Virginia "Ginny" (Crawford) Robinson

Virginia "Ginny" Robinson was preceded in death by her husband, William "Bill" Robinson and her parents George and Zelma Crawford. Her legacy continues through her two children, Richard Robinson and Barbara Latifi. She has four grandchildren, Erin Lohse, Blair Robinson, Arman Latifi and Jayron Latifi. To her joy, she also has seven great grandchildren.

Virginia was a journalism major at Butler University. Through a classmate she met her future husband and love of her life. She lived different places throughout the US during her childhood and adult life. While her husband served during WWII in the Pacific Theater, she was employed at the Pentagon working in the Army Map Service department.

When Bill's deployment ended, they started their new life in Indianapolis where she was employed at Indiana Bell for over 20 years. Together, they created a family and provided a wonderful life for their two children. After his death in 1978, Virginia lived alone and continued to provide love and support to her family which now included her beloved grandchildren.

Virginia was an avid gardener and always tried to surround herself with her "possies" as she used to call them. She was cleaning out flower beds and cutting her own grass with a walking mower well into her 80s. She amazed us all.

In addition to her passion for genealogy, she set herself to a project of transcribing all of the letters written by Bill while serving on a Navy destroyer escort during the war. She learned that Tom Brokaw was researching material for his next book about the WWII era. She contacted him somehow and sent copies of Bill's letters for consideration of inclusion into his book. To her delight, her submissions were included and their love is memorialized in Brokaw's book released in 2001 and titled "Greatest Generation". She provided a source of pride for the entire family. One of her favorite things about this was to know that Bill's letters would be included in the United States National Archives through this book.

Of course, those who knew her best remember that a Tom Selleck poster or two decorated her house. Both Tom and strawberry daiquiris made her weak in the knees...or so she said.

Virginia was a simple woman with simple wants. She lived a long and interesting life. She often marveled at living from the time of crank start cars to space travel and computers. Although she was always current with news and politics, her family was very well aware of her lack of knowledge of electronic technology. The stories generated while setting up different systems for her are quite humorous memories now.

Her family will miss her guiding presence as she embraced her role of matriarch with great dedication. She watched over her flock until it was time for her flock to watch over her. It was a privilege to help last wishes come true. She will be with us in our hearts forever.