Maxine was born in Halstead Kansas on December 24, 1922 to Edwin and Lucy Kamm. Lucy always claimed she was the best Christmas present she ever received. Maxine was raised on a farm located on a section of land homesteaded by her grandfather and great grandfather. She was later joined by two younger sisters Mary Jane and Edna. At the age of 17 her Mother and Daddy put her on a train and sent her to Chillicothe Business College in Missouri. While in college she met Rinard Roberts and on April 12, 1941 of her first year they were married, returning to the respective dorm rooms that evening before curfew. World War II took Rinard overseas and Maxine began her career as a secretary.
Following the war they settled in Fort Worth, Texas where they lived for the rest of their lives. They had three children (Dana, Karen and Edwin), nine grandchildren (Karen, Lindsay, Melissa, Steven, Daniel, David, Martha, Sarah and Andrew) and two great grandchildren (Hailey and Thomas). Maxine loved family, gardening, sewing and reading,
