ROBINSON, Russell Keith

ROBINSON, POWELL, SAXBY, PETERSON, FOWLER, BARRY, DANIELS, HANSON, DAILEY, MCALLISTER, BOTH, EDSON, SCHLINZ

Posted By: Lynette Edsall (email)
Date: 9/26/2006 at 12:16:45

RUSSELL ROBINSON

Funeral services for Russell Robinson, 77, of Cherokee, formerly of Aurelia, will be 10:30 A.M. Friday, March 10, 2006 at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Cherokee, with Pastor Richard Arndt officiating. Burial will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Aurelia. Visitation will be Thursday from 2:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M., with the family present from 6:00 to 8:00, at the Redig Funeral Home in Aurelia.

Russell died Monday, March 6, 2006, at home in Cherokee.

Russell Keith Robinson was born October 2, 1928, the son of John and Violet (Powell) Robinson in Sioux City, IA. Russell attended school in Marcus, and later the Police Academy. On April 6, 1949 Russell married Velma Louise Saxby in Cherokee. To this union four children were born, Jeff, Nancy, June, and Cindy. Russell worked for the railroad, the Cherokee Creamery, and as Police Chief in Aurelia, retiring in 1985. He was a member of the Cherokee Ridge Runners, and enjoyed making black powder guns, hunting and fishing. Velma died September 21, 2002. On November 1, 2004, Russell married Goldie (Pedersen) Fowler.

Preceding Russell in death were his parents, his wife Velma, two brothers, John, Jr. and Melvin, and one sister-in-law, Erma Barry.

Survivors include his wife Goldie of Cherokee, one son, Jeff Robinson of Cherokee, three daughters Nancy and her husband Rufus Daniels of Troy Mills, IA, June and her husband Mike Hanson and Cindy and her husband Mike Dailey all of Cherokee, and three step-sons, Everett and his wife Lisa Fowler of Aurelia, Tom and his wife Judy Fowler of Kansas City, MO, and Ray and his wife Alice Fowler of Kansas City, KS. Also surviving are 20 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren, one sister, Bonnie McAllister of Brighton, CO, one brother, Mike and his wife Gerry Robinson of Cherokee, four sisters-in-law; Delores Robinson of Cherokee, Lois and Adrian Goth of Meriden, Mildred Edson of Battle Creek, IA, and Virginia and her husband Lloyd Schlinz of Cherokee, and other relatives and friends.