Twila N Robinson

Funeral Services for Twila N. Robinson will be conducted on Monday, June 29, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Kearney, Nebraska with Reverend Stan Murdoch officiating. Interment will be in the Oxford Cemetery in Oxford, Nebraska.

Twila Norman Robinson, 90 years of age, of Kearney, passed away on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at her home in Kearney. She was born August 20, 1918 in Furnas County, Nebraska, the youngest of five children born to Thomas O. and Elsie Elizabeth (Hollinger) Norman. Twila received her education in Oxford, Nebraska and graduated from Oxford High School with the class of 1936. She then attended Kearney State Teacher's College, where she received her teaching credentials. Twila taught fourth grade in Beaver City, Nebraska for two years.

On May 29, 1940 she was united in marriage to Albert "Dale" Robinson. In 1940 the couple moved to California where Twila worked in accounts payable at Sears for 15 years. In 1967 she and Dale returned to Nebraska and purchased the Oxford Café. On June 10, 1976 she was preceded in death by Dale.

Twila continued to live and work in Oxford for 27 years. She then moved to Kearney where she worked at CASH-WA Distributing as a receptionist until she retired in 1996. In August 2008 she moved to the assisted living at the Homestead House in Kearney.

Twila was a member of the First Baptist Church in Kearney. She was a happy caring person. She loved to feeD and watch her birds and squirrels. She enjoyed her yard and flowers. She loved to play cards and watch sports. She also loved to spend time with friends and family.

Besides her parents and husband, Dale, she was preceded in death by her sister, Vivan Pettygrove and her husband, Lloyd; two brothers: Harold Norman and his wife, Melverna, and Roland Norman and his wife, Clarice; one brother-in-law, Dr. Asa Balliet; two nieces, Janet Williams and her husband, John, Betty Norman Russell; and one nephew, Richard Pettygrove.

She leaves to mourn her passing her sister, Freda Balliet of Central City, Nebraska; nephews, Norman Balliet and his wife, Linda of Central City, Tom Norman of Glenrose, Texas, Robin Lester and his wife, Helen of New York, New York, Terry Lester of Florida; nieces Kay Hogoe of San Clemente, California, Joan Billings and her husband, Preston of Richland, Washington; and other relatives and friends.

Visitation will be held on Sunday, June 28, 2009 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Kearney.

A memorial has been established in her memory and will be designated at a later date.

Expressions of caring and kindness can be sent to the family at www.nelsonbauerfh.com.

The Mitchell-Nelson-Bauer Funeral Home in Oxford is in charge of the arrangements.