Obituary - Winifred Robertson

Winifred Robertson, 96 of Butler, Missouri passed away December 18, 2014 at Bates County Memorial Hospital in Butler. Funeral services will be 11:00 AM Saturday, December 27, 2014 at Mullinax Funeral Home in Butler. Visitation will be prior to services from 10 -11 AM at Mullinax Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery, Butler, MO. Contributions are suggested to the Frank Robertson Memorial Scholarship Fund, Butler Presbyterian Church or Chapter HV, P.E.O. Messages of condolence for the family may be left at www.mullinaxfuneralhome.com.

Winifred “Winnie” Robertson was born April 12, 1918 in Perry, Iowa to Fred Werner and Ruth Phillips Werner. She graduated from Perry High School and Des Moines School of Cosmetology. Winnie met and married Frank Robertson in Butler, MO in 1937 and to this union two children were born. Through the years Frank was a coach and principal in Butler and Raytown, MO. with Winifred also working in the Raytown school system. Winnie’s greatest love was her family. She felt blessed by family and friends. She loved life, like to sew, particularly for Judith, doing ceramics, painting and cooking. She appreciated concern from family, friends, and neighbors. Winifred was a member of the Butler Presbyterian Church and Chapter HV, P.E.O., and Get Togethers. Winifred was preceded in death by her parents and step-father Elmer Niederfrank, her husband of 64 ½ years, Frank, and daughter Judith; half sisters Alice Mills, Hazel Nath, Helen Woolley and Mary Deppensmith and brother Russell Werner. She is survived by her son Jim of Gulfport, Oregon, granddaugthers, Kelly Kenett, Sarah Robertson, and Amanda Robertson, and great-grandson Korey Kivett all of Springfield, MO.; sister-in-law Jo AgnesWerner of Friendswood, Texas, nieces and nephews and very special friend Chris Graven of Branson, MO.