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Bertha A. (Clark) Robinson

Posted 2018-01-10 by Judy Wight Branson
Prescott Evening Courier, Prescott, Arizona
Friday, October 3, 1924, page 1, column 2

Mrs. Robinson Is Dead After Long Illness

Wife of City Manager Unconscious During Final Hours In Alhambra,
Cal. Here For Many Years

Body to Arrive in Prescott on Sunday; Funeral Arrangements not Made

Mrs. John H. Robinson at 6:20 o'clock last night passed away at
Alhambra, Calif., after a lingering illness. The intelligence of
her death came to Arthur Robinson, from his brother, J. H. Robinson,
who last Wednesday went to the bedside of his wife upon receipt of
word that physicians had abandoned hope for her recovery and that
life could last but a little while. She had been take to Southern
California with a faint belief that a change in altitude would check
the steady decline of her strength, but it soon was found no human
agency could stay the fatal malady that in its final phase carried
her out of her sufferings under the gentle influence of
unconsciousness, so that she knew no pain when she passed into
eternal rest.

Mrs. Robinson, Bertha Clark, before marriage, was born in Colorado
about 46 years ago, and came to Prescott with her parents when a
little girl. All her mature life was passed here. She and Mr.
Robinson were married 27 years ago by 'Fighting Parson' Brown of St.
Luke's Episcopal church. The only child of the couple, John
Robinson, Jr., was born and raised in Prescott. She left a brother,
Lloyd Clark, who is with the Santa Fe Railroad, and a sister in
Colorado.

Although in poor health for the last three years, Mrs. Robinson's
condition did not become serious until about three months ago. She
did not want to go away from her home here, although her husband and
physicians believed she might improve if taken to California, and
for the last three weeks she has grown weaker and weaker, death
being only a matter of time.

Widely acquainted and loved by all who knew her well. Mrs. Robinson
will be mourned by her friends whose grief will be assuaged by
knowledge that the end came to her more as a benediction from the
Angel of Release from long suffering than as something to which she
regarded with regret.

At the meeting of the Prescott Rotary club today, a committee was
names to express to the bereaved member condolences in his
overwhelming sorrow, and the members of the organization will be at
the train Sunday to offer in person their sympathy.

The bereaved husband, accompanied by his niece, Mrs. E. S. Dearin,
will leave Alhambra tomorrow with the body of the departed wife, and
they will arrive Sunday afternoon at 3:45.

Funeral arrangements will be made soon after arrival, and burial
will be in Prescott.




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