Janet Louise Robinson

Janet Robinson was born on June 8th, 1931 to Cletus and Helen Weaver in Buffalo, New York. Tragically, she died as a result of injuries sustained in a car accident in Longmont, Colorado on Friday, April 7, 2017. Janet was born and raised along with her younger brother Paul in Buffalo, New York. She was a graduate of Mount Mercy Academy and Rosary Hill College. She met the love of her life, John (Jack) Robinson while she was still in high school. The two of them were married at Holy Family parish in Buffalo on July 25th, 1953. And, for the next 63+ years, they traveled the world together and touched many, many lives “ more than they will ever possibly know.Janet devoted her life to others. She is survived by her husband Jack (Longmont, Colorado) and her four children “ Mark (Tina) Robinson (Hamburg, New York), Cher (Al) Smith (Longmont, Colorado), Diane (Bruce) Chattin (Kirkland, Washington) and Doug (Mary) Robinson (Park City, Utah). She also had eighteen grandchildren and eighteen great-grandchildren scattered throughout the country. She was preceded in death by her parents, Cletus and Helen Weaver (Hamburg, New York), her brother, Paul Weaver (Hamburg, New York), her Father and Mother-in-Law James and Rose Robinson (Buffalo, New York) and her brother-in-law Robert Robinson (West Seneca, New York).Janet and Jack spent the early years of their marriage in various cities - moving from Buffalo, NY to Cleveland, OH, to Oak Ridge, TN, to Troy, NY, back to Buffalo and then off to Ossining, NY as Jack was pursuing advanced degrees and settling in on what would be a long career as a nuclear physicist. In 1965, Janet and her young family settled back in the Village of Hamburg. It was there that Janet and her husband and four kids put down their roots. And importantly, Janet was just as apt to identify with Hamburg as she was with her catholic parish of St. Peter & Paul. She spent her entire life, quite literally, devoted to her catholic faith and served in various volunteer capacities for the parishes that she would become an integral part of. She was a Eucharistic minister, grief counselor, and prayer group leader throughout her adult life. And, while in Hamburg, she was a substitute art teacher for the Hamburg School District. Although she would go on to live in various different cities throughout her 63+ years of marriage, it was the thirteen years she spent in Hamburg that would always define home for Janet.In 1978, Jack's career took them to Richland, Washington. They would spend the next 13 years in Richland, and Christ the King catholic parish. Once again, Janet was a very active volunteer in her parish and throughout the community. She served as Catholic Chaplain at a hospital in Richland. And, with her kids grown and gone, she also forged an interior design career. But, her biggest joy then and always was her growing family as she became a grandmother many times over starting with those years in Richland. And, upon Jack's retirement in 1991, they decided to move to the Seattle area to be closer to their kids and grandkids who had made the Seattle area home. Once again, they became pillars in their parish of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Mill Creek. Janet and Jack lived in the Snohomish and Mill Creek area for the next 25+ years. Each and every day, through and through, Janet was a grandmother by many names to her growing number of grandchildren. She was known as Nama, Mum and Grandma depending on which grandchildren she was with at the time. And, yes, it could be and was quite confusing when the entire family got together, but never for Janet “ she was in her element and loving every second of it.Just last year, Janet and Jack moved to Longmont, Colorado to be closer to their daughter Cher and her extended family. In fact, five of their 18 grandchildren live in and around the Longmont, Loveland and Ft. Collins area, as well as ten of their 18 great-grandchildren. Although Janet would spend just over a year in Colorado, she continued to serve and touch many people throughout the area and her new parish of St. John the Baptist, serving as a Eucharistic minister at Sunday masses and also administering holy communion every Sunday to the homebound. Janet lived her life to the fullest. She touched so many people in deeply profound ways. And, she always did it quietly, as it was never about her. Her life and her faith were forever intertwined.The family had a memorial mass for Janet at her parish, St. John the Baptist, in Longmont, Colorado on Saturday, April 8th. She will be cremated and will be interred at a future date at Hilcrest Cemetery in Hamburg, New York. Simply, Janet/Mom/Nama/Mum and Grandma will be going home to Hamburg and buried along with her parents and in-laws. She will be greatly missed.