ROBINSON, Bertha A.

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.