LaVae Robertson passed away on May 15 after a brief illness of encephalitis. Her family and friends surrounded her in love and prayers.
LaVae was born in Eugene and graduated from Creswell High School. On Oct. 21, 1951, she married Jack Burton Robertson of Pleasant Hill. After the birth of their children, she received a teaching degree at U of O. She taught elementary school in Creswell for several years and then moved to Albany where she also taught. After receiving her master’s in administration, she became a curriculum specialist and principal of Oak Elementary School in Albany.
Upon retirement, LaVae received her master’s in theology at San Francisco Theological Seminary. She was a curriculum development consultant for the Presbyterian Church USA in Louisville, Kentucky.
Her love was her family and her friendship with God. She spent a lifetime trying to learn more about Him, oftentimes wrestling with Him to near exhaustion (hers, not His.) She loved a good argument but said she and He were “the best of friends.” LaVae always felt that her goal was to provide the opportunity for others to be as happy and blessed as she was. Her work with Kiwanis and Key Club, Family Relief Nursery, Creswell Presbyterian Church, Creswell School District Curriculum, Creswell High School ASPIRE, Middle School Building Campaign, Oregon ASCD and the Albany Hospital Board were just a few places where she did her missionary work. To relax, LaVae loved camping with her family, reading voraciously, studying, travelling over the world, writing and hiking in the United States, Europe and China. She loved to entertain and to laugh. She loved life.
She is survived by her husband, Jack; daughter Jacque Robertson; son Lonn and daughter-in-law Lynn Robertson; and brother Everett Griffith and wife Phyllis of Madras; grandchildren Nathanael, Zachary and Jessie Robertson, and great-granddaughter Madisen.
Side note: LaVae was a niece of the infamous Jacob DeShazer, one of the Doolittle Raid in Japan of WWII. Jake later became a missionary to Japan.
LaVae was born in Eugene and graduated from Creswell High School. On Oct. 21, 1951, she married Jack Burton Robertson of Pleasant Hill. After the birth of their children, she received a teaching degree at U of O. She taught elementary school in Creswell for several years and then moved to Albany where she also taught. After receiving her master’s in administration, she became a curriculum specialist and principal of Oak Elementary School in Albany.
Upon retirement, LaVae received her master’s in theology at San Francisco Theological Seminary. She was a curriculum development consultant for the Presbyterian Church USA in Louisville, Kentucky.
Her love was her family and her friendship with God. She spent a lifetime trying to learn more about Him, oftentimes wrestling with Him to near exhaustion (hers, not His.) She loved a good argument but said she and He were “the best of friends.” LaVae always felt that her goal was to provide the opportunity for others to be as happy and blessed as she was. Her work with Kiwanis and Key Club, Family Relief Nursery, Creswell Presbyterian Church, Creswell School District Curriculum, Creswell High School ASPIRE, Middle School Building Campaign, Oregon ASCD and the Albany Hospital Board were just a few places where she did her missionary work. To relax, LaVae loved camping with her family, reading voraciously, studying, travelling over the world, writing and hiking in the United States, Europe and China. She loved to entertain and to laugh. She loved life.
She is survived by her husband, Jack; daughter Jacque Robertson; son Lonn and daughter-in-law Lynn Robertson; and brother Everett Griffith and wife Phyllis of Madras; grandchildren Nathanael, Zachary and Jessie Robertson, and great-granddaughter Madisen.
Side note: LaVae was a niece of the infamous Jacob DeShazer, one of the Doolittle Raid in Japan of WWII. Jake later became a missionary to Japan.
LaVae Robertson passed away on May 15 after a brief illness of encephalitis. Her family and friends surrounded her in love and prayers.
LaVae was born in Eugene and graduated from Creswell High School. On Oct. 21, 1951, she married Jack Burton Robertson of Pleasant Hill. After the birth of their children, she received a teaching degree at U of O. She taught elementary school in Creswell for several years and then moved to Albany where she also taught. After receiving her master’s in administration, she became a curriculum specialist and principal of Oak Elementary School in Albany.
Upon retirement, LaVae received her master’s in theology at San Francisco Theological Seminary. She was a curriculum development consultant for the Presbyterian Church USA in Louisville, Kentucky.
Her love was her family and her friendship with God. She spent a lifetime trying to learn more about Him, oftentimes wrestling with Him to near exhaustion (hers, not His.) She loved a good argument but said she and He were “the best of friends.” LaVae always felt that her goal was to provide the opportunity for others to be as happy and blessed as she was. Her work with Kiwanis and Key Club, Family Relief Nursery, Creswell Presbyterian Church, Creswell School District Curriculum, Creswell High School ASPIRE, Middle School Building Campaign, Oregon ASCD and the Albany Hospital Board were just a few places where she did her missionary work. To relax, LaVae loved camping with her family, reading voraciously, studying, travelling over the world, writing and hiking in the United States, Europe and China. She loved to entertain and to laugh. She loved life.
She is survived by her husband, Jack; daughter Jacque Robertson; son Lonn and daughter-in-law Lynn Robertson; and brother Everett Griffith and wife Phyllis of Madras; grandchildren Nathanael, Zachary and Jessie Robertson, and great-granddaughter Madisen.
Side note: LaVae was a niece of the infamous Jacob DeShazer, one of the Doolittle Raid in Japan of WWII. Jake later became a missionary to Japan.
LaVae was born in Eugene and graduated from Creswell High School. On Oct. 21, 1951, she married Jack Burton Robertson of Pleasant Hill. After the birth of their children, she received a teaching degree at U of O. She taught elementary school in Creswell for several years and then moved to Albany where she also taught. After receiving her master’s in administration, she became a curriculum specialist and principal of Oak Elementary School in Albany.
Upon retirement, LaVae received her master’s in theology at San Francisco Theological Seminary. She was a curriculum development consultant for the Presbyterian Church USA in Louisville, Kentucky.
Her love was her family and her friendship with God. She spent a lifetime trying to learn more about Him, oftentimes wrestling with Him to near exhaustion (hers, not His.) She loved a good argument but said she and He were “the best of friends.” LaVae always felt that her goal was to provide the opportunity for others to be as happy and blessed as she was. Her work with Kiwanis and Key Club, Family Relief Nursery, Creswell Presbyterian Church, Creswell School District Curriculum, Creswell High School ASPIRE, Middle School Building Campaign, Oregon ASCD and the Albany Hospital Board were just a few places where she did her missionary work. To relax, LaVae loved camping with her family, reading voraciously, studying, travelling over the world, writing and hiking in the United States, Europe and China. She loved to entertain and to laugh. She loved life.
She is survived by her husband, Jack; daughter Jacque Robertson; son Lonn and daughter-in-law Lynn Robertson; and brother Everett Griffith and wife Phyllis of Madras; grandchildren Nathanael, Zachary and Jessie Robertson, and great-granddaughter Madisen.
Side note: LaVae was a niece of the infamous Jacob DeShazer, one of the Doolittle Raid in Japan of WWII. Jake later became a missionary to Japan.
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