Roberta Barton Seger

Roberta Morgan Barton Seger of Easton, passed away on November 6, 2024, at Candle Light Cove in Easton. She was 92 years old. Born in Centreville, MD on February 6, 1932, she was the daughter of the late J. Hall and Anna Murray Barton. After graduating from Centreville High School in 1949, she attended Drexel University where she earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in Home Economics in 1953. She then taught in Centreville until her marriage in March of 1956 to George W. Seger. They made their home in Oxford where she taught briefly in the local school. In 1962, they moved to Easton where she was a member of Christ Church, served on the Altar Guild and taught Sunday school. She was an active and involved member of the Talbot YMCA, having taught adult exercise classes, Tennis League, and member of the Auxiliary at Memorial Hospital. A well-known artist, she began her career in the early 1960’s when she began taking many art courses at the Academy Museum of Art, later teaching landscape painting in oils there and member of WAF. She was “Rigger” of the Traveling Brushes, a group of six local women artists who, in the early 1980’s had formed a group and traveled to various locations to enjoy different painting opportunities, generally Plein Air. Her artworks have been in several local galleries, as well as in Vail, CO. RB Seger was a Waterfowl Festival exhibitor for a number of years. Always a collector of antique furniture, Bobbi opened an antiques and art gallery. Mrs. Seger, or Bobbi, as she was best-known, was also an avid golfer and member of the Talbot Country Club and was a member of the Ladies Golf Team. She was also a member of the Tred Avon Yacht Club in Oxford and was a past Chesapeake Bay Champion in Comet Class sailing. Bobbi and George met at a Comet regatta; she won… Then, their courtship began and lived a fun, adventurous life. Gardening and landscaping, anytime outdoors in Nature, was important to Bobbi. She was up for anything, an outdoor enthusiast, with a quick wit, ready smile, occasional sharp tongue, and a big heart. Bobbi never met a stranger and never had a dull moment! Surviving, in addition to her husband, are a daughter, Suzanne Seger of Lovettsville, VA; a son Michael Seger, and three grandchildren, Derek Seger, William Zach, and George Zach. Her siblings, James H. Barton, Jr. and Anna M. Thompson are deceased. A Memorial Service will be held at Christ Church, Easton, on Thursday November 14, 2024, at 2pm. Private inurnment services will be at the Oxford Cemetery, Oxford, MD. Memorial donations in her memory may be made to The Talbot Hospice Foundation, Easton, MD or the Art Academy Museum in Easton, MD.

Roberta Barton Seger

February 6, 1932 - November 6, 2024