
I'll see you on the range, up there, some day; my friend.
--Former Range Officer, CCSPD
Hey Charlie,thanks for some great times and the things you did to make this job what it should be, Great guy and Great Cop. See you when I see you.
RIP. He's with Teri, once again. God bless both of them.
Anonymous said...
RIP. He's with Teri, once again. God bless both of them.
12/11/2011 09:38:00 AM
Whoever made this comment, I totally agree. I take great comfort everyday that Charlie is with her once again and she is probably cooking up a storm for him. :) She probably told him when he got to her, "It's about time you got here, do you know how long I've been cooking for you?" That is what gets me through the day, that and the wonderful relationship we had together, even though it was for a short time. So thank you very much, whoever said this. It made me smile.
Amy Roberts
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