Farewell Dear Friend

Today a wonderful woman and friend will be laid to rest. You will be missed by many lives you have touched Carole.

I met Carole Robinson one Sunday at church in the Tillamook Ward while we were there visiting on our house hunting trip before we moved to Oregon. I had introduced myself in Relief Society and after the meeting Carole came up to me and asked if we needed a place to stay before we moved into our home. She had listened to the spirit and said to me she felt like she needed to offer her home to us. Seriously? Who does something like this to a perfect stranger? Carole. That's who.
We were unsure of our housing situation whether we would be moved in or not. But as it turned out we were unable to move into our home for over a month and so we lived with Carole and her husband Mel, in their furnished basement apartment. Mel happened to be our Bishop at the time, and these two wonderful people watched over and blessed our lives! They had build their retirement home right on the coast in Cape Meares. It is a beautiful home over looking the ocean. We felt like we were on vacation every day.....that is until we drove the ten minutes to our house and worked day and night on fixing it up, but it was always a comfort to drive back to the Robinson's after a long days work and feel refuge and peace there.
Carole is one amazing lady. She always had a smile on her face. She struggled with cancer for eight years, but getting to know her you would never know she had anything wrong in her life. She was always optimistic and positive. She loved the rain and cloudy days never seemed to bother her.
Carole had an organ in her house and was the ward organist for many years. She was a wonderful organist. She would often ask Nate and I to sub for her when she was unable to be at church and I'm grateful that we were able to help her out.
Carole was immaculate and had the most organized house I have ever seen! It was clean from top to bottom! She taught a Relief Society class one night on how to clean and organize your house using the card file system. She has a card for every day of the year. On each card it has what she needs to do for the day. I too wish for a clean house like Carole's but then again, she did not have three small children running around! Maybe someday I will be clean and organized like she is.....but someday is not today!!
If there is anyone ready to meet their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ it is Carole. She has such a strong testimony of the church. She showed this just by the way she lived her life each and every day! I am grateful I knew Carole Robinson and I am a better person because I knew her.
Carole's Obituary