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Gretchen Elizabeth Lindman Robb

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Birth	:	8 Apr 1923 Oakland, Burt County, Nebraska, USA
Death	:	1 Jan 2006 Oakland, Burt County, Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Cypress View Mausoleum and Crematory, San Diego, San Diego County, USA
Coordinate	:	32.7050018, -117.1081009
Description	:	Gretchen Lindman Robb, 82, of Oakland died Jan. 1, 2006, at Oakland Heights after a lingering illness. She was born Gretchen Elizabeth Lindman to Ernest Kenneth “Taffy” and Eda (Toxword) Lindman on April 8, 1923, in Oakland. She attended Craig Elementary School until age 10 when her parents divorced, at which time she moved to Oakland. Graduating from Oakland High School in 1940, she was a fine student, a popular cheerleader and active in school activities. One of her early-year highlights was winning the Burt County spelling bee in the eighth grade. She completed several years of college at... Read More	Gretchen Lindman Robb, 82, of Oakland died Jan. 1, 2006, at Oakland Heights after a lingering illness. She was born Gretchen Elizabeth Lindman to Ernest Kenneth “Taffy” and Eda (Toxword) Lindman on April 8, 1923, in Oakland. She attended Craig Elementary School until age 10 when her parents divorced, at which time she moved to Oakland. Graduating from Oakland High School in 1940, she was a fine student, a popular cheerleader and active in school activities. One of her early-year highlights was winning the Burt County spelling bee in the eighth grade. She completed several years of college at Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln (where she was a member of Willard Sorority) and at Mills College for Girls in Oakland, Calif. During her high school and college years in Nebraska, she worked at the NPPD office and a ladies' dress shop in Oakland. It was at NPPD that she was privileged to meet Johnny Carson, a budding magician who became a famous TV personality. Johnny's dad worked at NPPD. On April 15, 1944, while living in Oakland, Calif., with her mother and stepfather (Walthill native Col. Cleo Ernest “Bill” Rumsey), she met on a blind date her husband-to-be, George Robb, an Ohio native and U.S. naval aviator cadet. On October 2, 1946, Gretchen and George married in Oakland, Calif. They lived in San Francisco, where she worked as a teller at the U.S. Army Presidio Bank. In June 1947, George graduated from the University of California at Berkeley. They then moved to Lincoln, where George attended law school at the University of Nebraska. George was appointed as a special agent of the FBI on Nov. 17, 1947. He was an FBI agent for 28 years (1947-1975), during which Gretchen moved 16 times throughout the United States, following his career. During that time span, she gave birth to three sons, Jim, Tom and Sam. She was employed as a bank teller, secretary, beauty salon receptionist and newspaper ad-layout specialist. But, most importantly, she was a loving wife, mother and homemaker who led her husband and sons to know Christ. From 1975-1985, the Robbs lived in Fayetteville, Ark., where she counseled, motivated and cajoled her three sons to complete their education at the University of Arkansas. Jim in law, Tom in architecture, and Sam in business. Her exceptional intuitive abilities were particularly challenged during this period and, as a back-door neighbor, she resumed a loving relationship with her mother and stepfather. In 1985, the Robbs moved to Gretchen's beloved hometown of Oakland, Neb., where she enjoyed church activities, collecting recipes, cooking, oil painting, word puzzles, bridge, needlepoint, decorating, socializing with lifelong friends and caring for her pet schnauzer, Molly. She loved harmony, order and all things beautiful. She formally studied piano, oil painting, tailoring and was prolific at award-winning needlepoint. She had a keen sense of design and color, as reflected in the decor of her home as well as her personal dress and appearance. Many referred to her as a Doris Day look-alike. She was a beautiful woman, body and soul. She was loyal, honest and a perfectionist to a fault of clinical depression, which tormented her periodically during her lifetime. A series of mini-strokes in the fall of 2004 slowly weakened her cognitive ability until she required hospitalization and nursing home care until her demise. Survivors include: her husband, George of Oakland; sons: James William (and wife, Tonya) Robb of Fort Smith, Ark., Thomas Edward (and wife, Carol) Robb and granddaughter, Mary Elizabeth Robb all of Plano, Texas, and Samuel George Robb of Oakland; a sister, Dorothy Magnusson of Oakland; brother-in-law, Harry Robb of New Philadelphia, Ohio; eight nieces and eight nephews and her precious pet schnauzer, Molly. She was preceded in death by her parents and stepfather, four brothers-in-law and three sisters-in-law. The memorial service will be 7 p.m. Saturday at First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oakland with the Rev. Mark Eldal officiating. Private burial will be in Lyons Cemetery. Contributor: Judy Johnson (48796369) .

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Gretchen Elizabeth Lindman Robb death on 1 Jan 2006 in Oakland, Burt County, Nebraska, USA
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Latitude: 32.7050018
Longitude: -117.1081009

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Parent

Eda Toxword Rumsey

(1900 - 1992)

Spouse

George Clark Robb

(1923 - 2020)

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