Submitted by: Dan Rich

Carol Virginia Robinson

Jan. 24, 1943 - Jan. 10, 2003

South Bend Tribune 1/14/2003

South Bend, IN — Carol Virginia Robinson, 59, residing on High Street, South Bend, Ind., passed away after a courageous battle with cancer at 9:58 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 10, in her residence. Carol was born on Jan. 24, 1943, in Pennsylvania, and had resided in South Bend since November 2001, moving from Lake Station, Ind.

On July 27, 1989, in Bakersfield, Calif., she married Preston Robinson, who preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by her mother, Violet (Clark) Gill; and by a son, John Wayne Hamilton. Carol is survived by three daughters, Carrie Heilman of Arvada, Colo., Karen Hamilton of Lake Station and Kathy (Ken) Brown of South Bend; four sons, Paul Hamilton of Portage, Ind., Jerry (Melody) Hamilton of Portage, Joey Hamilton of South Bend and Rob Hamilton of Mojave, Calif.; 30 grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and one on-the-way; her father, Grover Gill of Burgettstown, Pa.; one sister, Patricia Zeil of Las Vegas, Nev.; and by six brothers, Robert Gill of Burgettstown, David and Donald Gill, both of Las Vegas, Grover and Tommy Gill, both of California, and Jimmy Gill of Pennsylvania.

Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 16, at the Southlawn Cemetery, South Bend, Rev. Sam Oliver, chaplain with Hospice of St. Joseph County, will officiate. Burial will follow. Private visitation will take place in the Palmer Funeral Home-Guisinger Chapel, 3718 S. Michigan Street, South Bend. Contributions in memory of Carol Virginia Robinson may be made to the American Cancer Society, 535 W. Edison Road, Mishawaka, IN 46545.