Name: Alvina
Irene ROBINSON
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Birth: 25
Jan 1875, Decatur Co., IA
Death: 21
Apr 1963, Orange Co., CA
Father: Moody
ROBINSON (1850-1938)
Mother: Ellen
Arminda ATEN (1849-1919)
Misc. Notes
MEMO
FROM FRED COFFEY: Alvina is not my direct ancestor, she is a great-aunt.
However she lived an interesting life, serving as a missionary in Burma and
India. A selection of her letters home are available at:
http://www.coffey.ws/familytree/familyNotes/AlvinaRobinson/
OBITUARY:
Alvina
Irene Robinson was born Jan. 25, 1876 in Decatur Co. IA and departed this life
April 21, 1963. She united with the Maple Grove Methodist Church when she was
about 14 years of age. She taught school for a number of years in southern IA.
She was graduated from Simpson College, Indianola, IA.
She
went from the Des Moines Methodist Conference as a missionary to Rangoon,
Burma, in the early 1900's. She taught in the Methodist Girls' School at
Rangoon, and in the Boarding School.
She
was transferred to Sinoncha, India about 1919, where she was in charge of a
home for homeless women and children. Sometime after her mothers death March
16, 1919, she came to the states on furlough and remained to make a home for
her father. Her niece Opal Coffey from Fort Orb, CA, came to be with her and
care for her during her last illness.
She
was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers and two sisters. She leaves
to mourn her loss two sisters, Mrs. Ollie Holder of Patterson, CA and Mrs.
Newton Coffey of Garden Grove, IA, a number of nieces and nephews and many
friends.
Funeral
services were held Thurs., April 25, 1963 at the Methodist Church in Garden
Grove. Rev. Edna Whitson officiating. Music was furnished by Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Evans, Harold Evans, Mrs. Rachel Williams and Mrs. Hattie Benson with Mrs.
Stella Hickman at the piano.
Pallbearers
were her nephews, Carl Coffey, William Coffey, Leo Coffey, Raymond Coffey,
Harold Holder and Gerald Hickman.
Burial
was in the Garden Grove cemetery.
NOTE from Fred Coffey: On a visit
to California with my parents in about 1955 we visited Aunt Alvina. She shared
some of her stories and collected memorabilia from her Burma experience.
Spouses
Unmarried:
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