Rex A. Robinson

Rex A. Robinson, 84, of Sabetha, Kansas, died Wednesday, June 27, 2001, at the Sabetha Hospital in Sabetha.
     He was born October 21, 1916, in Sabetha, the youngest of nine children of Ario and Emma Robinson. He attended Sabetha schools and graduated from high school there in 1934. He was a farmer, a stockman and dairyman in the Sabetha area all his life. He lived most of his life on the Robinson homestead near Capioma.
     On March 24, 1940, he married Theo Madeline Ransom at her parent's home near Sabetha. On November 18, 1957, his wife, Theo, and their daughter, Shirley Ann Robinson, age 16, were both fatally injured in an auto accident.
     He was a member of the Congregational Church in Sabetha, where he served on the church board. He was also a founding member of the Capioma Cemetery Board, which set up a plan for the upkeep of the cemetery. He remained on the cemetery board all his life. He was also a member of the National Farmers Organization and the Nemaha County Co-op.
     He is survived by a son, Burton M. Robinson of Sabetha; a brother Harvey Robinson of Topeka; three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
     Besides his wife and daughter, he was preceded in death by three brothers, Oliver, Byron, and Ralph and four sisters, Altha Robinson, Eleanor Hess, Irene Richards, and Lois Robinson.
     Memorial services will be held 10:30 A.M. Saturday, June 30, at the Woodlawn Baptist Church in Woodlawn, Kansas. Inurnment will be in the Capioma Cemetery following the services.
     Memorials may be given for the Nemaha County Community Health Services or the Capioma Cemetery and sent in care of the family.