Anita Charlene Webster
Anita Charlene Robison Webster, age 85, of Kingston, MO, passed away on Dec. 21, 2017, at the Northcare Hospice House in North Kansas City Hospital in North Kansas City.
Charlene was born on Oct. 28, 1932, to James L. and Opal (Matchett) White in the Rockford Township of Caldwell County. She had lived in the Mirabile and Kingston area most of her life, except for a short time when she lived in New Jersey in 1952 and 1953. She graduated from the Mirabile High School in 1949.
After high school, Charlene worked at City North Bank in Kansas City. Charlene then worked at the Mirabile Gentry Store in Mirabile for 18 years, and later was a daycare provider in her home for several years, collected taxes for the Mirabile Township for numerous years, and she and her husband, Dean, owned and operated their own lawncare business which entailed four cemeteries and several lawns.
Charlene taught quilting classes, and she loved machine quilting, sewing and cooking. She was noted for her pies she made for the family and the church.
She was a member of the Mirabile Church, the Mirabile Church Ladies Aid for over 60 years, and a member of the Mirabile Cemetery Board.
She married Denzil Robison on April 5, 1952, at the Prairie Ridge Church while he was in the Army and she moved to New Jersey to be near him. After returning home they farmed south of Mirabile. Denzil was killed in a hunting accident on Feb. 7, 1957.
She was also preceded in death by her parents and her sister, Marilyn Williams.
On March 7, 1975, she married Dean Webster in Polo. He survives of the home. Additional survivors include sons, Jerry (Mary Beth) Robison of St. Joseph and Jimmy Robison of Polo; grandchildren, Heather (Matt) Ziph of St. Joseph, Jeremy Robison of St. Joseph, Randy (Jenny) Robison of Polo, and Brandy (Zeb) Jackson of Turney; Great-grandchildren, Michael Ziph, Gage, Tigon and Jakobie Robison, all of St. Joseph, Jared and Ryan Robison of Polo, and Kade and Kyle Jackson of Turney; sister, Maurine (Raymond) Alexander of MN; and nieces and nephews.
Cremation has been entrusted to Bram Funeral Home in Hamilton. A memorial service will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 28, at the Mirabile School. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Mirabile Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Bram Funeral Home in Hamilton.
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