Gregory Robinson

5/1/1941 — 3/11/2024

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Gregory August Parkins Robinson, passed away on Monday, March 11, 2024, at the age of 82.

Greg was born on May 1, 1941, in Lewiston, to Gail A. Parkins and Vienna Pollari Parkins.

His father Gail was killed in a plane crash in 1949. His mother remarried in 1953 to Merle M. Robinson who later adopted Greg. Merle was a loving and caring father. Greg always felt he was indeed fortunate.

Greg attended Clarkston schools from beginning to end graduating in 1959. He attended the University of Washington for three years and was a member of Sigma Nu Fraternity. While in Seattle, he worked in the Space Needle at the Seattle World’s Fair and at Dominion Monarch, which was an ocean liner brought in by Western Hotels to handle overflow guests.

After running short on finances, Greg joined the U.S. Navy and served aboard the USS Energy MSO-436. He started as a deckhand (Boatswain’s Mate). When commanding officers determined Greg could read and write, they made him the ship’s yeoman and the captain’s driver, which Greg considered “good duty.”

After honorable discharge from the Navy, Greg returned to the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley and went to work at Family Finance. While employed there, Potlatch Forest Inc. announced the building of the Jaype plywood mill in Pierce. Greg worked as Jaype accountant in the beginning, later becoming office manager, and was attached to the corporate planning group in Lewiston when he left their employment.

After leaving PFI in 1974, Greg went to work in the woods. He started with C&F Johnson, which later became K.J. Weller logging. During the next 43 years he worked for J.E. Gould Trucking, Kelly Kelso Logging, Musselman Construction, L.R. Bell Logging, Burl Lange Logging, KMC Trucking, R.F. Coon Logging, Finke Logging; several of these employers were blessed with his presence several different times. Greg officially retired in 2017 while working for Finke Logging where he drove truck during summers only the last three years of his career. It was a wonderful life.

Greg married Janice Rae Hill in 1978; a son Nicholas Gail Robinson was born in 1979. They divorced in 1983. In 1997, Greg married Verla Jean Duffy; they remained happily together until her passing in 2013.

Greg is survived by his son Nick (Laura); grandson Talor; granddaughter Chloi of Boise; sister Tracy (Kelly) Kingsbury; nieces Kelsi, Emily and Madison of Hemet, Calif.; stepsons Bob Duffy of Twin Falls and Mike (Debbie) of Lenore. He also leaves behind a dear friend, his love, caregiver and wonderful companion, without whom he couldn’t have navigated these past years, Carmen Rinehart.

No services are planned per his wishes.

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