DEON GEORGE ROBINSON
DEON GEORGE ROBINSON OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, WAS BORN APRIL 4, 1936, IN IRONDALE, MISSOURI, A SON OF THE LATE GEORGE MARVIN AND ESTHER (STRANGE) ROBINSON. DEON DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT HIS RESIDENCE ON MARCH 16, 2000, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF SIXTY-THREE YEARS, ELEVEN MONTHS AND TWELVE DAYS.
DEON IS SURVIVED BY HIS DAUGHTER, JEANNIE SKILES OF POTOSI, ONE SON, DEON GEORGE ROBINSON OF CADET, THREE STEP SONS, TERRY RULO AND WIFE MARGIE OF ST MARCUS, TEXAS, RAY WARDEN AND WIFE STEPHANIE OF WASHINGTON, JERRY RULO AND WIFE AMY OF STEELVILLE, TWO STEP DAUGHTERS, DEBBIE SORENSON AND HUSBAND JERRY OF ALVIN, ILLINOIS, RUTH EDGAR AND HUSBAND LYNN OF KNOBLICK, TWO GRANDCHILDREN, ELEVEN STEP GRANDCHILDREN, FOUR BROTHERS, FRED ROBINSON AND WIFE MARY OF ALLEN TOWN, NEW JERSEY, RICHARD ROBINSON AND WIFE DONNA OF ARROWHEAD, OKLAHOMA, GEORGE ROBINSON OF FESTUS, BOBBY ROBINSON AND WIFE SHERRI OF HILLSBORO, THREE SISTERS, NAOMI SPYERS, OF ST. PETERS, BETTY ALLEN AND HUSBAND JD OF POCAHONTAS, ARKANSAS, CARRIE CARR AND HUSBAND ERNIE OF FESTUS AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS HE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE GRANDSON, RUSSELL ALLAN SKILES, JR. AND BY ONE BROTHER, GARY ROBINSON.
DEON HAD ACCEPTED CHRIST AS HIS SAVIOR AND WAS READY TO MEET WITH HIS LORD.
DEON HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR MOTHER NATURE AND ENJOYED HER MANY GIFTS, FISHING, HUNTING AND CAMPING WERE GREAT LOVES OF HIS. DEON HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND CHERISHED THE MANY HOURS SPENT WITH EACH.
VISITATION WAS HELD FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 2000, FROM 5:30 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 2000, AT 10:00 A.M. AT THE CHAPEL WITH REVEREND BOB CAMPBELL OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN LOST CREEK CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, DEON ROBINSON, RAY WARDEN, JERRY RULO, GEORGE ROBINSON, BOBBY ROBINSON, RICH ROBINSON, TERRY REVELLE AND RUSSELL SKILES.