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Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Horsburgh, Robbie Lee
Robbie Lee Horsburgh, 85, of 3045 Autumn Dr., Marion, the home of her daughter, died there Wednesday, April 7, 2010. Services: 9 a.m. Tuesday at Cedar Memorial Park Chapel of Memories in Cedar Rapids. Burial: 2 p.m. Tuesday at Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Van Meter. Friends may call at Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday.
Survivors include two daughters, Patricia McInerney of Chatham, Ill., and Suzanne (James) Halley of Marion. She is also survived by four grandchildren, Thomas Fehrenbacher, Major Michael Halley, Michele McGuire and Angela Beaudet; and six great-grandchildren, William, Catherine, Nicholas, Halley, Gannon and Paige.
She was preceded in death by her parents and husband.
Robbie was born July 12, 1924, in Maybank, Texas, the daughter of Robert and Argus Lamb Nesmith. She married Arthur R. Horsburgh on Aug. 26, 1950, in Houston, Texas. Art died in 2009. Robbie was a secretary for the Shell Oil Refinery and Gulf Oil for several years and later became a full-time homemaker. She was a proud member of the D.A.R. and enjoyed family camping trips. Robbie and her husband travel the world, including 14 ocean cruises.
Robbie was a true southern lady who will be greatly missed by her loving family.
Memorial donations may be given to Mercy Hospice in Robbie's name.
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