Blanche E.Roberts;71;of 173 Water St.;Belle Vernon;died Wednesday;Jan.24;1973;at 6:20 p.m.in the Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital. She was born in Rostraver on March 27;1901;a daughter of Samuel and Nora Ivill Roberts;and was a life-long resident of the Belle Vernon area. Surviving are three cousins;Mrs.Bertha Forsberg;with whom she made her home;Elmer Martin of Clairton and Roy LaVance of Ventura;Calif. Friends will be received from 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday at the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;where a funeral service will be held Friday;Jan.26;at 1:30 p.m.with the Rev.John Bowers of the First Christian Church of Belle Vernon officiating. Interment will be in the Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.