Robertson, Mrs. John 1895-1982

ROBERTSON, DEAN

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, Volunteer (email)
Date: 12/6/2006 at 10:34:46

Mrs. John Robertson

Mrs. John Robertson, 86, of Akron died Thursday (July 8, 1982) in an Akron nursing home of a long illness.

Services were at 10:30 a.m. Monday in Plymouth Presbyterian church, rural Akron. Rev. James Ransom officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery under direction of the Schroeder funeral home.

Mrs. Robertson, the former Ruth Dean, was born Nov. 24, 1895, in LeMars. She taught rural schools in the Akron and Merrill areas several years. She was married Aug. 22, 1916, and the couple farmed in the Akron area except for a brief period in Flandreau, S.D. Mr. Robertson died in 1958.

Survivors are two daughters, Marjorie E. of San Francisco and Mrs. Donald (Darlene) Lucken of Akron; two sons, Jay D. and Calvin, both of Akron; one sister, Mrs. Helen Nichol of Boulder, Colo.; nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

~Source: LeMars Sentinel, July 12, 1982
~THANKS: To volunteer, Bruce Atkinson, for finding this source information.