Blanche Braselton Robinson, 92, of Hanover, formerly of Vincennes, died Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, at Hanover Nursing Center.
She was born July 4, 1917, in Patoka, the daughter of Orval and Lillis Slinker Braselton. She was a 1935 graduate of Patoka High School. After graduation, she worked at the Patoka Post Office and was a waitress at Aunt Pearl's Coffee Shop in Patoka until her marriage. She also was a cook at Decker High School, ward clerk for Good Samaritan Hospital and a tour guide for the William Henry Harrison Mansion in Vincennes. She was a volunteer for the first hospice program at Good Samaritan Hospital and cared for many people in the Vincennes area for several years. She was a 65-year member of the Decker Chapel United Methodist Church and was a Sunday school teacher, pianist and prepared homemade juice and bread for each communion. She enjoyed church functions, music, gardening and quilting. She moved from the Vincennes farm at Decker Chapel in 2005 to Hanover Nursing Center.
She is survived by one son, Joe "Danny" Robinson of Springfield, Ohio; one daughter, Anne Saxe of Dupont; two brothers, Jack Braselton of Melbourne, Fla., and Fred Braselton of Princeton; one grandson; two granddaughters; nine great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband Vernon "Bill" Robinson, whom she married Feb. 8, 1941, and who died Sept. 17, 1967; her parents; six brothers, Filmore, Jimmy, Roscoe, Gene, Joe and Victor Braselton; and one sister, Williamina "Willie" Russell.
The funeral was at Decker Chapel United Methodist Church in Knox County. Burial was in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Hazelton.
Madison Courier 2/5/10
She was born July 4, 1917, in Patoka, the daughter of Orval and Lillis Slinker Braselton. She was a 1935 graduate of Patoka High School. After graduation, she worked at the Patoka Post Office and was a waitress at Aunt Pearl's Coffee Shop in Patoka until her marriage. She also was a cook at Decker High School, ward clerk for Good Samaritan Hospital and a tour guide for the William Henry Harrison Mansion in Vincennes. She was a volunteer for the first hospice program at Good Samaritan Hospital and cared for many people in the Vincennes area for several years. She was a 65-year member of the Decker Chapel United Methodist Church and was a Sunday school teacher, pianist and prepared homemade juice and bread for each communion. She enjoyed church functions, music, gardening and quilting. She moved from the Vincennes farm at Decker Chapel in 2005 to Hanover Nursing Center.
She is survived by one son, Joe "Danny" Robinson of Springfield, Ohio; one daughter, Anne Saxe of Dupont; two brothers, Jack Braselton of Melbourne, Fla., and Fred Braselton of Princeton; one grandson; two granddaughters; nine great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband Vernon "Bill" Robinson, whom she married Feb. 8, 1941, and who died Sept. 17, 1967; her parents; six brothers, Filmore, Jimmy, Roscoe, Gene, Joe and Victor Braselton; and one sister, Williamina "Willie" Russell.
The funeral was at Decker Chapel United Methodist Church in Knox County. Burial was in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Hazelton.
Madison Courier 2/5/10
Blanche Braselton Robinson, 92, of Hanover, formerly of Vincennes, died Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, at Hanover Nursing Center.
She was born July 4, 1917, in Patoka, the daughter of Orval and Lillis Slinker Braselton. She was a 1935 graduate of Patoka High School. After graduation, she worked at the Patoka Post Office and was a waitress at Aunt Pearl's Coffee Shop in Patoka until her marriage. She also was a cook at Decker High School, ward clerk for Good Samaritan Hospital and a tour guide for the William Henry Harrison Mansion in Vincennes. She was a volunteer for the first hospice program at Good Samaritan Hospital and cared for many people in the Vincennes area for several years. She was a 65-year member of the Decker Chapel United Methodist Church and was a Sunday school teacher, pianist and prepared homemade juice and bread for each communion. She enjoyed church functions, music, gardening and quilting. She moved from the Vincennes farm at Decker Chapel in 2005 to Hanover Nursing Center.
She is survived by one son, Joe "Danny" Robinson of Springfield, Ohio; one daughter, Anne Saxe of Dupont; two brothers, Jack Braselton of Melbourne, Fla., and Fred Braselton of Princeton; one grandson; two granddaughters; nine great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband Vernon "Bill" Robinson, whom she married Feb. 8, 1941, and who died Sept. 17, 1967; her parents; six brothers, Filmore, Jimmy, Roscoe, Gene, Joe and Victor Braselton; and one sister, Williamina "Willie" Russell.
The funeral was at Decker Chapel United Methodist Church in Knox County. Burial was in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Hazelton.
Madison Courier 2/5/10
She was born July 4, 1917, in Patoka, the daughter of Orval and Lillis Slinker Braselton. She was a 1935 graduate of Patoka High School. After graduation, she worked at the Patoka Post Office and was a waitress at Aunt Pearl's Coffee Shop in Patoka until her marriage. She also was a cook at Decker High School, ward clerk for Good Samaritan Hospital and a tour guide for the William Henry Harrison Mansion in Vincennes. She was a volunteer for the first hospice program at Good Samaritan Hospital and cared for many people in the Vincennes area for several years. She was a 65-year member of the Decker Chapel United Methodist Church and was a Sunday school teacher, pianist and prepared homemade juice and bread for each communion. She enjoyed church functions, music, gardening and quilting. She moved from the Vincennes farm at Decker Chapel in 2005 to Hanover Nursing Center.
She is survived by one son, Joe "Danny" Robinson of Springfield, Ohio; one daughter, Anne Saxe of Dupont; two brothers, Jack Braselton of Melbourne, Fla., and Fred Braselton of Princeton; one grandson; two granddaughters; nine great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband Vernon "Bill" Robinson, whom she married Feb. 8, 1941, and who died Sept. 17, 1967; her parents; six brothers, Filmore, Jimmy, Roscoe, Gene, Joe and Victor Braselton; and one sister, Williamina "Willie" Russell.
The funeral was at Decker Chapel United Methodist Church in Knox County. Burial was in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Hazelton.
Madison Courier 2/5/10
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