Julie Robinson

June 6, 1932 - October 26, 2017

Julie Robinson Stratford formerly of Boone June 6, 1932 ~ October 26, 2017 Julie Marie Robinson, daughter of Jessie Saunders Wittfoth and Niles Justus Wittfoth, was born on June 6, 1932 on the family farm near Churdan, Iowa. She died October 26, 2017 at Stratford specialty care in Stratford, Iowa at the age of 85 years. Julie attended school at a one room school house near their farm in Greene County and went on to graduate from Churdan High School. After graduation she attended college at the Iowa Teachers College in Cedar Falls, Iowa where she got her Bachelor’s degree in Education. Julie then went back to Churdan to teach Elementary School. Julie also went on to teach at the Yale, Jamaica, and Bagley School District as well as at the Iowa School for the Deaf in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Julie loved teaching and her 2 cats Sweetie and Honey. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Churdan, Iowa and then later the First Baptist Church in Boone, Iowa. Julie was preceded in death by her parents, one grandson and her brother Dennis. She is survived by her children Stephen Robinson of Ohio, Mary Rhodd of Des Moines, Iowa, David Robinson of California, Tracey Peterson of Missouri, and Janet Sprague of Nebraska; her sister Joy Michelson of South Dakota; her brother Jerry Wittfoth of Maine; other relatives; and friends. Funeral Services for Julie Robinson, 85, of Stratford formerly of Boone will be 11:00 am Tuesday, October 31, 2017 at the First Baptist Church, 612 8th Street, Boone, IA. The family will be present to greet friends 1 hour prior to the service and again during the lunch following the service. Interment will be at Highland Township Cemetery, Churdan, Iowa. Schroeder-Stark-Welin Funeral Home is assisting the family. Online condolences may be left at www.schroederfuneral.com. Schroeder-Stark-Welin Funeral Home 609 7th Street, Boone, IA 50036 515-432-4550