He started the Utah Hunter Education gun safety program for the State of Utah in 1957. His gun safety program has drastically declined the number of accidental firearm deaths and injuries in the State of Utah. From the high of 22 deaths in 1957 to the now near zero deaths due to hunting accidents is his and his volunteer instructors legacy.
Salt Lake Tribune, The (UT)
February 21, 1995
A. Lee Robertson, 68, won his final battle over cancer and stopped it on February 20,1995.He was an outdoorsman and adventurer all his life, learning to fly, scuba dive, hunt,
rock climb and explore the beautiful state of Utah,trail by path. He is a Navy veteran of World War II, having been in nearly all the major theaters of battle in the Pacific. He worked for Utah Fish & Game (later Utah Wildlife Resources) as the Hunter Education Coordinator for nearly 30 years. He initiated the Hunter Education program in Utah, one of the early and always the finest in the nation.
He was ''Mr. Fish & Game''to Utah television viewers and grade school classrooms.He was a competitive shooter in pistol, large bore and small bore, but evolved to the
greater frolic of muzzleloading. He became a master gunbuilder in the art of creating fine ''Golden Age'' muzzleloaders. When he could no longer create them, he wrote and illustrated a beginning gunbuilders how to manual to share his experiences.
He loved people and loved life. He will be missed and mourned by his wife, Alice; daughter, Sherry Watterson, Taylorsville; son, Don Robertson, West Valley City;
daughter, Gwen Desmond, Alpine; daughter, Shellee Getts, Salt Lake City; son, Jedediah Kinckiner of Fruitland; brother, Robert D. Robertson, Murray; 18 grandchildren
and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, February 23, 1995, 11 a.m., Murray, Utah North Stake Center, 5200 South 700 West. Friends may call at Larkin Mortuary, 260 East South Temple, Wednesday evening 6-8 p.m. and Thursday at the Stake Center from 9:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. prior to services. Interment, Utah Veterans Memorial Park.
Salt Lake Tribune, The (UT)
February 21, 1995
A. Lee Robertson, 68, won his final battle over cancer and stopped it on February 20,1995.He was an outdoorsman and adventurer all his life, learning to fly, scuba dive, hunt,
rock climb and explore the beautiful state of Utah,trail by path. He is a Navy veteran of World War II, having been in nearly all the major theaters of battle in the Pacific. He worked for Utah Fish & Game (later Utah Wildlife Resources) as the Hunter Education Coordinator for nearly 30 years. He initiated the Hunter Education program in Utah, one of the early and always the finest in the nation.
He was ''Mr. Fish & Game''to Utah television viewers and grade school classrooms.He was a competitive shooter in pistol, large bore and small bore, but evolved to the
greater frolic of muzzleloading. He became a master gunbuilder in the art of creating fine ''Golden Age'' muzzleloaders. When he could no longer create them, he wrote and illustrated a beginning gunbuilders how to manual to share his experiences.
He loved people and loved life. He will be missed and mourned by his wife, Alice; daughter, Sherry Watterson, Taylorsville; son, Don Robertson, West Valley City;
daughter, Gwen Desmond, Alpine; daughter, Shellee Getts, Salt Lake City; son, Jedediah Kinckiner of Fruitland; brother, Robert D. Robertson, Murray; 18 grandchildren
and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, February 23, 1995, 11 a.m., Murray, Utah North Stake Center, 5200 South 700 West. Friends may call at Larkin Mortuary, 260 East South Temple, Wednesday evening 6-8 p.m. and Thursday at the Stake Center from 9:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. prior to services. Interment, Utah Veterans Memorial Park.
He started the Utah Hunter Education gun safety program for the State of Utah in 1957. His gun safety program has drastically declined the number of accidental firearm deaths and injuries in the State of Utah. From the high of 22 deaths in 1957 to the now near zero deaths due to hunting accidents is his and his volunteer instructors legacy.
Salt Lake Tribune, The (UT)
February 21, 1995
A. Lee Robertson, 68, won his final battle over cancer and stopped it on February 20,1995.He was an outdoorsman and adventurer all his life, learning to fly, scuba dive, hunt,
rock climb and explore the beautiful state of Utah,trail by path. He is a Navy veteran of World War II, having been in nearly all the major theaters of battle in the Pacific. He worked for Utah Fish & Game (later Utah Wildlife Resources) as the Hunter Education Coordinator for nearly 30 years. He initiated the Hunter Education program in Utah, one of the early and always the finest in the nation.
He was ''Mr. Fish & Game''to Utah television viewers and grade school classrooms.He was a competitive shooter in pistol, large bore and small bore, but evolved to the
greater frolic of muzzleloading. He became a master gunbuilder in the art of creating fine ''Golden Age'' muzzleloaders. When he could no longer create them, he wrote and illustrated a beginning gunbuilders how to manual to share his experiences.
He loved people and loved life. He will be missed and mourned by his wife, Alice; daughter, Sherry Watterson, Taylorsville; son, Don Robertson, West Valley City;
daughter, Gwen Desmond, Alpine; daughter, Shellee Getts, Salt Lake City; son, Jedediah Kinckiner of Fruitland; brother, Robert D. Robertson, Murray; 18 grandchildren
and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, February 23, 1995, 11 a.m., Murray, Utah North Stake Center, 5200 South 700 West. Friends may call at Larkin Mortuary, 260 East South Temple, Wednesday evening 6-8 p.m. and Thursday at the Stake Center from 9:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. prior to services. Interment, Utah Veterans Memorial Park.
Salt Lake Tribune, The (UT)
February 21, 1995
A. Lee Robertson, 68, won his final battle over cancer and stopped it on February 20,1995.He was an outdoorsman and adventurer all his life, learning to fly, scuba dive, hunt,
rock climb and explore the beautiful state of Utah,trail by path. He is a Navy veteran of World War II, having been in nearly all the major theaters of battle in the Pacific. He worked for Utah Fish & Game (later Utah Wildlife Resources) as the Hunter Education Coordinator for nearly 30 years. He initiated the Hunter Education program in Utah, one of the early and always the finest in the nation.
He was ''Mr. Fish & Game''to Utah television viewers and grade school classrooms.He was a competitive shooter in pistol, large bore and small bore, but evolved to the
greater frolic of muzzleloading. He became a master gunbuilder in the art of creating fine ''Golden Age'' muzzleloaders. When he could no longer create them, he wrote and illustrated a beginning gunbuilders how to manual to share his experiences.
He loved people and loved life. He will be missed and mourned by his wife, Alice; daughter, Sherry Watterson, Taylorsville; son, Don Robertson, West Valley City;
daughter, Gwen Desmond, Alpine; daughter, Shellee Getts, Salt Lake City; son, Jedediah Kinckiner of Fruitland; brother, Robert D. Robertson, Murray; 18 grandchildren
and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, February 23, 1995, 11 a.m., Murray, Utah North Stake Center, 5200 South 700 West. Friends may call at Larkin Mortuary, 260 East South Temple, Wednesday evening 6-8 p.m. and Thursday at the Stake Center from 9:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. prior to services. Interment, Utah Veterans Memorial Park.
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