Ann Myrtle Robinson, 85, Newell, died Wednesday, February 4, 2009, at the Spearfish Regional Hospital.

Visitation will be Thursday from noon until 9:00 p.m. at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, February 6, 2009, at the Newell Christian Fellowship Church in Newell with Pastor Sean Carney officiating. Burial will follow at the Vale Cemetery.

Ann was born March 16, 1923, at Douglas, WY, to George L. and Myrtle A. (Paisley) Robinson. She started her school years in Wyoming and moved to Oshkosh, NE, before graduating from high school in Broadus, MT. She attended college in Billings, MT, and Spearfish, SD. She graduated with a degree in elementary education and library studies. She worked for the telephone company while attending school.

Ann began teaching in rural schools in Montana. She also taught in Malta and Miles City, MT. She moved to the Douglas School system at Ellsworth Air Force Base where she taught for several years. She retired as a librarian from the Gillette Public Library in 1989.

She took painting lessons in Gillette and painted many pictures. Ann was an accomplished artist.

She moved to Newell in 2006.

Survivors include her brothers, Frank P. "Bob" Robinson and his wife, Virginia, Broadus, MT, and George L. Robinson, Malta, MT; one sister, Betty Lou Thulesen and her husband, Jim, Newell, SD; also numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, one brother, and three sisters.

Memorials have been established to the Newell Christian Fellowship Church.