Walter Lee Robinson

Walter Lee Robinson, 65, passed peacefully on October 19, 2018 in Seattle, Washington. He was born on April 9, 1953 in Lawrence, Kansas to parents Walter Stitt Robinson and Constance Mock Robinson. He graduated from Lawrence High School where he was an honor student as well as a participant in track, tennis and marching band. A graduate of the University of Kansas in 1975 with a BA in History and Geography, he completed a Masters in the School of Natural Resources from the University of Michigan in 1977. While at KU, he was a member of AKL fraternity and a four year member of the KU marching Jayhawks Band.

His entire career was spent in work for the United States Government, two years with the US Corps of Engineers and 38 years with FEMA in Seattle, Washington.

Mr. Robinson enjoyed travel, both in this country and overseas as a student and with FEMA. He was an Eagle Scout, and enthusiastic outdoors man, a lover of music and of the art he saw in the great museums of the world.

He married Linda Anderson in 1984. They were divorced at a later date.

Survivors include a son, Trevor Lee Robinson of Rifle, Colorado; sister Barry Robinson (Robert) Cook of Leawood, Kansas; and numerous cousins in the Carolinas and Virginia.

In lieu of flowers please make donations to KU in support of the Marching Jayhawks Endowment. Send donations to KE Endowment, PO Box 928, Lawrence, Kansas 66044 or give online at www.kuendowment.org/givenow.

A Memorial Service for Walter Lee Robinson, 65, of Seattle, Washington, will be at 10:00am, Saturday, November 17, 2018 at the Warren McElwain Mortuary. Inurnment will be at Pioneer Cememtery in Lawrence, Kansas.