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Thursday, December 11, 1980 Talk by Rev. Frank Fitt at Serv. "ees Nov. 19 for Beloved Ravinia Resident ADDRESS AT FUNERAL OF JOHN ROBERTSON Following is the address of the Rev. Frank Pitt " the funeral serv- ices for John Robertson, " Highland Park Presbyterian church, Nov. 9, 1930. Mr. Robertson was greatly be. loved by everybody in Ravinia, and his friends will appreciate the publi- cation of this talk by Mr. Fitt, it is _believed. The address: John Robertson Born, SaniNhire, Scotland, June 21, 1844. Son of James Robertson and Elizabeth Dawson Robertson. Came to Chicago in 1870. Married Christina Mitchell in Chicago. Four children: William, who died in in. fancy, David Allan Robertson, Eliz- abeth Wells Robertson, John Bright Robertson. Four grandchildren: Da- vid, Betty, John, Jane. Lived in Chi- cago on west side until coming to Ravinia six years ago. Former mem- ber Third Presbyterian church. It was about six years ago that I met Mr. Robertson. After long resi- dence in Chicago he had built this home in Ravinia and soon after his arrival, true to his family tradition and his own convictions. he identified himself with the local parish, transg ferring " letter of membership from theThird Presbyterian church, Chi- cago, in April, 1926. It was my pri- vilege, therefore, to know him from his eighthieth to his eighty-sixth year. Even at that, advanced age, a time of life which so few attain, he carried within himself the central phases of his personality in such a rich and glowing sense that for all of us who became his friends in this new environment he remains a most memorable future. Tracing out the meaning of Mr. Robertson's friendship in my own life I find three distinct impressions. First of all he possessed a rare and fragrant sweetness of disposition,' In him there was nothing of the querr ulousness usually associated with ad- vanced age. On my visits to his home, on, occasions when his physical limitations permitted him to attend church, and at other times when I saw him he always reflected a warmth and friendliness that bespoke his trust in life as an experience in which kindness and charity should be the guiding signs. He had nothing of the demanding and the hurrying about him. -His outlook was serene and one could always lie sure ot his smile and his welcome. Even when the last weeks of his life brought in. creasing evidence of physical infir. mity there was no complaint. To the last the even balance of his na- ture, the outcome of " amfidenee in life's invisible values, it was his gift to possess. . Somewhat akin to this, and yet quite distinctly independent of it, we! a very definite resiliency of spirit. Just before coming to live in Bayinia he had known the great sorrow of losing the partner who had been with him for 49 years" He Ind she were looking forward to the new home; but he entered it without her. Com- ing " web I period in life that loan is almost shattering. It left its mark upon him; but he went forward with courage. There was en oecnlonel“ reference, an expression ot dUnp. pointment that she could not share the Joys of the new creation of love. and thought in Ravinia; but there Wu no eense of defeat and the out- look wal always forward. At 80 most of us are not reedy to cling. our abode and form new friendships and enter new circles. He wee; and did so with zest and interest and en- joyment. In the winter months he traveled on long journeys to Texu and California Ind found something rewarding in these venturel. 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Inc. 19 North Sheridan Road THE PRESS Then, too, he had great pride of family. In that he, an true to " Scottish inheritance. Home VII the sacred piece, the nurturing mud of virtue and power when the endur- ing veluee Md their loam. To " home he gave unceuingly of hie but and found his hlppineu in " ehil. ‘dren, their work, their pron-en, their ,contribution to life. We when“ watched hie ihtwete and shared the letters when he was on hie white! enthuialma of thou younger than vacationing in diatant place- ot when he and never lost his hold upon the I happened to be away from bade. expanding intend: of his aunound- More than once I had the in: ot inn. writing him a letter of congratula- Then, too, he had great pride of tion when a member of " “at!!! family. In that he, ran true to hie had received which toe worth! Scottish inheritance. Home we. the aehievement. I know tin Innin- sacred tslam, the nurturing mum! that wan in hie heart. 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