Phyllis Robinson

Phyllis Jean Robinson, 71, a longtime Whitefish resident, passed away of natural causes at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle on July 20, 2005.

She was born April 8, 1934, in Portland, Ore., the daughter of Leo and Flora Gunnels. She married John L. Robinson in 1963 in Everett, Wash. John passed away in 1978.

Phyllis worked more than 20 years as a social worker with the Montana Department of Family Services and retired in 1995. She was a member of the Whitefish Golden Agers, where she was president for two years, the Stumptown Historical Society and T.O.P.S. She enjoyed painting, traveling, swimming, walking and square dancing.

She was preceded in death by her husband, John L. Robinson, in 1978.

Phyllis is survived by her daughters, Pamela Kohl and Deborah Willis, of Whitefish, and Jackie Berger, of Olympia, Wash.; her son, Roy Robinson, of Kalispell; her sister, Norma McQueen, of Washington; her brother, Ronald Gunnels, of Columbia Falls; two grandsons; five granddaughters, two great grandsons; and one great granddaughter.

A funeral service will be held Thursday, July 28, 2005 (today), at 11 a.m., at the Austin Funeral Home in Whitefish. Rev. David V. Kauffman will officiate. Burial will follow at C.E. Conrad Memorial Cemetery in Kalispell.