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Submitted: 4/13/17 • Approved: 4/13/17 • Last Updated: 4/16/17 • R1183528-G1183472-S3
Sherman
September 30, 1910 - June 1, 1970
Audrey
October 9, 1911 - October 20, 2006
*Obituary
The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas
Sunday, October 22, 2006
BENTONVILLE — Audrey Yates Robbins Schweiger, 95, of Bentonville died Oct. 20, 2006. She was born in 1911 in Bass. She graduated from Bentonville High School with honors in 1930 and was awarded a scholarship to Baylor University. Audrey was honored as the oldest living alumni at BHS for the past three years.
As one of three persons who established the Bank of Bentonville, she was bookkeeper, teller and secretary.
Along with her husband, the late Sherman Robbins, she later bought and operated Park Springs Hotel, Broome Apartments, Rainbow Curve Restaurant, Horseshoe Cafe, Princess Cafe and Market Basket. They also operated the Massey Hotel, Sunset Hotel and Truitt's Cave in Lanagan, Mo.
She completed 26 years service at the Bank of Bentonville and was honored as Benton County "Woman of the Year." She was a charter member since 1948 of the Bentonville Garden Club, and after her recent birthday was honored by the Arkansas Federation of Garden Clubs with a "Circle of Roses" pin. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, the Dorcas Ministries, the Benton County Historical Society and the Bella Vista Historical Museum. She was preceded in death by her first husband and her second husband, Irl Schweiger.
Survivors include two daughters, Carol Caldwell and Janice Venters and husband Wally of Bentonville; three grandchildren; two great-granddaughters; one stepdaughter; two stepgrandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at First United Methodist Church of Bentonville. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Backstrom-Pyeatte Funeral Home. Services will be officiated by the Rev. Rex Dickey and the Rev. Ben Hines. Burial will immediately follow at the Bentonville Cemetery.
Contributed on 4/13/17 by judyfrog
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