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- The Arizona Republican
May 20, 1902
Mrs. Francelle Eugenia Robson, wife of the late Charles I. Robson, died at her home in Mesa Monday morning, and the entire community is in mourning, for it would be hard to find one who was so universly respected and loved as was "Aunt Cell," as she was lovingly called by nearly all of her acquaintances and especially the younger generation. Heart disease and dropsey trouble were the immediate cause of he death, but these were aggravated and brought into life through the death of he daughter Zula, whose sad death occured on the 21st day of January last. Mrs. Robson took her death to heart and grieved over her departure until she became sick herself, broken down in spirit and weakened in body, although she was naturally of a cheerful and happy disposition. On the 8th of March last she had an attack of lumbago, but partially recovered sufficently to move around the house and a couple of times to walk out and with assistance get into a buggy for a ride. But last Sunday she was attacked with asthma and dropsy, and from that time to the day of her death she was unable to help herself yet her mind was clear even up to the moment of her death. Although she evidently realized that the end was near, a cheerful smile and witty remark disarmed the fear of those waiting on her as to the nearness of her end. Her wonderful nerve sustained her to the end and when it came she passed peacefully away with a smile of farewell on her lips.
Mrs. Robson was a pioneer, both of Utah and of Mesa, Arizona. She was the daughter of Francis M. Pomeroy and Irene Haskell, and was born at Nauvoo, Ill., on the 24th day of September, 1846, the year of the exodus of the Mormons from that city. Soon after she was one year old her bright smile was seen in Salt Lake City where she had been brought with her parents with the first company of emigrants that crossed the plains following the pioneers, her father, Francis M. Pomeroy, having been one of the 143 pioneers that broke the road from the Missouri to Salt Lake City. The family settled in Salt Lake City where she lived until womanhood, when she married Charles Innes Robson, in the endowment house, on the 21st day of 1870. and settled in Sugar House ward, where she lived until 1877. With the pioneers of Mesa she moved to Mesa Arizona where she went through the hardships attending the opening of a new country and always did her full share of the public work of the community. After district No. 4 was organized she was the first teacher to take charge of the school, teaching in her own house, where she lived until the day of her death. She was secretary of the relief society of Mesa from its organization until called to act as secretary of the Stake Relief society which position she filled until called to act as as counselor in the Stake presidency of the Relief Society, which she held until her death. At the organization of the Woman Suffrage organizatiom she was unamously selected as president and being naturally a leader she took a pleasure in the work.
She attended the jubilee celebration of Pioneer day in 1897 as a guest of the committee; and was presented with the badges of the jubilee. She remained in Utah and Idaho the rest of the summer, coming home in October.
She was the mother of four children, two whom, Frank and Zula, preceded her to the beyond. Isabel Pomeroy and Mrs. Pearl Hill remain to mourn her loss. The sad news has been telegraphed to Mrs. Pearl Hill at Clitten, and she is on route to attend the funeral which will be held at tabernacle at 2 p.m., the date of which will be determined by her arrival.
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