Gordys J. Robinson

Gordys J. Robinson, age 91, of Cheney, Wash. (where she lived with her daughter Diane and son-in-law Paul Stevens), loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by family on Wednesday, October 19, 2022. She was born to Cleo Williams and Newell McCall on Dec 2, 1930 in Rushford, N.Y.

Gordys moved to Clarkston, Wash. in 1959 with her husband Jim Kennedy and their three oldest children. She became a licensed practical nurse and worked at Tri-State Memorial Hospital for many years. The many trips she took around the United States, northern Mexico, and western Canada were highlights of her life. She loved nature, geology, the national parks, birds and flowers. She was known for her beautiful roses and flower gardens and passed this love along to many of her children and grandchildren. Gordys had a friendly and generous heart and many

wonderful friends through the years.

In 2013 her daughters, Diane Stevens and Kathy Mintz, took her on her final trip to western New York to see the place where she grew up and went to school. We were amazed as we drove up the country roads where she would excitedly point out, "This was where our farm was and around the corner was Uncle Dan's big dairy farm. We would ride in the sleigh pulled by our draft horse Belle to church on Sundays in the middle of winter right down this hill." She even showed us the chrome storefront of the historic "Modern Diner" where she worked as a waitress in high school after WWII. She re-lived many memories of her youth on that trip and we will never forget that special time together.

Gordys was preceded in death by her parents and siblings; her husbands: Jim Kennedy, Walter Coy, Archie Fuller, and Harold Robinson; and her son Frank Newell Kennedy who died last summer at age 66. She is survived by her other children: Kathy Kennedy Mintz, Steve Kennedy, Bruce Orman, Suzy Orman Simpson, Doug Kennedy, and Diane Kennedy Stevens; her eighteen grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren (so far). Gordys was the last of her

generation and her descendants are her pride and joy. She will be dearly missed by all of her family and friends until we meet again.