Marian Z. Roberts, 96; First Female Director of Pennsylvania Bank
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Marian Zurn Roberts, 96, philanthropist and first female director of a Pennsylvania bank that became part of Mellon Bank, died Wednesday in Erie, Pa.
Roberts was director of Union Bank and Trust Co., which later joined Mellon Bank. She served on a number of civic organizations and was well known in social circles.
In 1984, Roberts was honored for 50 years of service to the Sarah Reed Home Board. She was a member of Gannon University’s advisory council and was honored by the college as a Distinguished Pennsylvanian in 1989.
Her first husband was Melvin A. Zurn, who died in 1970, son of the founder of Zurn Industries, and her second husband was Samuel J. Roberts, former chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, who died in 1987.
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