MRS. MILTON J. ROBINSON DIES

Mrs. Milton J. Robinson passed away on June 8th at the Blair hospital after an illness of a year. She was a native of this county, having been born on March 27, 1891 in Blair and was reared and educated here.

In 1911 she was married to Milton J. Robinson in Blair where she spent her entire married life. To this union, six children were born of whom two sons, Arthur and Eugene and two daughters, Mrs. John Jensen and Mrs. Elmer Jensen besides the husband survive.

Besides the members of the immediate family, her mother, Mrs. Martin Nelson, one foster brother, Oscar, and four grandchildren join with the grief stricken family in their sorrow.

Funeral services were held Monday, June 10, at 2 p.m. from the Bendorf Funeral Home with Rev. Ralph P. Rasmussen of the local Methodist Church officiating and interment was made in the Blair Cemetery.

# 2 - - from Pilot-Tribune, June 13, 1940

(There is a penciled notation on this obituary: “died, 8 June 1940; Blair Cemetery, B 9, L 8, Sp 2” )

MRS. MILTON J. ROBINSON DIES; LONG ILLNESS FATAL SATURDAY TO WIFE OF FORMER BUSINESS MAN

Mrs. Jessie Robinson, 49, wife of Milton J. Robinson, former operator of the Lincoln Hiway café on east Washington street, died Saturday at Blair Hospital, where she had been confined several weeks. Mrs. Robinson had been in poor health several years.

Funeral services were held at the Bendorf Funeral Home Monday at 2 p.m., the Rev. Ralph P. Rasmussen, pastor of First Methodist Church, officiating. Interment followed in Blair cemetery.

Jessie Dale Walters was born in Blair March 27, 1891. She was married to Mr. Robinson in 1911, and they had lived in Blair all their married life.

Surviving Mrs. Robinson are her husband; two daughters, Mrs. John Jensen and Mrs. Elmer Jensen, both of Blair; two sons, Arthur and Eugene Robinson, both of Blair; her mother, Mrs. Martin Nelson; and a foster brother, Oscar Nelson. There are four grandchildren. Two children preceded her in death.