Margery F. (Beach) Robbins, 

83, of 1101 6th Ave. N., a retired registered nurse, died of natural 
causes Thursday at a local care center.

Funeral Liturgy is noon Tuesday at St. Ann's Cathedral, with burial in 
Mount Olivet Cemetery. O'Connor Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

Survivors include her daughter, Patricia Sharpe (Bud Lee) of Great 
Falls; sons Douglas (Sherrie) Robbins of Henderson, Nev., Kenneth 
(Kimberly) Robbins and Gregory "Joe" Robbins of Helena, and Ransom 
"Bill" Robbins of California; sisters Dorothy L. Franklin of Hamilton, 
and Jane Doty of Burr Ridge, Ill.; nine grandchildren and six 
great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a son, David Robbins; a brother, Allen A. 
Beach Jr.; her parents, Allen and Loretta Beach; and a son-in-law, 
James Sharpe, who was a recipient of her care at the end of his life.

Margery was born Dec. 27, 1925, in Helena and was raised on the Beach 
family homestead in Sieben Canyon. She attended Mitchell School at 
Sieben and graduated from Cathedral High School in Helena in 1943. She 
attended the Columbus School of Nursing under the Military Cadet Nurse 
Program, graduating in 1946.

She married Roland Robbins in 1946 in Great Falls.

Margery worked as a registered nurse at Columbus Hospital from 1955 to 
1986, and also worked for the American Red Cross on the Bloodmobile 
for five years. She was the ultimate nurse, specializing in starting 
IVs, and continued her instinctive caregiving among her fellow 
residents at Cambridge Court.

Margery volunteered at the Columbus Hospital, the public health office 
and American Red Cross. She was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic 
Church and St. Ann's Cathedral, and was very active in parish 
activates.

She enjoyed knitting, crocheting, embroidery, cooking, gardening and 
traveling. 

A special thanks to her caregivers at Cambridge Court, who became her 
extended family

Memorials are suggested to University of Great Falls Parish Nurse 
Program; or Peace Hospice. 

Condolences may be posted online at www.oconnorfuneralhome.com and/or 
www.gftribune.com/obituaries.

Published in Great Falls Tribune on October 3, 2009