Mary Florence "Flo" Robertson

Mary Florence “Flo” Robertson, age 90, of Grants Pass, died Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at Laurel Hill Nursing Center.

A graveside service will be at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, May 1, 2014 at Hillcrest Memorial Park. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements.

Memorial donations may be made to Wounded Warrior Project, 4899 Belfort Road, Suite 300, Jacksonville Florida 32256 CFC #11425.

Flo was born July 4, 1923 in Huntington Park, California to Robert & Mary Wood. On September 7, 1941 she married Jay Robertson who died January 24, 1987. In 1946 they moved from Compton, California to Grants Pass. She was a purchasing agent for the Siskiyou National Forest Service from which she retired from.

She was a member of the Rebecca Lodge.

Flo enjoyed knitting scarfs and hats for the babies born at the hospital. She also enjoyed gardening, bingo and Mexican train, crocheting and the dying art of tatting.

Survivors include a daughter, Jean Purkett and husband, Jim of Roseburg, Oregon; a sister, Patricia Asalos of Garden Grove, California; five grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and ten great-great-grandchildren.

Preceding her in death was her husband, Jay W. Robertson; a son, Richard L. Robertson; a great-granddaughter, Lindsey Peckham, two brothers, Jerry Wood and Bruce Wood.