Barbara Robinson
PINE RIVER - Barbara "Bobbi" Robinson, 60, of Pine River, died Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009, at St. Cloud Hospital. Services for Bobbi will be 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009, at Swanburg Lutheran Church in Timothy Township with Pastor Marlys Korman officiating. Friends are welcome to gather one hour prior to services. Interment will follow services at Swanburg Cemetery.
Bobbi was born March 11, 1949, in Parnell, Iowa, the daughter of Arlo and Lois (Fattig) Collingwood. In 1967, she graduated from Center Point High School in Iowa. She worked for a number of years at nursing homes in Howard Lake, Foley and Pine River. She also volunteered at the Pine River-Backus Bus Garage.
Barbara Robinson
The family wishes to thank the staff at St. Joseph's Medical Center and St. Cloud Hospital for their care and compassion.
She will be missed by her children, Ruth Ann Alvord, of Rice, Minn., Irvin (Dawn) Robinson, of Foley, Minn., and Jennifer and family; her special friend, Toby Matros; her sister, Arlis (Laren) Frye, of Norwalk; her brothers, Donald (Lisa) Collingwood, of Center Point, Iowa, and Charles Collingwood, of Asheville, N.C.; two stepsisters; two step-brothers; and nine grandchildren, Ryan, Ashlyn and Braden Alvord, Mackenzie, Eli, GracieAnna Robinson along with Jennifer's three children. Bobbi was preceded in death by her longtime companion, Richard Rubey.
Arrangements have been entrusted to the Brenny Funeral Chapel of Crosslake.