Burton W. Roberts, a longtime consultant and director of businesses in Hawai'i, California and Minneapolis, died June 16 in San Mateo, Calif.

He was 92.

Roberts and his wife, Jean, moved to Honolulu in 1970 when he took early retirement from General Mills Inc. in Minneapolis. He had been a director and executive vice president of the firm and an employee for more than 30 years.

He soon began a new 27-year career with firms in Honolulu, starting as a director at Tongg Publishing Co.; Crown Corp., where he also served as president; and a director of The Queen's Medical Center, among others. He served as a senior consultant for the state of Hawai'i on the Hawaii Regional Center project and was a trustee of Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto.

He was an avid fisherman, golfer and member of Waialae Country Club and the Stanford Golf Club.

He and his wife, the former Jean Harold Watson Cleveland, were married in 1944 after his service as an officer in the army during World War II. She survives him along with their three children, Ann Warner Roberts, Rob and Jim; and four grandchildren.

A service will be private. Donations may be made to the Native Fish Society, PO Box 19570, Portland, OR 97280.