Obit: Robinson, Emer A. (1905 - 1963)

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Surnames: Robinson, Grether, Altenburg,Sonnenberg

----Sources: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wood County, Wis.)13 August 1963

Robinson, Emer A. (5 Jan. 1905 - 11 Aug. 1963)

Neillsville--Funeral rites for Emer A. Robinson, 58, will be conducted at the United Church of Christ here at 2 p. m. Wednesday by the Rev. Jacob Grether, followed by burial in the Neillsville cemetery. Friends may call at the Georgas Funeral Home prior to the rites. Mr. robinson died at his home, 1005 Hewett St., on Sunday. He had been in failing health sice 1957.

Born in the town of Weston on Jan. 5, 1905, he was educated there and in Neillsville, where he graduated from high school in 1925. He was employed by the Neillsville police department in 1940 and by the Western Electric Company during World War II. He operated Warlum-Robinson Inc. here from 1946 until 1957.

He was married on May 11, 1940, at Sanborn, N.D., to Bernice Altenburg, who survives him. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Myrtle Robinson, a sister, Mrs. Ray (Berris) Sonnenberg, Renton, Wash., and a brother, Glenn Robinson, Neillsville, Wis.