Adelia Elmer Robertson: How did Pat Robertson’s wife die?

Adelia Elmer Robertson was an author, nurse, and evangelical Christian activist. She was the wife of Pat Robertson. Adelia Elmer Robertson is a media mogul, religious broadcaster, political commentator, former presidential candidate, and Southern Baptist minister. He promotes a conservative Christian ideology and is well-known for his previous involvement in Republican Party politics. Who is Pat Robertson’s wife?

Adelia Elmer Robertson: Bio Summary

Pat Robertson’s wife Dede was a Beauty Queen

Adelia Elmer Robertson was born on December 3, 1927, in Ohio, United States to her Catholic parents, Ralph and Florence Elmer. She is not the only child of her parents- She has a brother Raph. Adelia, a Miss Ohio State beauty queen and fashion model, studied for her Master’s in Nursing at Yale University and also had a bachelor’s degree in Social Administration from Ohio State University-Columbus.

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Dede Robertson was an author. she is the author of two books, including My God Will Supply and The New You, the latter about healthy living. Applying her nursing training, Dede was employed at the Boulevard Hospital in New York, and then at Portsmouth General Hospital, in Portsmouth, VA.  Later, Pat Robertson’s wife served as Assistant Professor of Nursing at Tidewater Community College, in Tidewater, VA.

How did Pat Robertson and his wife meet?

While studying for her Master’s in Nursing at Yale, Adelia Elmer Robertson met M.G. “Pat” Robertson, who was also a student at the Yale Law School. Talking about how they met Dede said an annoying law student was attempting to monopolize her time which she is not going to allow.

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So, to avoid his attention, Dede narrated how she went to the refreshment table and pretended to be busy and unfortunately for her, she got too close to the candles on the table, and her hair caught fire. Her future husband who was standing nearby, noticed her fire, rushed over, and extinguished the fire with his bare hands. “He put out the fire in my hair, but he started a fire in my heart,” Dede explains. In 1954, the couple took their relationship to the next level and got married.

How many children did Dede Robertson have?

A few years after they tied the knot, their union was blessed with 4 children- Gordon P. Robertson, Tim Robertson, Elizabeth Faith Robertson, and Anne Carter Robertson. The family has now grown to fourteen grandchildren and twenty-three great-grandchildren. Adelia Elmer Robertson was a devoted mother, wife, and grandmother.

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Adelia Elmer Robertson was an important link in CBN.

Pat Robertson’s wife Dede was a founding member of the boards of the Christian Broadcasting Network, Regent University, and Operation Blessing, all based in Virginia Beach. Dede Robertson worked alongside her lifelong husband Pat and served as his sounding board and inspiration throughout their life journey. Pat sought Dede’s counsel and spiritual confirmation on the numerous decisions they faced. He confessed-“I often asked Dede, what does this little girl from the Midwest think about this?“

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Aside from their church activities, Dede enthusiastically campaigned for her husband Pat Robertson in his run for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in 1987 and 1988. During her husband’s presidential campaign, Dede visited fifty-two American cities on his behalf.

Adelia Elmer Robertson also served the world in her way, Pat Robertson’s wife traveled across Asia, the Middle East, Central, and South America, working tirelessly to bring humanitarian and medical aid to people in need all over the world.

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What happened to Dede Robertson?

Dede Robertson, the wife of televangelist and Christian Broadcasting Network founder Pat Robertson died at their Virginia Beach home on Tuesday, CBN announced. She was 94 years old at the time of her passing. The cause of her death was not made public. “Dede Robertson was a woman of great faith, a champion of the Gospel, and a remarkable servant of Christ who has left an indelible print on all that she set her hand to during her extraordinary life,” her husband, Pat Robertson said in a statement to CBN.