Lynn Neil Robinson passed away peacefully in his Taylorsville home on Friday, April 21, 2017 from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
Lynn was born May 16, 1941 in Kansas City, Kansas to James Lewis Robinson and Dorothy Scott Zimmerman, but raised primarily in Hemet, California.
Music was Lynn's passion. By age twelve, he was playing the organ professionally in church. At eighteen, he moved to Provo to study music at Brigham Young University. It was there he joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. At age twenty-two, he was drafted into the military. Lynn spent two years serving in the 52nd Army Band before returning to BYU, where he would meet his wife (another music major), Patricia Mallory. They married on July 11, 1969 in the Salt Lake Temple and were blessed with four children.
While at BYU, Lynn and Patricia both traveled weekly to Salt Lake City to play in the Mormon Youth Symphony, where Lynn played French horn and Patricia played violin and harp. Lynn was soon hired as a sound engineer for the Utah Symphony, the Mormon Youth Symphony, and later for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. He traveled all over the world with the choir, and recorded music part-time on Temple Square for over forty years, loving every minute of it.
While Lynn spent many evenings with the choir, his days were spent designing and installing sound and alarm systems for ElectroMedia, then Lassco Sound & Systems, and, finally, for Professional Systems Technology (PST). His specialty was school sound systems, and it was not uncommon for him to work long hours the last few weeks of summer to be sure schools were ready for returning students. His ALS made working difficult toward the end of his career, but he met his own goal to keep working until he was seventy-five years old.
As an accomplished pianist, organist, and conductor, Lynn could usually be found leading a Stake or Ward Choir, accompanying someone on the piano or playing the organ (loudly) in his LDS ward. His favorite church calling was working as the Primary Chorister, because he delighted in teaching children to sing (and enunciate!). His love of music brought joy to many lives, and his annual Christmastime "March of the Wise Men" organ solo was the stuff of legend.
Lynn is survived by his wife, Patricia; sister, Ann (Bob Roenicke); brother, Craig (Trish McKinley); four children, Kathleen (Mark Miller), Michael (Misti Dymock), Jeffrey (Debra Vobroucek), and Elisabeth; eleven grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, April 29, 2017 at 12:00 p.m. in the Taylorsville South Stake Center, 3495 West 4850 South, Taylorsville. Viewings will be held at the same location on Friday, April 28, 2017 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. and prior to the services on Saturday from 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Interment at Valley View Memorial Park, 4400 West 4100 South, West Valley City.
Lynn shared his talents, humor, and wit freely, and will be greatly missed. We look forward to a very happy reunion.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News from April 27 to April 28, 2017.
Lynn was born May 16, 1941 in Kansas City, Kansas to James Lewis Robinson and Dorothy Scott Zimmerman, but raised primarily in Hemet, California.
Music was Lynn's passion. By age twelve, he was playing the organ professionally in church. At eighteen, he moved to Provo to study music at Brigham Young University. It was there he joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. At age twenty-two, he was drafted into the military. Lynn spent two years serving in the 52nd Army Band before returning to BYU, where he would meet his wife (another music major), Patricia Mallory. They married on July 11, 1969 in the Salt Lake Temple and were blessed with four children.
While at BYU, Lynn and Patricia both traveled weekly to Salt Lake City to play in the Mormon Youth Symphony, where Lynn played French horn and Patricia played violin and harp. Lynn was soon hired as a sound engineer for the Utah Symphony, the Mormon Youth Symphony, and later for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. He traveled all over the world with the choir, and recorded music part-time on Temple Square for over forty years, loving every minute of it.
While Lynn spent many evenings with the choir, his days were spent designing and installing sound and alarm systems for ElectroMedia, then Lassco Sound & Systems, and, finally, for Professional Systems Technology (PST). His specialty was school sound systems, and it was not uncommon for him to work long hours the last few weeks of summer to be sure schools were ready for returning students. His ALS made working difficult toward the end of his career, but he met his own goal to keep working until he was seventy-five years old.
As an accomplished pianist, organist, and conductor, Lynn could usually be found leading a Stake or Ward Choir, accompanying someone on the piano or playing the organ (loudly) in his LDS ward. His favorite church calling was working as the Primary Chorister, because he delighted in teaching children to sing (and enunciate!). His love of music brought joy to many lives, and his annual Christmastime "March of the Wise Men" organ solo was the stuff of legend.
Lynn is survived by his wife, Patricia; sister, Ann (Bob Roenicke); brother, Craig (Trish McKinley); four children, Kathleen (Mark Miller), Michael (Misti Dymock), Jeffrey (Debra Vobroucek), and Elisabeth; eleven grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, April 29, 2017 at 12:00 p.m. in the Taylorsville South Stake Center, 3495 West 4850 South, Taylorsville. Viewings will be held at the same location on Friday, April 28, 2017 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. and prior to the services on Saturday from 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Interment at Valley View Memorial Park, 4400 West 4100 South, West Valley City.
Lynn shared his talents, humor, and wit freely, and will be greatly missed. We look forward to a very happy reunion.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News from April 27 to April 28, 2017.
Lynn Neil Robinson passed away peacefully in his Taylorsville home on Friday, April 21, 2017 from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
Lynn was born May 16, 1941 in Kansas City, Kansas to James Lewis Robinson and Dorothy Scott Zimmerman, but raised primarily in Hemet, California.
Music was Lynn's passion. By age twelve, he was playing the organ professionally in church. At eighteen, he moved to Provo to study music at Brigham Young University. It was there he joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. At age twenty-two, he was drafted into the military. Lynn spent two years serving in the 52nd Army Band before returning to BYU, where he would meet his wife (another music major), Patricia Mallory. They married on July 11, 1969 in the Salt Lake Temple and were blessed with four children.
While at BYU, Lynn and Patricia both traveled weekly to Salt Lake City to play in the Mormon Youth Symphony, where Lynn played French horn and Patricia played violin and harp. Lynn was soon hired as a sound engineer for the Utah Symphony, the Mormon Youth Symphony, and later for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. He traveled all over the world with the choir, and recorded music part-time on Temple Square for over forty years, loving every minute of it.
While Lynn spent many evenings with the choir, his days were spent designing and installing sound and alarm systems for ElectroMedia, then Lassco Sound & Systems, and, finally, for Professional Systems Technology (PST). His specialty was school sound systems, and it was not uncommon for him to work long hours the last few weeks of summer to be sure schools were ready for returning students. His ALS made working difficult toward the end of his career, but he met his own goal to keep working until he was seventy-five years old.
As an accomplished pianist, organist, and conductor, Lynn could usually be found leading a Stake or Ward Choir, accompanying someone on the piano or playing the organ (loudly) in his LDS ward. His favorite church calling was working as the Primary Chorister, because he delighted in teaching children to sing (and enunciate!). His love of music brought joy to many lives, and his annual Christmastime "March of the Wise Men" organ solo was the stuff of legend.
Lynn is survived by his wife, Patricia; sister, Ann (Bob Roenicke); brother, Craig (Trish McKinley); four children, Kathleen (Mark Miller), Michael (Misti Dymock), Jeffrey (Debra Vobroucek), and Elisabeth; eleven grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, April 29, 2017 at 12:00 p.m. in the Taylorsville South Stake Center, 3495 West 4850 South, Taylorsville. Viewings will be held at the same location on Friday, April 28, 2017 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. and prior to the services on Saturday from 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Interment at Valley View Memorial Park, 4400 West 4100 South, West Valley City.
Lynn shared his talents, humor, and wit freely, and will be greatly missed. We look forward to a very happy reunion.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News from April 27 to April 28, 2017.
Lynn was born May 16, 1941 in Kansas City, Kansas to James Lewis Robinson and Dorothy Scott Zimmerman, but raised primarily in Hemet, California.
Music was Lynn's passion. By age twelve, he was playing the organ professionally in church. At eighteen, he moved to Provo to study music at Brigham Young University. It was there he joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. At age twenty-two, he was drafted into the military. Lynn spent two years serving in the 52nd Army Band before returning to BYU, where he would meet his wife (another music major), Patricia Mallory. They married on July 11, 1969 in the Salt Lake Temple and were blessed with four children.
While at BYU, Lynn and Patricia both traveled weekly to Salt Lake City to play in the Mormon Youth Symphony, where Lynn played French horn and Patricia played violin and harp. Lynn was soon hired as a sound engineer for the Utah Symphony, the Mormon Youth Symphony, and later for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. He traveled all over the world with the choir, and recorded music part-time on Temple Square for over forty years, loving every minute of it.
While Lynn spent many evenings with the choir, his days were spent designing and installing sound and alarm systems for ElectroMedia, then Lassco Sound & Systems, and, finally, for Professional Systems Technology (PST). His specialty was school sound systems, and it was not uncommon for him to work long hours the last few weeks of summer to be sure schools were ready for returning students. His ALS made working difficult toward the end of his career, but he met his own goal to keep working until he was seventy-five years old.
As an accomplished pianist, organist, and conductor, Lynn could usually be found leading a Stake or Ward Choir, accompanying someone on the piano or playing the organ (loudly) in his LDS ward. His favorite church calling was working as the Primary Chorister, because he delighted in teaching children to sing (and enunciate!). His love of music brought joy to many lives, and his annual Christmastime "March of the Wise Men" organ solo was the stuff of legend.
Lynn is survived by his wife, Patricia; sister, Ann (Bob Roenicke); brother, Craig (Trish McKinley); four children, Kathleen (Mark Miller), Michael (Misti Dymock), Jeffrey (Debra Vobroucek), and Elisabeth; eleven grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, April 29, 2017 at 12:00 p.m. in the Taylorsville South Stake Center, 3495 West 4850 South, Taylorsville. Viewings will be held at the same location on Friday, April 28, 2017 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. and prior to the services on Saturday from 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Interment at Valley View Memorial Park, 4400 West 4100 South, West Valley City.
Lynn shared his talents, humor, and wit freely, and will be greatly missed. We look forward to a very happy reunion.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News from April 27 to April 28, 2017.
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