George E. Robinson

George E. Robinson

Nov. 10, 1930 - July 15, 2015

BEAVER CITY, Neb. -- George E. Robinson, 84, of Beaver City, Nebraska, died Wednesday (July 15, 2015), at Kearney Regional Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska.

He was born in Phoenix, Arizona, to Hubert Earl and Bula Blen (Critser) Robinson on Nov. 10, 1930. Following graduating from Beaver City High School in 1947, he worked construction in Iowa, built a church in Oxford, helped build the Beaver City elevator and Oxford elevator, and much of the concrete work on bridges in the area. He also maintained a Grade A dairy, drove for Yellow Diamond Bus Lines, milked cows, hauled for a hog farm, and was a janitor at the Beaver City School 18 years. He and his wife operated the Lucky R Drive-In for 21 years.

He married Betty Taylor at the Full Gospel Church in Norton, Kansas, on Aug. 25, 1949. He was a member of the Free Methodist Church in Beaver City.

He was preceded in death by wife, Betty, in March 2014; son, Joe Henry (1983); his parents and step-parents, Henry and Ruby Taylor; sister, Jewell King Leedy; brothers-in-law, Henry Allen Taylor, Eldon King, William Leedy and Dennis Nickell.

Suvivors include childen, Kathy Wilmot and husband, Wes; Don and wife, Pat Robinson and Becky Robinson, all of Beaver City; sisters-in-law, Judy Nickell of Beaver City and Judy Taylor-Carr; 10 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren; and many relatives and friends.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to Abbott House Home for girls in Mitchell, South Dakota.

Funeral services are Monday, July 20, 2015, 1:30 p.m. at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Beaver City with the Revs. Steve Sturtevant and Keith Theobald officiating. Interment will be at the Mount Hope Cemetery at Beaver City.

Vsitation is Sunday, July 19, 2015, from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Beaver City.

Condolences or personal reflections can be left at wenburgfuneralhome.com

Wenburg Funeral Home of Beaver City, Nebraska is in charge of the arrangements.