IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Robinson Howard

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Senior

Apr 16, 1920 — Sep 11, 2006

Obituary

Howard Robinson Senior passed away on September 11, 2006 in Flagstaff,
AZ at the age of 86, after a long illness. He was born on April 16,
1920 in Knob Noster, Missouri, the son of Russell Howard Senior and
Finis Robinson.

He moved with his family to Hamburg, New York and later to Evanston,
Illinois where he graduated from Evanston High School. Howard attended
North Park College in Chicago and later moved to Los Angeles, California
where he met and married Blanca Robertson (later divorced). After living
in Los Angeles for a short time, they moved to Sao Paulo, Brazil where
Howard was in the manufacturing business. While there they had six
children and later returned to California where Howard was head of the
Industrial Engineering Department at Sylvania Electric Company.

Howard was in Flagstaff, AZ attending to a son who had been in a motor
vehicle accident and he met Wanda Euler. They began a friendship that
turned to love and he moved to Flagstaff and they married in 1969. He
worked for WL Gore and then in 1974 they opened the first Baskin-Robbins
ice cream store in Flagstaff, which they ran for about 25 years.

Survivors include his wife Wanda, four sons, John, Lee, Erick and James
Senior , all of California, two step -children, Dottie Harkey and Bill
Euler of Flagstaff and numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren and
nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his son Richard and
daughter Deborah and his sister Ann Smith.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, Sept. 16, 2006 at 1:00 PM at
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints building , 625 East
Cherry Avenue, Flagstaff, AZ. Visitation will be held one hour prior to
the services at the Church. Howard will be interred in Knob Noster, Mo
at a later date.



Arrangements are under the direction of Norvel Owens Mortuary
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