Funeral services for 95-year-old Richard “Dick” Robinson, and his wife, 89-year-old LaDonna Robinson, will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday morning, April 24, 2017, at the First Presbyterian Church in Windom, Minnesota. The church is located at 336 11th Street.
Interment will be in Lakeview Cemetery in Windom. Military honors at the cemetery will be provided by the American Legion Post #206 of Windom.
Visitation will be at the church the day of the services from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Online condolences to the family may be sent to: www.lacannefuneralhome.com.
LaCanne Family Funeral Home in Windom is handling the arrangements.
Richard “Dick” Robinson passed away on Wednesday morning, April 19, 2017 at ??? and LaDonna Robinson passed away Wednesday afternoon, April 19, 2017, at the Good Samaritan Society of Mountain Lake-The Village.
Richard “Dick” Luverne Robinson was born to Ivar and Margaret (Baier) Wallin on August 27, 1921. His mother passed away at an early age and left a family of 11. As Ivar was unable to care for such a large family, the 11 brothers and sisters went their separate ways. A local dentist and his wife took Dick into their home and raised him to manhood. The name change from Wallin to Robinson occurred during his early age.
LaDonna Pearl Robinson was born to Arthur and Hannah (Guhlke) Jeske on September 3, 1927. She grew up on a farm near Comfrey, Minnesota. LaDonna attended Comfrey country school and eventually graduated from Comfrey High School. After high school, LaDonna attended Mankato Teacher’s College in Mankato, Minnesota, where she earned her degree.
Dick entered the United States Navy in January of 1942. He served in the Southwest Pacific for two years. He was attached to the United States Marines during that time as a Navy Medic. He also served in the Korean War. Upon being discharged in December 1945, Dick attended Mankato State University in Mankato and Bemidji State University in Bemidji, Minnesota, before going into the restaurant business, where he met his wife, LaDonna.
They were married in October 1947 at the Congregational Church in Comfrey. This marriage was blessed with three children, Sandy, Renee and Kirk. LaDonna worked at the Drug Store and was a hostess at the Driftwood in Windom while she raised her children. Dick went into the grain business for 15 years. After that, he was a sales rep for USS Agri-Chemicals, working for that company for 18 years. They gave him early retirement in 1981. He then went on to work for the United States Postal Service for 16 years as a substitute rural mail carrier and later as a regular carrier. He retired in 1997.
Dick moved into the Good Samaritan Society-Sogge Memorial in Windom in February 2017.
LaDonna moved into the Good Samaritan Society of Mountain Lake-The Village in 2012.
Dick and LaDonna were members of the First Presbyterian Church in Windom where Dick was a trustee, deacon and an elder and LaDonna was a member of the Dorcas Circle. Dick was a member of the Windom Public School Board for 12 years. He was also a member of the local Masonic Lodge, American Legion Post #206, Rural Letter Carriers and Zuhrah Temple Shrine of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Dick and LaDonna loved playing cards – especially 500 – gardening and reading. LaDonna enjoyed baking, cooking, needlework and embroidery. Dick enjoyed sports and traveling. They both loved spending time with their grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Dick and LaDonna are survived by two daughters, Sandy (Peter) Frederixon of Apple Valley, Minnesota and Renee (Tom) Harnack of Windom; daughter-in-law, Jan Robinson of Colorado Springs, Colorado; eight grandchildren, Jennifer, Peter, Katy, Jason, Lindsay, Kim, Jessica and Kevin; nine great-grandchildren; LaDonna’s sister, Marlene Rathman of Springfield, Minnesota and many nieces, nephews and other relatives.
They were preceded in death by their parents; son, Kirk Robinson and Richard’s siblings, four brothers, Leonard, Allen, James and Marion and six sisters, Esther, Grace, Cleo, Mercedes, Margaret and Mildred.