In Memoriam of Blanche Braselton Robinson

Blanche Braselton Robinson

July 4, 1917 - February 2, 2010

Blanche Braselton Robinson, 92, former Vincennes resident, passed away Tuesday evening February 2, 2010 at Hanover Nursing Center in Hanover, IN. She was born July 4, 1917 in Patoka, IN to the late Orval and Lillis (Slinker) Braselton. Blanche graduated from Patoka High School, Class of 1935. After graduation, she worked at the Patoka Post Office and was a waitress at Aunt Pearl’s Coffee Shop in Patoka until her marriage February 8, 1941 to Vernon “Bill” Robinson. Bill was a longtime general contractor and built many homes in the area and he and Blanche raised 2 children on their farm at Decker Chapel. Blanche also worked as a cook at Decker High School, ward clerk for Good Samaritan Hospital and as a tour guide for the William Henry Harrison Mansion in Vincennes. She was a volunteer for the first hospice program at Good Samaritan Hospital and cared for many people in the Vincennes area for several years.

Blanche was a 65-year member of the Decker Chapel United Methodist Church and was very active throughout her Christian life as a Sunday school teacher, pianist and prepared the homemade juice and bread for each communion. She enjoyed church functions, music, gardening, quilting and spending time with all her family and friends. She moved from the Vincennes farm in 2005 to Hanover Nursing Center to be near her daughter.

Blanche will be sadly missed by her loving family which included, her son, Joe “Danny” Robinson and his wife, Kathy of Springfield, OH, daughter, Anne Saxe and her husband Phil of Dupont, IN, grandson, Brandon Robinson and his wife Sharon of Colorado Springs, CO, 2 granddaughters, Stephanie Storie and her husband Ron of Kennesaw, GA and Rachel Saxe and Jay Koehler of Madison, IN, 9 great grandchildren, Lacey, Zachariah, Ashton, Taylor, Autumn Marie, Morgan, Brooklyn, Tayla and Kira. Other survivors include 2 brothers, Jack Braselton and his wife Ruthann of Melbourne, FL and Fred Braselton and his wife Lois of Princeton, IN as well as several loving nieces and nephews. Blanche was preceded in death by her husband Bill on September 17, 1967, 6 brothers, Filmore, Jimmy, Roscoe, Gene, Joe and Victor Braselton and a sister Williamina “Willie” Russell.

A funeral service to celebrate Blanche’s life will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday February 6, 2010 at the Decker Chapel United Methodist Church with Rev. Paul Huntsman and Rev. Evelyn Owen officiating. Following the service, she will be laid to rest in the Hazleton Community I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends are invited to visit and share memories of Blanche with the family on Saturday from Noon until the service time at the church. Memorial contributions may be made the Decker Chapel United Methodist Church or the Hanover Nursing Center Alzheimer’s Unit in Hanover, IN.

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