Beth Spencer (1932-2015)

Beth Spencer Robison
Mom
Born:	30 Aug 1932 Montpelier, Idaho
Died:	27 Nov 2015 Sandy, Utah
Father:	Seymour Horne Spencer
Mother:	Sarah Sophronia Quayle
Siblings:	Helen Jean Spencer Robert William Spencer Norma Spencer Beth Spencer Margaret Joan Spencer
Married:	30 Aug 1951 Salt Lake City, Utah
Spouse:	E Doyle Robison
Children:	Catherine Robison Linda Gae Robison Kevin Doyle Robison Stephen Doyle Robison Jeffrey Doyle Robison

Obituary

Larkin Sunset Gardens:

Beth Spencer Robison

(August 30, 1932 - November 27, 2015)

Our mother left her earthly family to begin her adventures with her heavenly family on Friday evening, November 27, 2015.

Beth Spencer Robison was born Tuesday, August 30, 1932, in Montpelier, Idaho, the daughter of Seymour Horne and Sarah Sophronia Quayle Spencer. She joined a loving family with two older sisters and a brother, Helen, Bob and Norma. When Beth was four, her mother passed away shortly after their youngest sister Joan was born. The Spencers are a musical family, and Beth developed and passed on a deep love for musical appreciation and performance.

The Spencer family moved to Fillmore, Utah, where Beth grew up, graduating with the Millard High School Class of 1950. During her high school years, she caught the eye of a young returned missionary, E Doyle Robison.  They were married on Thursday, August 30, 1951, in the Salt Lake Temple.

Mom and Dad raised their family in the east, making homes and friends in Ohio, New Jersey, Minnesota, Maryland, and New York, before returning to Utah. As she managed her home and raised her children, Mom continued her studies, culminating with the completion of a Master’s Degree from BYU in Recreational Management in 1986.

Mom’s life centered around service, in the home, church, and community. She served as Director of Project Read in Provo UT, Mission Mom for the England London Mission, Assistant Matron of the Stockholm Temple, LDS Employment Specialist, and volunteer in the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.

Franklin Alonzo Robison (1851-1936)

Lonnie Robison
Grandpa Lonnie
Born:	29 Jul 1851 Crete, Illinois
Died:	17 Oct 1936 Fillmore, Utah
Father:	Joseph Robison
Mother:	Lucretia Hancock
Siblings:	Alfred Robison Benjamin Hancock Robison Joseph Vickery Robison Alvin Locke Robison Emily Robison William Henry Robison Mary Robison Lucretia Proctor Robison Proctor Hancock Robison Almon Robison Albert Robison Adelia Robison Franklin Alonzo Robison
Married:	10 Apr 1872 Salt Lake City, Utah
Spouse:	Isabella Eleanor Marden Pratt
Children:	Alonzo Franklin Robison Parley Proctor Robison Joseph Alfred Robison Herma Lucretia Robison Belinda Pratt Robison Ruth Pratt Robison Isabella Pratt Robison Carrie Pratt Robison Alma Pratt Robison Harmel Pratt Robison Parker Pratt Robison Olea Pratt Robison
Married:	30 Nov 1882 Salt Lake City, Utah
Spouse:	Harriet Elizabeth Thorpe
Children:	Willis Nephi Robison Lois Hattie Robison Josephine Robison Herbert Alonzo Robison Ella Adelia Robison Alverna Robison Ancil Platt Robison
Married:	25 Feb 1889 Salt Lake City, Utah
Spouse:	Lois Thorpe
Children:	Addie Florence Robison Archie Robison Bernard Thorpe Robison Nolan Frederick Robison Lowell Robison Homer Franklin Robison Eldred Vickery Robison Loran Culbert Robison Lindon Wells Robison Alda Leona Robison

Biographies

 Jensen, Andrew. LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, vol 2, pp. 144, 145:
 
Robison, Franklin Alonzo, a High Coucilor in the Millard Stake of Zion and a resident of Fillmore Milard county, Utah, was born July 29, 1801, (sic) at Creet, Will county, Ill., the son of Joseph Robison and Lucretia Hancock. He was baptized in 1859 by Lorenzo D. Rudd. November 15, 1876, he was ordained a Seventy by Apostle Orson Pratt. At the October Conference, 1876, he was called on a mission to the United States, during which he labored in the northern part if Michigan. At home he has acted as counselor to Bishop Joseph D. Smith, and President of the Y. M. M. A.;  also as a counselor to Bishop Christian Anderson, of Fillmore, from January, 1901, to December, 1906. With his three wives (Isabella Eleanor Pratt, Harriet Elizabeth Thorpe, and Lois Thorpe) he had 27 children, namely, 16 sons and 11 daughters. Of these, eleven boys and eleven girls are still living. Of civil offices Elder Robison has acted as Sheriff of Millard county for two years and also as one of the city council of Fillmore. With the exception of five years' residence in Woodruff, Apache county, Arizona, he has resided in Fillmore since July 1854."  Includes picture.
 
Day, Stella H., ed. Builders of Early Millard, pp. 603-605:

FRANKLIN ALONZO ROBISON

AND
ISABELLA ELEANOR MARDEN PRATT ROBISON

Franklin Alonzo Robison was born at Crete, Will County, Illinois on July 29, 1851, son of Joseph and Lucretia Hancock Robison. In March or April 1854, when Lonny, as he was called, was two years old, the family was finally ready to cross the plains to come to Utah. The whole family had worked long and hard to prepare for the long trek. The family consisted of the father and mother and ten children. An older brother was married and was against the move to Utah, so he stayed behind, and never did come to Utah. The second son, Benjamin, was 23 and was also married and had a son. The others were Joseph V., 21, Alvin, 20, Henry, 17, Lucretia, 13, Proctor, 11, Almon, 9, Albert, 7, Adelia, 5, and Lonnie, 2. They had seven wagons, four with horse teams and three with oxen. Among their loose cattle they had some milk cows, yet some of the cows they milked they worked under the yoke as oxen. Theirs was one of the best equipped Mormon Companies that crossed the plains and they traveled in unusual comfort for that time. They arrived in Utah in the late summer, 1854.
 
When they reached Salt Lake, Brigham Young asked them to go down and settle in Fillmore, Millard County, Utah. The people had to live in a fort to protect themselves from the Indians. Joseph and the boys helped build the fort. They lived in the fort eight or ten years.
 
Joseph acquired property in the town. He divided it and gave each of his sons a lot so they could build homes. Lonnie, being younger, didn't get a lot, so he proceeded to take up a lot of his own. When his father found out what he was doing he gave him a lot. Lonnie was engaged to marry a young lady by the name of Sarah Prisby. she died. Later he started to keep company with a girl by the name of Isabella Eleanor Pratt, who came to Fillmore to teach school. They were married April 10, 1872 in Salt Lake in the Endowment House.
 
Isabella Eleanor Marden Pratt Robison was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, September 1, 1854 to Parley P. and Belinda Marden Pratt. Her father was killed when she was 2 or 3 years old. She grew up and attended schools in Salt Lake City. Her home was on what is now Richards Street across the road from the south gate of Temple Square. She started to teach primary age children when she was only 12 years old, thus earning her first wages. At the age of 15 she taught the Primary School at the University of Deseret. Her tuition was paid by her teaching; she also got her teacher's training at the same time.

Frank Gottlieb Heinz, Jr. (1884-1921)

Frank Gottlieb Heinz, Jr.
Frank Heinz
Born:	4 April 1884 Superior, Wisconsin
Died:	14 November 1921 Matchwood, Michigan
Father:	Gottlieb (Frank Sr.) Heinz
Mother:	Selina Salzman
Siblings:	Margaret Heinz Frank Gottlieb Heinz Jr. Harriet Barbara Heinz Henry L. Heinz Clara Bertha Heinz Isabel A. Heinz George Frederick Heinz
Married:	1914 Superior, Wisconsin
Spouse:	Mary Louise Higgins
Children:	Floyd Leonard Heinz Inez Marie Heinz Carol June Heinz Leslie Eugene Heinz Lyle Kenneth Heinz

Frank Gottlieb Heinz, Jr. was born the 4th of April, 1884 in Superior, Douglas, Wisconsin to Gottlieb (Frank Sr.) Heinz and Selina Salzman.

He was the second of seven children: Margaret, Frank, Harriet Barbara, Henry L., Clara Bertha, Isabel A. and George Frederick Heinz.

Frank met Mary Louise Higgins in the Five & Dime Store where she worked. He was a Railroad Engineer. Sometimes he did farming and logging also.

He played violin and he would sing to her.

She was almost eighteen and he was thirty when they married. They were together seven years and had five children together: Floyd Leonard, Inez Marie, Carol June, Leslie Eugene and Lyle Kenneth.

Frank was killed by his best friend in a hunting accident. Frank was wearing a fur coat and his friend thought he was a bear.

Mary Louise Higgins (1897-1932)

Mary Louise "May" Higgins Heinz Weyenberg
May Heinz
Born:	21 Aug 1897 Superior, Wisconsin
Died:	18 Jan 1932 Petoskey, Michigan
Father:	Elisha Albion Higgins
Mother:	Susan Mable Davis
Siblings:	Cora May Higgins Joseph Davis Higgins Eliza Higgins Augustus Higgins Susannah Higgins Richard David Higgins Dorothy Mable Higgins John Henry Higgins Lottie Lora Higgins Mary Louise Higgins Bertha Edna Higgins Charles Higgins Jessie Higgins Raymond Otto Higgins
Married:	1914 Superior, Wisconsin
Spouse:	Frank Gottlieb Heinz Jr.
Children:	Floyd Leonard Heinz Inez Marie Heinz Carol June Heinz Leslie Eugene Heinz Lyle Kenneth Heinz
Married:	5 Sep 1923 Ontonagon, Michigan
Spouse:	George John Weyenberg
Children:	George John Weyenberg, Jr.

Mary Louise Higgins was born 21 August 1897 in Superior, Douglas, Wisconsin.

Her parents are Elisha Albion Higgins and Susan Mable Davis.

She was a blue baby, which means she was born with a bad heart. It was twice its natural size with a leakage of the valve. Uncle Joe, her older brother would carry her around all the time to save her strength. She went to school four years and passed the eighth grade.

Mary Louise met Frank Heinz in the Five & Dime Store where she worked. He played violin and he would sing to her the song, "I Found A Million Dollar Baby in the Five and Ten Cent Store".

She was eighteen and he was thirty one when they married in 1914 in Superior, Wisconsin.

They were together seven years and had five children: Floyd Leonard, Inez Marie, Carol June, Leslie Eugene and Lyle Kenneth Heinz.

Leslie always said he was born in a barn: Mary climbed up into a hayloft after a hen and began the child-bearing process right there.

When Lyle was just a toddler, Mary's husband Frank Jr. was killed in a hunting accident. After Frank died, Mary had to go to work once again to support her children, leaving her children in the care of family.

Two years after Frank died Mary met George John Weyenberg and they were married.

George and Mary heard from relatives that "good farm land" was available near Harbor Springs, so in 1931 they moved to the lower Peninsula. For a while they lived on Spring Street in a house across from Fred Main's house. The Heinz family next moved out to a fruit farm on a road towards Cross Village.

Helen Venera McBride (1833-1916)

Helen Venera McBride Brown Colegrove
Grandma Colegrove
Born:	22 Feb 1833 Villenova, New York
Died:	31 Jan 1916 Fillmore, Utah
Father:	Reuben McBride
Mother:	Mary Ann Anderson
Siblings	Helen Venera McBride Harriet Eliza McBride Reuben Augustus McBride Mary Louisa McBride Roy Hyrum McBride Emma Jerutia McBride John Newton McBride Laura Abigail McBride Alice Melissa McBride
Married:	7 Jul 1854 Fillmore, Utah
Spouse:	Samuel Brown
Children:	Samuel Reuben Brown Florence Melissa Brown
Married:	12 Dec 1869
Spouse:	Harley Ingersoll Colegrove
Children:	Lester Clark Colegrove Minnie Colegrove Harley Eugene Colegrove

HELEN VENERA McBRIDE BROWN COLGROVE

by Fern Robison, granddaughter

Helen Venera McBride was born February 22, 1833 at Villenova, New York, the oldest child of Reuben and Mary Ann McBride. When she was a year old her parents moved to Kirtland, Ohio, where her father spent much of his time doing church work, as he had been called for a minute man. When Helen was seventeen her father went in company with President Young to Utah. Two years later he returned to Kirtland to bring his family to the Great Salt Lake Valley. When they arrived they lived in Farmington and Springville. Sometime later they moved to Fillmore as her father was called to settle there by Brigham Young.

Helen married Samuel Brown July 6, 1854. To this union two children were born: Florence Melissa, and Samuel. She was very happy with her family, though they were quite poor and she was obliged to go without many necessities.

In October, 1856, the sad news came to her that her husband and Josiah Call had been killed by Indians. They were returning from the north when they were attacked by Indians on Chicken Creek Hill. They were shot, scalped and hung by their feet in a cedar tree. After this the Indians cut their throats and tied a red handkerchief around Samuel's neck.

When her husband was killed Helen did not have flour in her bin, wood to burn, or money to buy the things needed for her little family. During the lonely years that followed she spend most of her time at the ranch, later known as Almon Robison's ranch, milking cows and making butter and cheese to sell. Most of the time she walked to town carrying her produce so she could sell it.

After she had lived as a widow for thirteen years, she was married to Harley I. Colgrove on December 12, 1860 in Salt Lake City by Joseph F. Smith. To this union three children were born: Lester, Minnie and Eugene. Harley Colgrove served in the Civil War in "Company A" in the 20th Illinois Infantry.