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Submitted: 4/5/11 • Approved: 1/16/21 • Last Updated: 1/19/21 • R503283-G503283-S3
Marguerite
1941 - 2019
Lanny
ADJUTANT GENERAL Corps
Vietnam
1938 - 2009
Marguerite Ann Holzer Robbins, native of Hot Springs, AR, died March 30, 2019, in Kearney, NE, of complications due to Alzheimer's disease.
Born March 22, 1941, in Hot Springs, to Richard Dee and Florence Elizabeth Rowe Holzer, Marguerite graduated from Hot Springs High School in 1958 as co-valedictorian. She attended Arkansas Polytechnic College (Arkansas Tech) in Russellville and married Lanny S. Robbins in June of 1959. Marguerite graduated with a B.A. in Language and Literature with certification to teach in 1962. She received her Master’s in Language Arts in Communications from Arkansas Tech in 1993.
Marguerite loved teaching, and taught Freshman English at Hot Springs High School in the 1960's. She taught high school English and French in Iowa (1978), and Freshman English at Arkansas Tech and Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, AR, 1993-1995. Because the family frequently moved due to Lanny's career in the military and as a jail chaplain, Marguerite often worked other jobs as well, most often using her English training by working as a secretary or office manager. She was especially happy to be the journal secretary (proofreading and editing) for the Southwestern Journal of Theology while Lanny attended Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas (1973-76). In 1982, Marguerite worked for the IRS while living in Des Moines, IA, and later she used her financial skills to work as bookkeeper for various employers; she was also the secretary/treasurer for Garland County Jail Ministries, Inc., which Lanny founded in Hot Springs.
Marguerite was faithful in her love for Jesus Christ and expressed that to all she met through kindness, giving, and faithful intercessory prayer. With a contagious smile she was always willing to help others even when that meant sacrificing for self. She enjoyed serving alongside her husband Lanny in jail ministry, pastoring, and teaching adult Sunday School and Bible studies wherever she happened to live throughout her life. She loved exploring her family genealogy, reading and writing, and caring for her cats.
Marguerite is preceded in death by her parents and her husband Lanny in 2009. She is survived by her daughters Julie (Jeff) Frady of Wichita, KS, and Tricia (Scott) Murrish of Kearney, NE, and six grandchildren, Joelle and Jana Frady and Jarrad (Lindsey), Natalie, Noah (Mariah), and Ethan Murrish, sister-in-law Ravonna Martin, nieces and nephews, John Wing, Steve (Leslie) Wing, Lanie (Corky) Martin, and Suzie (Josh) Baxter, and numerous grand-nieces and grand-nephews.
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Lanny S. Robbins of Hot Springs died Friday, September 4, 2009, of respiratory failure from post bulbar polio syndrome. Born April 15, 1938, in Hot Springs, to John H. and Lillian Reader Robbins, he graduated from Hot Springs High, Arkansas Tech, and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and the U.S. Army Command & General Staff College. He served 10 years active duty in the Adjutant General Corps including Vietnam (1968-69), followed by the Defense Intelligence Agency, The Pentagon, and the Armed Forces Courier Service in Washington, D.C. On August 19, 1972, he gave his heart to Jesus Christ, and in May 1973 entered seminary. He then completed military service as an Active Reserves Chaplain and retired with honors in June 1990. He served in Des Moines, Iowa, 1976-83, where God used him to found Good News Mission ministry in the Polk County Jail, CrossRoad Ministries in the Ft. Des Moines Correctional Facility, and a Southern Baptist church. In 1985-86 he was pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Kearney, Nebraska. He returned to Hot Springs in July 1986, where he was Founding Chaplain of Garland County Jail Ministries and became Chaplain Emeritus in 2001. Lanny's heart's desire until his final breath was to honor God and share his faith in Jesus with everyone who crossed his path.
He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Marguerite Holzer Robbins; two daughters and sons-in law, Julie and Jeff Frady of Wichita, Kansas, and Tricia and Scott Murrish of Kearney Nebraska; six grandchildren, Joelle and Jana Frady and Jarrad, Natalie, Noah, and Ethan Murrish; a sister and brother-in-law, Betti and B. Winstead; a stepmother, Vera Threadgill Robbins; and several nieces and nephews.
The service will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 9, at First Baptist Church, Hot Springs, with Reverends John McCallum and Bill Carter officiating. A military honor guard will attend the interment at Crestview Memorial Park.
Pallbearers will be Rev. Gary Jones, Ben Hooten, Tony Cordiale, Norman Mason, and Jarrad and Noah Murrish.
Honorary pallbearers are Jeff Frady, Scott Murrish, J. E. Sanders, St. Joseph's Cardiac Rehab nurses and class members, and Caleb Men's Sunday School class.
Memorials may be made to Garland County Jail Ministries, P.O. Box 725, Hot Springs, AR 71902 or to Royal Family Kids Camps, 3108 9th Ave., Kearney, NE 68845.
(from Gross Funeral Home online obituary)
Photo courtesy of Wayne Shaw
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