June 22, 1925 – July 1, 2012
Mildred Jean Slater Robinson, 87, of Sweet Home died July 1, 2012 in California.
She was born June 22, 1925 in Eugene to Otto W. and Pearl (Dove) Slater, the ninth of 16 children raised in the foothills of the Cascade mountains near Foster.
She had an abiding love of Oregon. She and her large extended family celebrated every summer during a large family reunion that was the highlight of her year.
She worked as an aircraft riveter in Seattle during World War II, then married Bill Robinson at the end of the war. The Robinsons moved to Fresno,Calif., where they both worked for Fresno Unified School District and raised their two daughters. They returned to Oregon after retirement to live on the Slater home place at Crawfordsville. They spent many winters at Quartzsite, Ariz.
Mrs. Robinson loved to cook and continued to talk about good food and cooking to the end of her life. She was the heart of her family and taught her family how to love.
She is survived by her loving husband, Bill Robinson of Clovis, Calif .; daughters Tova and son-in-law David “Mike” Blesh of Auberry, Calif., and Joanne and son-in-law John Kucera of Kingsburg, Calif .; four grandsons; seven great-grandchildren; a brother, Caryl Slater of La Pine; and sisters Shirley Anderson of Sitka, Alaska, and Gayle Thomas of Sweet Home.
She was preceded in death by five brothers and seven sisters.
A celebration of her life will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday, July 12, at Marcola Christian Church in Marcola with internment at Gilliland Cemetery in Sweet Home. Remembrances may be made in her name to Hinds Hospice of Fresno, Calif.
Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the arrangements. http://www.sweethomefuneral.com