Carol Ann Robbins
(August 21, 1952 - March 21, 2016)


Carol Ann Robbins, 63, Waverly, died on March 21, 2016, at the Kansas City Hospice House.

Carol was born on August 21, 1952, in Ottawa, Kansas, to Leonard W. and Freida A. Fischer Hermreck.

Carol graduated from Garnett High School in 1970, and went to the Gene Blake School of Hair Styling, in Topeka. She did hair in Ottawa, before buying the hair salon in Waverly in 1972. It was named Carol’s Beauty Shop.

On September 4, 1971, she married Dennis M. Robbins, at the St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, at Emerald.

Carol was a member of the St. Joseph Catholic Church and the Altar Society, in Waverly. She had served to terms on the Waverly City Council. She was instrumental in getting the Waverly Community Building constructed. She was very active in her church and community.

Carol was preceded in death by her parents, and a son, Sean M. Robbins, on August 4, 2013.

Carol is survived by her husband, Dennis, her daughter-in-law, Lisa Robbins, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, three grandchildren, Chloe and Cooper Robbins, and Channing Ketchum, her brothers, Dale (Linda) Hermreck, Ottawa, and Glenn (Rebecca) Hermreck, Overland Park, her four sisters, Linda (Larry) Zwiener, Garnett, Wanda (Steve) Wilkinson, Overland Park, Lois (Hal) Newman, Manhattan, and Colleen (Rob) Snell, Burwell, NE, other relatives and friends. Carol’s first love was her church, her grandchildren, Immediate family and friends, and Lisa the daughter she never had.

Services will be Wednesday, March 30, 2016, at the Waverly Gymnasium, Waverly, KS. The family will receive friends, Tuesday, 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M., at the gym. Burial will be in the St. Joseph Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the Kansas City Hospice House, St. Joseph Catholic Church, or the Coffey County Cancer Support Group, and may be sent in care of Jones Funeral Home, P.O. Box 277, Burlington, KS 66839.