Manon Hawley Robison
1/29/1916 ~ 4/11/2010

Our beloved mother and grandmother, Manon H. Robison, age 94, passed away peacefully in St. George, Utah on April 11.  She was born January 29, 1916, at her home in Oasis, Utah, to Sims Matheny and Arizona Church Hawley and was the youngest of nine children.  Her older sister loved opera and chose the name "Manon" from a French opera singer.

When she was 11, her father passed away with multiple sclerosis.  Her mother worked very hard to take care of the family through the Great Depression.

When Manon was in 9th grade, she went to Hinckley High School where she met Ben Robison.  He was class president, and she was vice president so they became friends and dated off and on through high school.  After high school Manon went to LDS Business College, and then worked for a cousin in Los Angeles, California.  Ben went to BYU and was then called to the Western States Mission.  When he got home from his mission, he and Manon got back together and were married in the Salt Lake Temple on September 8, 1939.

They lived in Hinckley until 1945 when Ben joined the Marine Corps and left for San Diego.  Manon and their two children later joined him, and they lived there for a few months.  By then the war was over so they moved back to the Delta area, buying a farm and home in Sutherland where they lived for 34 wonderful years.  Life was busy with five children and a home to care for, farming to do, cattle to raise, and church callings to fulfill.  Manon served in several positions in the Relief Society and Young Women's.  It was a wonderful place to raise a family, and her family was her life.

In 1978, she and Ben were called on a mission to New Zealand to be director of the Visitors Center in Hamilton.  In 1981 they moved to Salt Lake City where they worked in the Jordan River Temple for eight and 1/2 years.  In 1992 they moved to beautiful, sunny St. George and worked in the temple there.  They enjoyed traveling and went all around the world on different cruises.  Ben passed away May 28, 1998.

Manon loved her family and the gospel and enjoyed reading and sewing and crocheted over 100 afghans to give to family members.  She has 21 grandchildren and 45 great-grandchildren with more on the way.  - A wonderful life!!!!

She is survived by her children: Pamela (Ellis) Hamblin of St. George; Patti (John) Thomson of Salt Lake City; Gary (Patty) Robison of Mesa, Arizona; and Scott (Marilu) Robison of Delta; and her many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by her husband:  Benjamin H. Robison; a son:  Benjamin Hal Robison; great-grandsons:  Michael Hamblin and Dillon Robison, and all of her siblings.

Services will be held on Saturday, April 17, 2010, at 1 p.m. in the Sutherland Chapel at 2500 N. 3000 W., Delta.  Viewing at the church at 11:30 a.m.  Burial will be in the Sutherland Cemetery under the direction of Nickle Mortuary.

Published in Deseret News April 16, 2010  12:00 a.m.