ROBERTSON, Mary

Sawyer, Okla., 1942-2012 Mary Robertson, 70, of Sawyer, Okla., a former Richland resident, died Sept. 19, 2012, at her home with her family by her side. Her memorial service was Friday at First Baptist Church in Hugo, Okla. Mary Robertson was born on July 12, 1942, at Poplar Bluff, Mo., to Marshall and Mildred Loury Worley. Growing up she lived with various relatives and one foster family in several different states. She attended many different schools in Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Washington, Oregon and Idaho. Mary was the oldest of her siblings, which include one brother, four half-brothers and two half-sisters. She married Earl Ray Robertson at Poplar Bluff, Mo., on Oct. 4, 1958. They had six children, four of whom are still living. They lived in several states but mostly in the Willamette Valley of Oregon before moving to Richland. The couple later divorced. Mary worked at several places in Richland, including the Longbranch, the Shorthorn, Flip’s and Kid’s Plus. She also was a caregiver at Patterson’s Adult Foster Care Home, Reasoner’s Adult Foster Care Home and for several private homes with disabled or hospice patients. “She learned to love those beautiful special people,” her family members said. She enjoyed crafts, baking, yard work, camping and family and friends. In September 2003, she was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer, which had been in remission since October 2004. In October 2006, she moved to Sawyer, Okla., in southeastern Oklahoma near Hugo to be close to most of her family there. In 2008, the cancer, which she had fought since then, returned. She was preceded in death by her parents; her grandparents; infant daughter, Patricia Robertson; infant son, Enoch Robertson; one granddaughter, Tina Tenbusch; and the father of her children, Earl Robertson. Survivors include one son, Earl Wayne Robertson, and his wife, Debbie, of Antlers, Okla.; three daughters, Mary Ann Tenbusch of Sweet Home, Christine Dorrough and her husband, Steve, of Ozona, Texas, and Marsha Soderwall and her husband, Gregg, of Sawyer, Okla.; step-mother, Ella Worley of Prineville; siblings, Robert Worley of Washington, Mike Worley of Oregon, Pat Worley of Washington, Marsha Thomas of Arizona, Rex Banks of Ohio, Sam Banks also of Ohio and Elaine Banks of Kentucky; 11 grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the Hugo First Baptist Church through Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral Home, P.O. Box 543, Halfway, OR 97834. Baker City Herald 26 September 2012