She was born June 7, 1935 in Akron, OH to Albert and Ella Mae (Williams) Hanks.
She was a retired LPN, a member of Christ the King Catholic Church and a U.S. Air force veteran of the Korean Conflict. Robia was a volunteer at St. Edwards Medical Center, helped with the formation of the Aids Foundation from 1988 thru 1996 and was a former member and past Matron of the Oriental Star Chapter #6 in Misawa, Japan.
She was preceded in death by one son Robert Alan Grim and a sister, Betty Sasser.
She is survived by her husband, Richard; one daughter, Laura Jean Pitman of Oklahoma City, OK; one son, Bill Grim of Houston, TX; two sisters, Bobbie Phillips of Gettysburg, PA and Nancy Harrald of Brighton, TN; one brother, Albert Hanks of Tuscaloosa, AL; four grandchildren, Sarah Harris and her husband Troy, and Rachel Grim, Rhonda Pitman and Vance Pitman and his wife Leslie; three great- grandsons Jason Harris, Gavin and Layton Pitman.
Private burial will be at U.S. National Cemetery in Fort Smith under the direction of Ocker-Putman Funeral Home of Fort Smith.
She was born June 7, 1935 in Akron, OH to Albert and Ella Mae (Williams) Hanks.
She was a retired LPN, a member of Christ the King Catholic Church and a U.S. Air force veteran of the Korean Conflict. Robia was a volunteer at St. Edwards Medical Center, helped with the formation of the Aids Foundation from 1988 thru 1996 and was a former member and past Matron of the Oriental Star Chapter #6 in Misawa, Japan.
She was preceded in death by one son Robert Alan Grim and a sister, Betty Sasser.
She is survived by her husband, Richard; one daughter, Laura Jean Pitman of Oklahoma City, OK; one son, Bill Grim of Houston, TX; two sisters, Bobbie Phillips of Gettysburg, PA and Nancy Harrald of Brighton, TN; one brother, Albert Hanks of Tuscaloosa, AL; four grandchildren, Sarah Harris and her husband Troy, and Rachel Grim, Rhonda Pitman and Vance Pitman and his wife Leslie; three great- grandsons Jason Harris, Gavin and Layton Pitman.
Private burial will be at U.S. National Cemetery in Fort Smith under the direction of Ocker-Putman Funeral Home of Fort Smith.
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