OLIVIA FRANCES KUHN ROBISON
Illness of Parkinson's disease for over a period of seven years
which had incapacitated her for five years and confined her to her bed for the
last year was fatal to Mrs. Olivia Frances Kuhn Robison, 67, prominent Mt.
Vernon woman, at 8:30 o'clock last night at her home at 519 Main street.
She was a former
Mr. Robison has been for years a top salesman for David G. Evans
Coffee Company,
The body is at Reisinger Funeral Home
where friends may call after
It will remain there until taken to St. Matthew's Catholic Church
of which the deceased was a devout member for Requiem High Mass at
Active for many years in organizations of St. Matthew's Church,
Mrs. Robison had been forced by her extended illness to cease active membership
in these organizations. She was an early president of the American Legion
Auxiliary of Owen Dunn post, No. 5, of which her husband is for the second time
the commander.
Mrs. Robison had spent her entire life in
She was born at Farmersville, a daughter of John Kuhn and Mary Pfister Kuhn. For a number of years she operated a
millinery shop on Main street in Mt. Vernon but following her marriage devoted
her time and interest to her home and family. She was closely associated
with her husband in all of his business and political undertakings.
Surviving, in addition to the husband, are a son, A. A. Robison,
Jr. owner-operator o Robison's Men's Wear in Mt. Vernon; three daughters, Mrs.
Charles Carrigan, Norfolk, Va., Mrs
Jack Butcher, Crawfordsville, In., and Mrs. William H. Miller, Evansville; 11
grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Joseph Ofer and Mrs.
Jacob J. Moll, Mt. Vernon, the latter at present in Hole Sound fla., and a brother, Joseph Kuhn, R.R.3, Mt. Vernon.
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Originally submitted by Betty Sellers