Eleanor Jane Wood Robinson, named for her mother's mother, was born in Pierceville, Gray, Kansas (although she usually gave her birthplace as Garden City, Kansas), while her parents briefly farmed in that area. Parents: Dora McDaniel Robinson and Thomas Lillard ("Lillard" or "TL"). She had an older sister, Fannie Lillard, always called 'Sister,' and later a younger sister, Mary, and eventually two little brothers, Frank and Jerry. The family moved back to Missouri after a short time and lived near Grandview, south of Kansas City. The Robinsons had established themselves in the town of Belton, not far away, where Eleanor's great grandfather (he lived to be 99 years old . . . within six months of 100 . . . and was lucid to the end)(his wife was Eleanor's step-great-grandma, his first wife having died much earlier in Kentucky). Eleanor's grandfather had become a prominent Kansas City figure, having worked his way up to the position of commissioner of the stockyards. He was involved with the Democratic Party, to which he was very devoted, and the Christian Church, to which he was also very devoted (he was very instrumental in the establishment of the Country Club Christian Church, being a resident of the Country Club District in Kansas City, with Eleanor's step-grandmother, his first wife having died before Eleanor was born). He was responsible for much of what Eleanor's family had, as her father was not really interested in the law, which his father had insisted he study, and not terribly interested in anything other than hunting and fishing and consuming alcohol. On the day of her wedding Eleanor (who always suffered from motion sickness when traveling) and her new husband got on a train and went to the East where they attended the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia and then boarded a ship. Hubert (an officer, a captain, in the Corps of Engineers, US Army) had been ordered to the Panama Canal Zone. They were there for a couple of years, during which daughter Carolyn was born. After living in Panama they lived at Fort Lewis, Washington, where daughter Mary Frances was born. They then lived in Wash., DC, where Hubert attended Cooks and Bekers School for the army, as part of his officer training (preparation for commanding a regiment). They moved then to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where Hubert was teaching ROTC at LSU, and where the third daughter, Betsy was born just after Pearl Harbor. The family soon left for Lynchburg, Virginia, then Kansas City, Missouri. Then Hubert was sent overseas for WWII. Eleanor and the girls lived in Grandview, Missouri, near the family home where she grew up and where her mother lived. Her mother moved into town, but her sister and sister's family lived on a nearby farm. Numerous relatives lived in Kansas City, although her beloved paternal grandfather and his second wife, with whom she had lived earlier, before her marriage, in Kansas City, had both died. Her mother's parents had also died, as had her father's father's father, Great-grandpa Jerry, who lived to the age of 99. At the end of the war Hubert returned, and the family moved to Pasco, Washington, where Hubert was involved in closing an Army depot. They then moved to Burlingame, California, where Hubert was involved in closing the depot at Lathrop and the depot at Oakland. Hubert then retired from the army after 30 years of service and became employed at Colorado A&M College, Fort Collins, Colorado. The family lived at 700 Smith Street and then after about five years moved to the lovely home at 809 Elizabeth. Eleanor was very much occupied in making that home into a beautiful place and in putting it to use as a place to entertain graciously. Having a big garden with corn, beans and tomatoes, Kentucky Wonder beans and raspberries, among other things, was a big part of life in summer. Eleanor was a talented cook. Eventually Hubert retired from what was then Colorado State Univerity (the Civil Engineering Department). Then Eleanor got to travel, which had not been a possibility for most of her life. They went on Holland-America Line to Europe. Her sister Mary and her husband moved from New Jersey to Fort Collins, which was important to Eleanor's life. In the meantime two daughters went away to college in Illlinois at Wheaton College. Both daughters married the summer after Mary Frances graduated, stretching Eleanor's ability to bring off wedding celebrations . . . . Mary had a big church wedding and Carolyn had a home wedding. Betsy, who was six years younger than Mary eventually left for college and then married. All the girls had children and brought them back to visit at the home in Fort Collins. Eleanor was a lover of children and really enjoyed the visits. Eventually her health grew worse, she and Hubert moved to a senior complex, Good Samaritan, and lived in a apartment. Mary, her sister, also moved to an apartment in the complex. Hubert died evntually and Eleanor moved to a care part of the complex. Her sister died, too. Eventually Eleanor broke a hip and moved to Puyallup, Washington, where her eldest daughter lived. For a while she was in an apartment with a caregiver she had had in Colorado, but broke a hip and after that lived in a succession of board-and-care homes until her death at the age of 96. She was buried in Fort Collins beside Hubert.