Donald Ward Robinson passed from this life September 18, 2021.

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Born in Stanton, Nebraska, February 8, 1935, Don graduated from Stanton High and landed a job as cub reporter at the Stanton Register. From there, he attended the University of Nebraska, studied journalism, and was hired by the Fremont Tribune.

“Dad’s favorite piece of advice: “When you assume, you make an ass out of u and me.””

Don served in the US Army (1956-1958), stationed as a radio operator in Fulda, Germany, in Headquarters Battalion of the 14th Armored Cavalry Regiment.

He was Editor-in-Chief at the Green Sheet/Murray Eagle newspaper in Murray, Utah, 1965-1984, and subsequently copy editor at the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News.

Don is survived by his wife, Betty Jane Robinson; daughters Jane Ann Cisneros, Kelli Marie Brown, Sara Lyn Vigneux; sister Lois Taylor; grandchildren Angela Byrnes, Heidi Lafaver, Caitlyn Leav, Frank Brown, Lacey Cardenas, Robert Donald Brown; great-grandchildren Ashley and Abelina Byrnes; Molly, Melody, Thomas, and Tucker Brown.

Don was preceded in death by his parents, Harry Ray and Nellie “Nell” Gladys (Ward) Robinson, and brother Daryl Eugene Robinson.