Wayne County Press
Fairfield Illinois
 Thursday, April 4, 1996
Page 2

Mrs. Mabel Robertson, 77, of Sims, died at 9 p.m. Tuesday, Apr. 2, 1996, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, Ind.  She had been in declining health with diabetes and other complications and had been hospitalized since January.

Mrs. Robertson was a retired restaurant worker in the Wayne City area.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday from the Richardson Funeral Home in Wayne City, with Rev. Richard McCormick officiating. Interment will be in Thomason Cemetery, Wayne City.  Visitation will be after 6 p.m. Thursday (tonight) at the Richardson Funeral Home. A Rebekah service is set for 7 p.m.

She was born in Wayne County Dec. 14, 1918, the daughter of Morton and Mary Ann Robertson Butler.  On June 21, 1942, she was married to Paul Robertson.

Mrs. Robertson was of the Protestant faith and a member of the Sims Rebekah Lodge.

Preceding her in death were her parents, one infant daughter, two sisters, one brother and one granddaughter.

Surviving are her husband; a daughter, Mrs. Joe (Barbara) Boone, of Fairfield; one son, Paul Robertson, of Hammond, Ill.; two grandchildren; and one brother, James Butler, of Murray, Ky.