Marian was born Mar 16, 1930 in East Grand Forks, MN the daughter of Harry and Lillian (Brown) Johnson.
Marian was raised in Larimore, ND, graduating from Larimore High School in 1948. She moved to Oregon shorty after high school and married James C. Robison on Dec 15, 1950. They moved to Salem in 1967. She worked for 7-Up Bottling Company, Mortgage Bancorporation and the State of Oregon as an accountant/bookkeeper until retiring in 1992.
Marian was active in Willamette Institute for Continued Learning (ICL), where she met Willard Eggers. They were married in Jul 2009.
Throughout her retirement she was very active in several clubs and organizations where she loved helping with finances and bookkeeping.
Marian passed away on Oct 7, 2013 in Salem, OR. A memorial service was held at Unitarian Uinversalist Fellowship in Salem. She is survived by three daughters and three grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Willard; sister Buel Tinhof and brother Kenneth Johnson.
The following was written by Marian for her 50th class reunion.
I left Larimore right after graduation and went to Walla Walla, WA where my sister Buel and her husband lived. I got a job in the office of Northwest Cities Gas Co. I met a couple of girls who worked for the telephone company and applied for a job there thinking it would be a better deal. It didn't take long until I was not happy with shift work, especially night shift "another number please, thank you" for 8 hours a day (or night). Another friend of mine was moving to Seattle and asked me if I would be interested in applying for her job as bookkeeper at the Studebaker dealership. I did and I was hired with 1 year of high school bookkeeping under my belt. This was an excellent experience and I found I really like this type of work.
It was during this time that I met Jim Robison, who was attending Whitman College on the GI bill studying to be a teacher, and we were married in Dec 1950. Our first child, Judith Lynn, was born in 1953. When she was a few months old we discovered she was born with bilateral hip displacement. This was a much more serious condition than we were held to believe when she was an infant. She has had numerous surgeries including five since she has been an adult. She now walks with a cane and has a scooter for when she has to do a lot of walking etc.
Jim took a teaching job in Seaside, OR in 1954. Our second child, Jana Louise, was born in Sep 1955 and died of tracheal bronchitis in March of 1956. we moved to Portland and our third child, Caroline Jean, was born in 1957. She was affected by our RH neg & pos blood combination and is hearing impaired, epileptic and mild cerebral palsy. All things considered she does quite well. Our fourth child LeAnne Kay, was born in 1958. As difficult as it was for us to believe, she was just fine.
Judy and Carol and their husbands both live here in Salem. LeAnne, her husband and my three grandchildren (Jacob 11, Ben 8 and Kalee 2) live in Brownsville, OR, 45 miles south of here, so I get to see my grandchildren quite often.
I went back to work in the field of accounting when LeAnne started school. I had the position of office manage for three private industry firms and a Jr. Accountant in a CPA firm. In 1975 I went to work for the State of Oregon, first for the Dept. of Education and then for the Secretary of State. I retired from the position of Accounting Manager on March 31, 1992. I have worked part of every year since I retired. Three different state agencies called me to help clean
up their accounting records.
Jim and I split in November 1982. I purchased a little house in the spring of 1984 and in the fall of 1996 I sold that house and bought one a little larger and newer (built in 1990). I have been spending the last year getting settled in this house and getting it just the way I want it to be.
People kid about North Dakota being a good place to be "from". What is true is that it is really a good place to grow up. For me, growing up in Larimore, was a nice "security blanket".
Marian was raised in Larimore, ND, graduating from Larimore High School in 1948. She moved to Oregon shorty after high school and married James C. Robison on Dec 15, 1950. They moved to Salem in 1967. She worked for 7-Up Bottling Company, Mortgage Bancorporation and the State of Oregon as an accountant/bookkeeper until retiring in 1992.
Marian was active in Willamette Institute for Continued Learning (ICL), where she met Willard Eggers. They were married in Jul 2009.
Throughout her retirement she was very active in several clubs and organizations where she loved helping with finances and bookkeeping.
Marian passed away on Oct 7, 2013 in Salem, OR. A memorial service was held at Unitarian Uinversalist Fellowship in Salem. She is survived by three daughters and three grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Willard; sister Buel Tinhof and brother Kenneth Johnson.
The following was written by Marian for her 50th class reunion.
I left Larimore right after graduation and went to Walla Walla, WA where my sister Buel and her husband lived. I got a job in the office of Northwest Cities Gas Co. I met a couple of girls who worked for the telephone company and applied for a job there thinking it would be a better deal. It didn't take long until I was not happy with shift work, especially night shift "another number please, thank you" for 8 hours a day (or night). Another friend of mine was moving to Seattle and asked me if I would be interested in applying for her job as bookkeeper at the Studebaker dealership. I did and I was hired with 1 year of high school bookkeeping under my belt. This was an excellent experience and I found I really like this type of work.
It was during this time that I met Jim Robison, who was attending Whitman College on the GI bill studying to be a teacher, and we were married in Dec 1950. Our first child, Judith Lynn, was born in 1953. When she was a few months old we discovered she was born with bilateral hip displacement. This was a much more serious condition than we were held to believe when she was an infant. She has had numerous surgeries including five since she has been an adult. She now walks with a cane and has a scooter for when she has to do a lot of walking etc.
Jim took a teaching job in Seaside, OR in 1954. Our second child, Jana Louise, was born in Sep 1955 and died of tracheal bronchitis in March of 1956. we moved to Portland and our third child, Caroline Jean, was born in 1957. She was affected by our RH neg & pos blood combination and is hearing impaired, epileptic and mild cerebral palsy. All things considered she does quite well. Our fourth child LeAnne Kay, was born in 1958. As difficult as it was for us to believe, she was just fine.
Judy and Carol and their husbands both live here in Salem. LeAnne, her husband and my three grandchildren (Jacob 11, Ben 8 and Kalee 2) live in Brownsville, OR, 45 miles south of here, so I get to see my grandchildren quite often.
I went back to work in the field of accounting when LeAnne started school. I had the position of office manage for three private industry firms and a Jr. Accountant in a CPA firm. In 1975 I went to work for the State of Oregon, first for the Dept. of Education and then for the Secretary of State. I retired from the position of Accounting Manager on March 31, 1992. I have worked part of every year since I retired. Three different state agencies called me to help clean
up their accounting records.
Jim and I split in November 1982. I purchased a little house in the spring of 1984 and in the fall of 1996 I sold that house and bought one a little larger and newer (built in 1990). I have been spending the last year getting settled in this house and getting it just the way I want it to be.
People kid about North Dakota being a good place to be "from". What is true is that it is really a good place to grow up. For me, growing up in Larimore, was a nice "security blanket".
Marian was born Mar 16, 1930 in East Grand Forks, MN the daughter of Harry and Lillian (Brown) Johnson.
Marian was raised in Larimore, ND, graduating from Larimore High School in 1948. She moved to Oregon shorty after high school and married James C. Robison on Dec 15, 1950. They moved to Salem in 1967. She worked for 7-Up Bottling Company, Mortgage Bancorporation and the State of Oregon as an accountant/bookkeeper until retiring in 1992.
Marian was active in Willamette Institute for Continued Learning (ICL), where she met Willard Eggers. They were married in Jul 2009.
Throughout her retirement she was very active in several clubs and organizations where she loved helping with finances and bookkeeping.
Marian passed away on Oct 7, 2013 in Salem, OR. A memorial service was held at Unitarian Uinversalist Fellowship in Salem. She is survived by three daughters and three grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Willard; sister Buel Tinhof and brother Kenneth Johnson.
The following was written by Marian for her 50th class reunion.
I left Larimore right after graduation and went to Walla Walla, WA where my sister Buel and her husband lived. I got a job in the office of Northwest Cities Gas Co. I met a couple of girls who worked for the telephone company and applied for a job there thinking it would be a better deal. It didn't take long until I was not happy with shift work, especially night shift "another number please, thank you" for 8 hours a day (or night). Another friend of mine was moving to Seattle and asked me if I would be interested in applying for her job as bookkeeper at the Studebaker dealership. I did and I was hired with 1 year of high school bookkeeping under my belt. This was an excellent experience and I found I really like this type of work.
It was during this time that I met Jim Robison, who was attending Whitman College on the GI bill studying to be a teacher, and we were married in Dec 1950. Our first child, Judith Lynn, was born in 1953. When she was a few months old we discovered she was born with bilateral hip displacement. This was a much more serious condition than we were held to believe when she was an infant. She has had numerous surgeries including five since she has been an adult. She now walks with a cane and has a scooter for when she has to do a lot of walking etc.
Jim took a teaching job in Seaside, OR in 1954. Our second child, Jana Louise, was born in Sep 1955 and died of tracheal bronchitis in March of 1956. we moved to Portland and our third child, Caroline Jean, was born in 1957. She was affected by our RH neg & pos blood combination and is hearing impaired, epileptic and mild cerebral palsy. All things considered she does quite well. Our fourth child LeAnne Kay, was born in 1958. As difficult as it was for us to believe, she was just fine.
Judy and Carol and their husbands both live here in Salem. LeAnne, her husband and my three grandchildren (Jacob 11, Ben 8 and Kalee 2) live in Brownsville, OR, 45 miles south of here, so I get to see my grandchildren quite often.
I went back to work in the field of accounting when LeAnne started school. I had the position of office manage for three private industry firms and a Jr. Accountant in a CPA firm. In 1975 I went to work for the State of Oregon, first for the Dept. of Education and then for the Secretary of State. I retired from the position of Accounting Manager on March 31, 1992. I have worked part of every year since I retired. Three different state agencies called me to help clean
up their accounting records.
Jim and I split in November 1982. I purchased a little house in the spring of 1984 and in the fall of 1996 I sold that house and bought one a little larger and newer (built in 1990). I have been spending the last year getting settled in this house and getting it just the way I want it to be.
People kid about North Dakota being a good place to be "from". What is true is that it is really a good place to grow up. For me, growing up in Larimore, was a nice "security blanket".
Marian was raised in Larimore, ND, graduating from Larimore High School in 1948. She moved to Oregon shorty after high school and married James C. Robison on Dec 15, 1950. They moved to Salem in 1967. She worked for 7-Up Bottling Company, Mortgage Bancorporation and the State of Oregon as an accountant/bookkeeper until retiring in 1992.
Marian was active in Willamette Institute for Continued Learning (ICL), where she met Willard Eggers. They were married in Jul 2009.
Throughout her retirement she was very active in several clubs and organizations where she loved helping with finances and bookkeeping.
Marian passed away on Oct 7, 2013 in Salem, OR. A memorial service was held at Unitarian Uinversalist Fellowship in Salem. She is survived by three daughters and three grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Willard; sister Buel Tinhof and brother Kenneth Johnson.
The following was written by Marian for her 50th class reunion.
I left Larimore right after graduation and went to Walla Walla, WA where my sister Buel and her husband lived. I got a job in the office of Northwest Cities Gas Co. I met a couple of girls who worked for the telephone company and applied for a job there thinking it would be a better deal. It didn't take long until I was not happy with shift work, especially night shift "another number please, thank you" for 8 hours a day (or night). Another friend of mine was moving to Seattle and asked me if I would be interested in applying for her job as bookkeeper at the Studebaker dealership. I did and I was hired with 1 year of high school bookkeeping under my belt. This was an excellent experience and I found I really like this type of work.
It was during this time that I met Jim Robison, who was attending Whitman College on the GI bill studying to be a teacher, and we were married in Dec 1950. Our first child, Judith Lynn, was born in 1953. When she was a few months old we discovered she was born with bilateral hip displacement. This was a much more serious condition than we were held to believe when she was an infant. She has had numerous surgeries including five since she has been an adult. She now walks with a cane and has a scooter for when she has to do a lot of walking etc.
Jim took a teaching job in Seaside, OR in 1954. Our second child, Jana Louise, was born in Sep 1955 and died of tracheal bronchitis in March of 1956. we moved to Portland and our third child, Caroline Jean, was born in 1957. She was affected by our RH neg & pos blood combination and is hearing impaired, epileptic and mild cerebral palsy. All things considered she does quite well. Our fourth child LeAnne Kay, was born in 1958. As difficult as it was for us to believe, she was just fine.
Judy and Carol and their husbands both live here in Salem. LeAnne, her husband and my three grandchildren (Jacob 11, Ben 8 and Kalee 2) live in Brownsville, OR, 45 miles south of here, so I get to see my grandchildren quite often.
I went back to work in the field of accounting when LeAnne started school. I had the position of office manage for three private industry firms and a Jr. Accountant in a CPA firm. In 1975 I went to work for the State of Oregon, first for the Dept. of Education and then for the Secretary of State. I retired from the position of Accounting Manager on March 31, 1992. I have worked part of every year since I retired. Three different state agencies called me to help clean
up their accounting records.
Jim and I split in November 1982. I purchased a little house in the spring of 1984 and in the fall of 1996 I sold that house and bought one a little larger and newer (built in 1990). I have been spending the last year getting settled in this house and getting it just the way I want it to be.
People kid about North Dakota being a good place to be "from". What is true is that it is really a good place to grow up. For me, growing up in Larimore, was a nice "security blanket".
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