Eleanor Mae Robinson (Ellie), loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away April 11, 2013. She was born on June 19, 1920, in Delisle, Saskatchewan, Canada, to Albert and Lena Mielke.

She moved with her family to Coeur d’Alene when she was 3. She was the second youngest of seven children. She remained there for 14 years. In 1937 she moved with her family to Angola, Ind., to help run her brothers creamery. She graduated from high school in Angola in 1939. She returned to the northwest with her family two years later, settling in Spokane. She worked at Geiger Field and Fairchild Air Force Base on the B-17 Flying Fortress during World War II.

She married Larry Robinson in 1946. Together they had four children. The family enjoyed many vacations together, camping, boating and fishing throughout the Northwest, with many memorable times spent at Priest Lake. Mom worked as a bookkeeper at various banks and companies. She volunteered for the Heart Drive, Cancer Society, and the election board and participated in Bloomsday for several years. She joined Corbin Senior Center in the ’80s where she was a member of the hiking group and enjoyed playing pool and pinochle.

She loved family gatherings and reunions. Occasionally she liked to dance and sing. Ellie was a winker and a flirt. She liked movies, chocolate, lobster, flowers, cooking, driving and beautiful mountains. Larry passed away in 1990 and Ellie hit the road. She traveled to New York, Arizona, Rhode Island and then, on to London, Israel, St. Croix, Italy, and France.

In 2010 we celebrated her 90th birthday, and all of her extended family came to celebrate. She returned to Coeur d’Alene in 2010 and remained there until her death.

She is preceded in death by her brothers, Leonard, Lloyd, Reyo and; sisters, Lenore and Ethel; and husband Larry. She is survived by her sister, Dorothy; and children, David, Janice, Susan and Lynne; 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Please visit her online memorial at belltowerfuneralhome.com. A celebration of her life will take place Saturday, June 29, 2013, in Post Falls. The place and time will be in this section again on Sunday, June 16, 2013. She is not on the Lone Prairie but with us always.