Cathleen A. Robinson

She was born November 29, 1919 in Lyons, Kansas to Louie John Beyer and Gwendolyn

Markle Beyer.

Cathleen attended Bethany College and graduated from the University of Kansas with a degree

in Music Education. She received a Masters Degree from the University of Rochester School of

Music. Cathleen lived most of her life in Lindsborg, Kansas where she taught music, both

strings and vocal, for 29 years in the Smoky Valley School District. She was an active member

of the Messiah Lutheran Church where she served as the choir director for many years.

Cathleen, who started playing violin at age five, came by her musical talent naturally. Her

mother was a pianist and her father played trumpet. Cathleen played both violin and viola

and was an active participant in area orchestras both in Lindsborg and Bella Vista, Arkansas,

where she and her husband retired in 1985. She was a member of the United Lutheran Church of Bella Vista, as well as a lifelong member of P.E.O.

Cathleen was predeceased by her husband Clifton Wayne Robinson in 2006. Survivors

include her daughter Gwen Nunes of Pompano Beach, FL., her son Charles Riggs of Palm

Desert, CA., stepsons Larry Robinson of Ft. Myers, FL., Gary Robinson of Phoenix, AZ., step

daughters Peggy Robinson of Marion, KS., Judy Robinson of Sun Lakes, AZ., half sister Diane

Perett of Arlington, VA., and many grandchildren, and great grandchildren.

The family is extremely grateful to the many caregivers in the Ft. Lauderdale area that

befriended her and helped to make her journey in later life a little easier.

A Celebration of Life service will be held on October 17th at 11:00am at the Messiah Lutheran Church in Lindsborg, Kansas.