Robison, Effie 1916-2019

ROBISON, VANDER SCHEL, HUISMAN, LENNING, HAMBLY, HAINES, HITCHLER, GRANT, MODLIN, IVERSON, KOEPPEN, BRANDERHORST

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Date: 7/13/2021 at 21:35:40

Effie Robison
April 11, 1916 ~ February 28, 2019 (AGE 102)

Effie’s funeral service will be 12 p.m., Sunday, March 3rd at the Monroe Presbyterian Church in Monroe, conducted by Pastor Ann Johnson.

The family will greet friends immediately following the services with a lunch from the Newton Maid-Rite at the church.

A private family burial will be at the Silent City Cemetery in Monroe.

In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials to the Monroe Presbyterian Church. Memorials may be left at the church on Sunday or at the Wallace Family Funeral Home & Crematory in Newton. If you are going to mail the memorial to the funeral home, please add; Attn: Robison Family on the envelope.

Effie Vander Schel Robison the daughter of Andrew and Gertrude Huisman Vander Schel was born on April 11, 1916 in Moravia, Iowa.

On May 12, 1940, Effie was united with Robert “Bob” Robison in Knoxville, Iowa. They were blessed with 3 sons, Donald, Delmar and Duane. She lived in Monroe, Iowa until 1972, Prairie City, Iowa from 1972 -1977 and Newton, Iowa from 1977 until 2019. Effie had worked in the laundry at the Skiff Medical Center for 20 years. She was a 70-year member of the Monroe Presbyterian Church. Effie enjoyed quilting and needle work. One of her favorite things was eating at the Maid-Rite in Newton. Effie was a loving and caring wife, mom, grandma, great-grandma, great-great-grandma, sister, aunt and friend.

Effie died on Thursday, February 28, 2019, at Nelson Manor in Newton. She was 102. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Bob; and two sons, Donald and Delmar.

Those left to cherish Effie’s memory are her son, Duane (Liz) Robison of Lisle, Illinois; four grandchildren, Todd (Diane) Lenning of Webster City, Tawnya (Shannon) Hambly of Long Grove, Tyler Robison of Chicago and Adam (Whitney) Robison of Portland, Oregon; five great-grandchildren, three great-great-grandchildren, several nieces including, Kay Haines, Judy Hitchler, Denise Grant and Judy Modlin; and special friends, Sue Iverson, Paul and Kay Koeppen and Shary Branderhorst. ~ The Wallace Family Funeral Home, Newton, Iowa 28 Feb 2019.