Robbins, Alice Douglas (1859-1908)

ROBBINS, DOUGLAS

Posted By: Debbie Greenfield (email)
Date: 10/26/2016 at 12:25:49

Webster City Tribune, Webster City, Iowa, Friday, September 25, 1908

Holstein Advance: Monday morning the residents of the town were startled by the sad intelligence that the wife of Rev. Robbins had dropped dead at the parsonage where they made their home. An investigation found the intelligence to be only too true, death had overtaken her while in the best of spirits and busy at her housework. She dropped to the floor in the kitchen without a moment's warning to her husband who was present; and in a few minutes life was extinct.

Alice Douglas was born in Wyoming, Jones county, Iowa, April 22, 1859. The following year she moved with her parents to Webster City, Iowa, where she grew to womanhood, and on January 18, 1883, she was married to E. Robbins and for the past twenty years she has been making her home in the parsonages at Rutland, Williams, Alden, Burt, Fonda, Charter Oak and Holstein, Iowa, her husband's calling taking him to these various towns.

Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Robbins, Ford, Ray and Alice, all of whom survive, the girl being but eight years of age.

The deceased has lived in Holstein nearly a year and has proven to be a most excellent Christian lady, quiet and reserved in manner but a congenial neighbor and devoted wife and mother.

During her life, Mrs. Robbins had often expressed a desire that no formal church ceremonies be held over her body and in deference to those wishes only a short service, conducted by Presiding Elder Johnson, of Ida Grove, was held at the parsonage yesterday afternoon, and in the evening the body was taken to Webster City for interment by the side of the remains of her parents.

Those of the family who were in attendance at the funeral were all the children, also Mrs. Ford Robbins, Homer Robbins, of Sedalia, Mo., son of Rev. E. Robbins, two brothers of the deceased, W.W. Douglas of Blairsburg, Iowa, and Jas. Douglas, of Bassett, Nebraska, and Rev. Robbins' brother, Chas. Robbins, of Lincoln, Neb., all of whom and Rev. Johnson accompanied the remains to Webster City.

Many beautiful floral tokens were sent to the home, among which were a star from the Holstein Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, and an anchor from the Masonic body.