Dale "Red" Robinson

Paradise ~Dale Edwin “Red” Robinson, 100, went to be with our Lord on Thursday, February 3, 2022 in Decatur.

Funeral will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, February 12, 2022 at Hawkins Funeral Home Chapel in Bridgeport. Family will receive friends 1 hour prior to the service at the funeral home.

Red was born on January 12, 1922 in Orrville, Ohio. He joined the Army shortly after graduating high school. Red was stationed at the Schofield Barracks in Oahu, Hawaii on December 7, 1941. He was one of the few remaining veterans who witnessed and survived the Attack on Pearl Harbor over 80 years ago. He served over 42 months overseas during World War II, including storming the beaches of Normandy the day after the initial surge in 1944. Tuesday, January 25, 2022 was declared Dale “Red” Robinson Day in the City of Bridgeport to honor our local Wise County hero as he celebrated his 100th birthday. Dale was a 33rd Degree Scottish Rite Shriner and Mason. After his service to our country, he moved to Alaska and became a bush pilot, one of his favorite things to do was flying planes and to go fishing every chance he could. He met his wife, Dora Alice Ogle and they married on April 4, 1980 in Las Vegas, Nevada and together until her passing in October of 2004.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his 1st wife Alice Nadine (Napier) Robinson; his 2nd wife, Dora (Ogle) Robinson; his son, Michael Robinson; his sisters, Erma Korns, Jean Schuneman, and Roberta Sample.

Those left behind to cherish his memory are his daughter, Michelle Robinson-Cory and husband, Mike; his daughter, Mariska Grose and husband Gary; his son, Vic Cottrell and wife Julie; his grandchildren, Brandon Borgens and wife Jennifer, Heather Breazile and husband Eli, and Shon Cottrell; his great-grandchildren, Amelia, Paxon, Fiona, and Oliver; his niece, Deb Stevenson; numerous extended family members and good friends.

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