ROBISON, Shirley R. (Olson) - b. April 19, 1934 - d. Jan. 18, 2007

[Janet Harrington]

Independence Daily Report
February 4, 2007 page 2

Shirley R. Robinson, 72, formerly of the Elk Falls and Moline area, died Jan. 18 at her home in Legacy Village, Taylorsville, Utah.

A Celebration of Life service was conducted Saturday at Legacy Village. Memorial services here are pending.

Mrs. Robison was born April 19, 1934 in Elk Falls to Leroy and Alice Olson.  She graduated from Moline High school in 1952 and from the American Business College.  She worked as a secretary in the office of Lewis Drilling Co.

In 1955, she married Hollis G. Robison, and they moved to Houston, Texas, where she worked in the office at the University of Houston and then as secretary and registrar in the office of Post Elementary and Jersey Village High School in Houston.  She later worked in the office of Region IV Service Center, which serviced school districts throughout Harris County.  She and her husband divorced after the children left home.

Following her retirement in 1996, Mrs. Robison moved to Moline where she lived with her mother for two years before returning to Houston.  She lived in San Antonio, Texas, for a time and later in Salt Lake City.

Survivors include three children, Alice Dittmar, Greer, S.C., Kerry Morriss, Los Angeles, Calif., and Major Hollis Robinson Jr., Salt Lake City, Utah; her mother , Alice Olson, Moline; and five grandchildren.
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(THE FLINTS HILLS EXPRESS February 7, 2007, page 4)

Shirley R. Robinson passed away at her home in Legacy Village, Tarlorsville, Utah, on January 18, 2007.

A Celebration of Life service was held at Legacy Village on Feb. 3., with her children and grandchildren, friends from Legacy Village.  Pastor Steve Reinhard, friends from Mountain Vista United Methodist Church and Silverado Hospice friends present.

Shirley was born at Elk Falls, Kans. on April 19, 1934 to Leroy E. and Alice C. Olson.  She was baptized at an early age in the Elk Falls Methodist Church, and grew up in the Moline United Methodist Church.

She completed her elementary schooling in the Moline Grade School and graduated from Moline High School in 1952.  She went to business school in Wichita and graduated from the American Business College and worked as a secretary in the office of Lewis Drilling Company.

In 1955 Shirley met and married Hollis Griffin Robison, who was statined at McConnell Air Force Base during the Korean War.  They moved to Houston, Texas where she worked in the office at the University of Houston while her husband was continuing his education as a petroleum engineer.

To this union, three chidlren were born.  Two daughters, Alicia Kay and Kerry Denise, and one son, Hollis Griffin Jr.

When their children were in elementary school, Shirley worked as secretary and registrar in the office of Post Elementary and jersey Village High School in Houston.  When the chidlren left home seeking their own careers, she and her husband divorced.

Since Shirley had contact in her work with Spanish speaking people, she took a course in the Spanish language and was awarded a Certificate of Completion in Conversational Spanish from Houston Community College in 1980.  She continued working in the Houston school system as a secretary in the office of Region IV Service Center, which serviced the school districts thoroughout Harris County.

In 1996, she retired and came to Moline, Kans. to live with her mother for nearly two years, but she returned to Houston where her heart was and had been for 40 years.

She lived a while in San Antonio, Texas, where her daughter and family were, before moving to Salt Lake City to live with her son.

Shirley had an out-going personality, loved people, and made friends wherever she lived.  She loved music and playing the piano, and she loved nature and animals, especially her dog "LuLu".  Above all, though, was her unconditional love for her chidlren and grandchildren.

Shirley is survived by her three children, Alicia and Craig Dittmar of Greer, S.C., Kerry Morriss of Los Angeles Calif., and Major Hollis Griffin Robinson of Salt Lake City, Utah., three grandsons, two granddaughters, numerous counsins, and her mother, Alice Olson of Moline.

Memorials may be made to the Moline United Methodist Church or to the Moline High School Alumne Association.

Memorial services are pending, with time and date to be announced later.