Address
Locke on 4th
1519 W 4th St.
Waterloo, IA 50702
Funeral Service
October 6, 2014
10:30 am – 12:00 am
Betty Jo Robinson, 88, of Waterloo, Iowa, died Wednesday, October 1, 2014, at Covenant Medical Center.
She was born June 19, 1926, in Sac City, Iowa, the daughter of William and Lou Lou Humphrey Healea. She graduated in 1945 from high school in Eugene, Oregon.
Betty Jo married John K. Robinson on December 15, 1946, in Waterloo; they later divorced.
She was a waitress, bartender, and hostess at The Colony Club for 33 years, retiring in 1988, and she was a member of Linden United Methodist Church.
Betty Jo is survived by two sons, Ronald (Rose) of Alta Vista and Jerald Robinson of Mount Auburn; a daughter, Sandra (Don) Borwig of Evansdale; six grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, four stepgrandchildren and eight step-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; six sisters: Wanda Bell Healea, Violet Healea, Gwen Twyford, Marjorie Lewis, Connie Jenkins and Shirley Ingram; and two brothers, Obe and Gerald Healea.
She was a volunteer with RSVP since 1988 at the Round Desk at the Schoitz Building and received her RSVP 6000 Hour pin in 2008.
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