Obituary: Robertson, Earl Marion
Age 91
We all know he went to join his high school sweetheart and beloved wife, D. Jeanne and his son, Kent Alan Robertson.
Earl and Jeanne were born in 1924 in Dayton, Ohio.
Earl’s parents were George H. Robertson and Marian Willard Robertson Miller and he had one older brother, George Jr.
He later attended and graduated from Harvard University with three years interrupted by serving in the Army during WWII.
From 1943-1946 he was in the European and Philippine theaters and was in Austria on VE Day.
He later received his Masters at University of New Hampshire where he also taught undergraduate chemistry.
He married Dorothy Jeanne Orr while on leave in Dayton, Ohio, during April of 1944.
While on another two week leave in 1945, daughter Bonnie was conceived.
She was later joined by brother Kent Alan Robertson in 1953.
Earl loved photography, always working in his home darkroom, and even had a color process named after him.
He worked for 41 years as a Research Chemist for Kodak Park in Rochester, New York, He also loved the stock market, being a day trader and belonging to an Investment Club in Greece for many years.
Golf being another passion, he was a member and officer of Ridgemont Country Club in Greece, New York, until he moved with Jeanne to Spokane, Washington, in 2007 to live near his daughter, Bonnie, and granddaughter Lara Whitman’s family.
Earl stayed at Moran Vista Senior Living on E. 57th Avenue for the last seven years where he was cared for and loved by staff.
His special friend, Jean Sandon, was a close companion these last few years and all will miss seeing them together.
Earl was preceded in death by his father George, his mother, Marian, and brother George Robertson Jr. in Dayton, Ohio.
His son, Kent Alan Robertson passed in St.
Cloud, Minnesota, and his wife, Jeanne, later in Spokane, Washington.
Earl is survived by his daughter, Bonnie Robertson Herrington and husband Keith of Sandpoint, Idaho; and his grandson Jared Alan Herrington with wife Stephanie in Clayton, California; his granddaughter Lara Herrington Whitman with husband Brian and great-grandchildren Blake and Claire Whitman reside in Spokane, Washington.
Also, his daughter-in-law Julie Broyles Robertson has remained a close family friend in Long Beach, California.
Earl’s memorial service will be held this Saturday, November 7, at 2:30 P.M. at the Manito United Methodist Church on Grand Ave. Refreshments and a slide show of Earl’s life will be shown following the service.
Staff and friends at Moran Vista Senior Living are invited to attend and share their personal memories of Earl.
A special thanks is given to Maria, Kay, and others at Gentiva Hospice for their help, Daphyne Chrysler for her love of Earl and Jeanne all these years, and Crystal, Susan, Loretta and others at Moran Vista Senior Living.
Earl’s family has also given much moral support.
Earl was a loving husband, father, and grandfather who always embodied strength, morality, dedication, respect, and honour to all he knew.
Being a lover of Shakespeare, this quote from Henry VIII, A 1V, S2 is fitting, “He gave his honours to the world again, His blessed part to heaven, and slept in peace”.