Sarah Lillie (Askvig) Robb (1899-1988)

ABBOTT, ASKVIG, ROBB, WIGEN

Posted By: Eileen Reed
Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:06:59

The Daily Freeman Journal
Webster City, Iowa
Friday, April 1, 1988
Page 8, Column 6

Fort Dodge—Sarah (Mrs. Clifford) Robb, 88, a former Webster City resident, died this morning, Friday, April 1.

Funeral services are pending at Foster Funeral Home and will be announced tomorrow.
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The Daily Freeman Journal
Webster City, Iowa
Monday, April 4, 1988
Page 4, Column 6

Funeral services for Sarah (Mrs. Clifford) Robb, 88, were held at 1:30 p.m. Monday, April 4 at the Foster Funeral Home. Rev. Steve Nerness, Rev. Robert Rodich and Marjorie Schoolfield conducted the service. Burial was in the Cass Center Cemetery.

Sarah Askvig, daughter of Ole and Martha Wiggins [Wigen] Askvig, was born May 20, 1899, in the Goldfield area where she was reared and educated.

She married Clifford Robb in 1920. They farmed in Wright county, moving to Webster City in 1934.

In 1955, the family moved to Centralia, Mo. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1972. She continued to reside there until 1981, when she moved back to Webster City to live with her daughter.

In May of 1987, she moved to the Stratford Care Center. Since November of 1987, she lived at the Ellen's Health Center in Fort Dodge.

She is survived by a son and daughter, Raymond of Hullsville, Mo., and Donna (Mrs. Earl) Abbott of Webster City; eleven grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; three great-great grandchildren; a brother, Bert Askvig of Boone.

She was a member of the Assembly of God Church and was preceded in death by her husband, three brothers and two sisters.