Anna Louise Robinson of De Soto, Texas, passed away on April 21, 2020 surrounded by her devoted family. She was a much-loved sister, aunt, friend, and daughter. She loved jokes and was always willing to listen and share them, often with a mirthful wink in her eye and a delivery that left you belly-laughing, blushing, or both.
Anna was born on January 20, 1929 in Memphis, Texas to Herbert Andrew Robinson and Josephine Branch Robinson. Anna was predeceased by her mother, father, brothers Herbert A. Robinson Jr. and Charles Daniel Robinson, Nephew Laron D. Robinson and Life Companion Billie J. Day.
She is survived by her sister Mattie Crockett, Nieces Carolyn Leeper and Nita Jo Rios, Nephews, Herbert Allen Robinson, Larry Ray Robinson, Charles Lee Robinson, Bobbie Lynn Crockett and Louis E. Crockett. She also leaves behind six great nephews and six great nieces, five great-great nieces and seven great-great nephews, and one great-great-great nephew.
Anna spent her early years in Gainesville, TX and grew into a young woman full of energy and ambition, graduating from Gainesville High School in 1945. The first in her family to attend college, she entered the Nursing School at the Wichita Falls General Hospital in Wichita Falls, TX in 1946 and graduated as the outstanding student in her class. Later, Anna graduated from Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls in 1949 and received her B.S. in Health Care Administration from Texas A&M University– Commerce.
Anna was a dedicated nurse and health care administrator in Dallas. Recruited by the Red Cross in 1952 to work as a polio nurse, Anna was initially hired for two months but fell in love with Parkland Hospital and the Southwestern Medical Staff – she spent over 39 years at Parkland. She was Supervisor/Instructor of Obstetrics and Gynecology for 25 years and transferred to Information Systems for the rest of her career. Anna always strove for excellence in the care she and others provided. She was an experienced labor and delivery nurse, manager, and later broadened her service into Information Systems, helping to implement new technologies that improved clinical care. Anna also contributed as an author to journals concerning Nursing Information Systems. She loved her hospital and coworkers and the learning opportunities brought by each new workday. After retirement, Anna remained dedicated to Parkland – she and another nurse, Katie Huber, founded the Parkland Retirees Organization (PROs) which is still active today and some of Anna’s writing remains on its website.
Her life and work intersected many pivotal moments in history, which she faced with courage and skill. She was a brand-new nurse during the polio epidemic, and wrote on the PROs website, “My orientation to the unit was a walk through and the Head Nurse explained if the power goes off flip this switch on the machine and start pumping. As luck would have it being with these patients for two hours the power went off and I started pumping. It seemed like hours but in less than five minutes help arrived and started helping us pump.” Anna was also the House Supervisor on the day President Kennedy was assassinated. Anna was posted at the Operating Room doors to help security identify people wishing to enter that area. When Elvis Presley performed in the Dallas area for the first time, Anna was a Cotton Bowl stadium nurse to help administer to his intense fans.
Anna was a member of First Christian Church Disciples of Christ, Lancaster Texas, and she was a member of the Eastern Stars Lancaster Chapter #943.
Anna always tried to live by a creed from Stephen Grellet: "I shall pass through this world but once. Any good thing, therefore, that I can do or any kindness that I can show any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it for I shall not pass this way again." She is dearly missed by all who knew and loved her.
There will be a local viewing Thursday April 23rd from 5:00 P.M. till 7:00 P.M. at West-Hurtt Funeral Home in Desoto. Anna will be buried in Fairview Cemetery Gainesville, TX at 11:00 A.M. on Friday April 24th. A celebration of her life will be held for family and friends at a later date.
West Hurtt Funeral Home, DeSoto, Texas
Anna was born on January 20, 1929 in Memphis, Texas to Herbert Andrew Robinson and Josephine Branch Robinson. Anna was predeceased by her mother, father, brothers Herbert A. Robinson Jr. and Charles Daniel Robinson, Nephew Laron D. Robinson and Life Companion Billie J. Day.
She is survived by her sister Mattie Crockett, Nieces Carolyn Leeper and Nita Jo Rios, Nephews, Herbert Allen Robinson, Larry Ray Robinson, Charles Lee Robinson, Bobbie Lynn Crockett and Louis E. Crockett. She also leaves behind six great nephews and six great nieces, five great-great nieces and seven great-great nephews, and one great-great-great nephew.
Anna spent her early years in Gainesville, TX and grew into a young woman full of energy and ambition, graduating from Gainesville High School in 1945. The first in her family to attend college, she entered the Nursing School at the Wichita Falls General Hospital in Wichita Falls, TX in 1946 and graduated as the outstanding student in her class. Later, Anna graduated from Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls in 1949 and received her B.S. in Health Care Administration from Texas A&M University– Commerce.
Anna was a dedicated nurse and health care administrator in Dallas. Recruited by the Red Cross in 1952 to work as a polio nurse, Anna was initially hired for two months but fell in love with Parkland Hospital and the Southwestern Medical Staff – she spent over 39 years at Parkland. She was Supervisor/Instructor of Obstetrics and Gynecology for 25 years and transferred to Information Systems for the rest of her career. Anna always strove for excellence in the care she and others provided. She was an experienced labor and delivery nurse, manager, and later broadened her service into Information Systems, helping to implement new technologies that improved clinical care. Anna also contributed as an author to journals concerning Nursing Information Systems. She loved her hospital and coworkers and the learning opportunities brought by each new workday. After retirement, Anna remained dedicated to Parkland – she and another nurse, Katie Huber, founded the Parkland Retirees Organization (PROs) which is still active today and some of Anna’s writing remains on its website.
Her life and work intersected many pivotal moments in history, which she faced with courage and skill. She was a brand-new nurse during the polio epidemic, and wrote on the PROs website, “My orientation to the unit was a walk through and the Head Nurse explained if the power goes off flip this switch on the machine and start pumping. As luck would have it being with these patients for two hours the power went off and I started pumping. It seemed like hours but in less than five minutes help arrived and started helping us pump.” Anna was also the House Supervisor on the day President Kennedy was assassinated. Anna was posted at the Operating Room doors to help security identify people wishing to enter that area. When Elvis Presley performed in the Dallas area for the first time, Anna was a Cotton Bowl stadium nurse to help administer to his intense fans.
Anna was a member of First Christian Church Disciples of Christ, Lancaster Texas, and she was a member of the Eastern Stars Lancaster Chapter #943.
Anna always tried to live by a creed from Stephen Grellet: "I shall pass through this world but once. Any good thing, therefore, that I can do or any kindness that I can show any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it for I shall not pass this way again." She is dearly missed by all who knew and loved her.
There will be a local viewing Thursday April 23rd from 5:00 P.M. till 7:00 P.M. at West-Hurtt Funeral Home in Desoto. Anna will be buried in Fairview Cemetery Gainesville, TX at 11:00 A.M. on Friday April 24th. A celebration of her life will be held for family and friends at a later date.
West Hurtt Funeral Home, DeSoto, Texas
Anna Louise Robinson of De Soto, Texas, passed away on April 21, 2020 surrounded by her devoted family. She was a much-loved sister, aunt, friend, and daughter. She loved jokes and was always willing to listen and share them, often with a mirthful wink in her eye and a delivery that left you belly-laughing, blushing, or both.
Anna was born on January 20, 1929 in Memphis, Texas to Herbert Andrew Robinson and Josephine Branch Robinson. Anna was predeceased by her mother, father, brothers Herbert A. Robinson Jr. and Charles Daniel Robinson, Nephew Laron D. Robinson and Life Companion Billie J. Day.
She is survived by her sister Mattie Crockett, Nieces Carolyn Leeper and Nita Jo Rios, Nephews, Herbert Allen Robinson, Larry Ray Robinson, Charles Lee Robinson, Bobbie Lynn Crockett and Louis E. Crockett. She also leaves behind six great nephews and six great nieces, five great-great nieces and seven great-great nephews, and one great-great-great nephew.
Anna spent her early years in Gainesville, TX and grew into a young woman full of energy and ambition, graduating from Gainesville High School in 1945. The first in her family to attend college, she entered the Nursing School at the Wichita Falls General Hospital in Wichita Falls, TX in 1946 and graduated as the outstanding student in her class. Later, Anna graduated from Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls in 1949 and received her B.S. in Health Care Administration from Texas A&M University– Commerce.
Anna was a dedicated nurse and health care administrator in Dallas. Recruited by the Red Cross in 1952 to work as a polio nurse, Anna was initially hired for two months but fell in love with Parkland Hospital and the Southwestern Medical Staff – she spent over 39 years at Parkland. She was Supervisor/Instructor of Obstetrics and Gynecology for 25 years and transferred to Information Systems for the rest of her career. Anna always strove for excellence in the care she and others provided. She was an experienced labor and delivery nurse, manager, and later broadened her service into Information Systems, helping to implement new technologies that improved clinical care. Anna also contributed as an author to journals concerning Nursing Information Systems. She loved her hospital and coworkers and the learning opportunities brought by each new workday. After retirement, Anna remained dedicated to Parkland – she and another nurse, Katie Huber, founded the Parkland Retirees Organization (PROs) which is still active today and some of Anna’s writing remains on its website.
Her life and work intersected many pivotal moments in history, which she faced with courage and skill. She was a brand-new nurse during the polio epidemic, and wrote on the PROs website, “My orientation to the unit was a walk through and the Head Nurse explained if the power goes off flip this switch on the machine and start pumping. As luck would have it being with these patients for two hours the power went off and I started pumping. It seemed like hours but in less than five minutes help arrived and started helping us pump.” Anna was also the House Supervisor on the day President Kennedy was assassinated. Anna was posted at the Operating Room doors to help security identify people wishing to enter that area. When Elvis Presley performed in the Dallas area for the first time, Anna was a Cotton Bowl stadium nurse to help administer to his intense fans.
Anna was a member of First Christian Church Disciples of Christ, Lancaster Texas, and she was a member of the Eastern Stars Lancaster Chapter #943.
Anna always tried to live by a creed from Stephen Grellet: "I shall pass through this world but once. Any good thing, therefore, that I can do or any kindness that I can show any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it for I shall not pass this way again." She is dearly missed by all who knew and loved her.
There will be a local viewing Thursday April 23rd from 5:00 P.M. till 7:00 P.M. at West-Hurtt Funeral Home in Desoto. Anna will be buried in Fairview Cemetery Gainesville, TX at 11:00 A.M. on Friday April 24th. A celebration of her life will be held for family and friends at a later date.
West Hurtt Funeral Home, DeSoto, Texas
Anna was born on January 20, 1929 in Memphis, Texas to Herbert Andrew Robinson and Josephine Branch Robinson. Anna was predeceased by her mother, father, brothers Herbert A. Robinson Jr. and Charles Daniel Robinson, Nephew Laron D. Robinson and Life Companion Billie J. Day.
She is survived by her sister Mattie Crockett, Nieces Carolyn Leeper and Nita Jo Rios, Nephews, Herbert Allen Robinson, Larry Ray Robinson, Charles Lee Robinson, Bobbie Lynn Crockett and Louis E. Crockett. She also leaves behind six great nephews and six great nieces, five great-great nieces and seven great-great nephews, and one great-great-great nephew.
Anna spent her early years in Gainesville, TX and grew into a young woman full of energy and ambition, graduating from Gainesville High School in 1945. The first in her family to attend college, she entered the Nursing School at the Wichita Falls General Hospital in Wichita Falls, TX in 1946 and graduated as the outstanding student in her class. Later, Anna graduated from Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls in 1949 and received her B.S. in Health Care Administration from Texas A&M University– Commerce.
Anna was a dedicated nurse and health care administrator in Dallas. Recruited by the Red Cross in 1952 to work as a polio nurse, Anna was initially hired for two months but fell in love with Parkland Hospital and the Southwestern Medical Staff – she spent over 39 years at Parkland. She was Supervisor/Instructor of Obstetrics and Gynecology for 25 years and transferred to Information Systems for the rest of her career. Anna always strove for excellence in the care she and others provided. She was an experienced labor and delivery nurse, manager, and later broadened her service into Information Systems, helping to implement new technologies that improved clinical care. Anna also contributed as an author to journals concerning Nursing Information Systems. She loved her hospital and coworkers and the learning opportunities brought by each new workday. After retirement, Anna remained dedicated to Parkland – she and another nurse, Katie Huber, founded the Parkland Retirees Organization (PROs) which is still active today and some of Anna’s writing remains on its website.
Her life and work intersected many pivotal moments in history, which she faced with courage and skill. She was a brand-new nurse during the polio epidemic, and wrote on the PROs website, “My orientation to the unit was a walk through and the Head Nurse explained if the power goes off flip this switch on the machine and start pumping. As luck would have it being with these patients for two hours the power went off and I started pumping. It seemed like hours but in less than five minutes help arrived and started helping us pump.” Anna was also the House Supervisor on the day President Kennedy was assassinated. Anna was posted at the Operating Room doors to help security identify people wishing to enter that area. When Elvis Presley performed in the Dallas area for the first time, Anna was a Cotton Bowl stadium nurse to help administer to his intense fans.
Anna was a member of First Christian Church Disciples of Christ, Lancaster Texas, and she was a member of the Eastern Stars Lancaster Chapter #943.
Anna always tried to live by a creed from Stephen Grellet: "I shall pass through this world but once. Any good thing, therefore, that I can do or any kindness that I can show any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it for I shall not pass this way again." She is dearly missed by all who knew and loved her.
There will be a local viewing Thursday April 23rd from 5:00 P.M. till 7:00 P.M. at West-Hurtt Funeral Home in Desoto. Anna will be buried in Fairview Cemetery Gainesville, TX at 11:00 A.M. on Friday April 24th. A celebration of her life will be held for family and friends at a later date.
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