Dr. Edwin H. Robison

The following unidentified newspaper article was found in a scrapbook owned by Town Historian Richard Schmal:

DR. ROBISON FORMER LOWELL OPTOMETRIST, DIES

The many Lowell friends of Dr. and Mrs. Edwin H. Robison of Frankfort, Indiana, will be grieved to learn of the doctor's death.

The Robinson resided at 234 North Nichols street, when Dr. Robinson practiced optometry in Lowell, before moving to Frankfort five years ago. He passed away Friday September 10, after a lingering illness of a heart ailment and complications. He was 69 years old.

A graduate chemist of Butler University, he served in the Chemical Warfare Division during World War I. In 1931 he was graduated from the Northern Illinois College of Optometry. In 1936 he assumed the lucrative practice his father, Dr, Frank Robison, had built up in Frankfort. He was active in the Masonic lodge, veteran's organizations, and the Presbyterian Church.

Surviving with his wife are two sons, Edwin Jr., and Roger, both of Frankfort.

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Last updated on February 6, 2007.

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