HUDSON FALLS – Rena (Graves) Robbins, a lifelong resident of Hudson Falls, passed away peacefully Saturday afternoon, December 28, 2024, at Elderwood Nursing Home in Ticonderoga.
Born July 18, 1925, in Hudson Falls, she was the daughter of the late Otis and Myrtle (Wilkins) Graves Mann.
Rena graduated from Hudson Falls High School with the class of 1942. She worked in various departments of Sears Roebuck & Co. for 23 years, retiring in 1987. She was a member of the Kingsbury Baptist Church since 1980. Rena enjoyed crafts, sewing, traveling and most of all, spending time with her family.
Besides her parents, Rena was predeceased by her first husband Ernest Robbins, Sr., and her second husband, William G. Chase; her sons, Paul E. and Glenn A. Robbins; brother, Otis Graves; sister, Cecil Pollock; and half-sister, Julia Rich.
On December 24, 1998, Rena married William G. Chase in Ocala, Florida. William, formerly of Hudson Falls and Buffalo, NY, had moved west with his first family many years previously.
Survivors include daughters, Rena Robertson and her husband, Michael of Ocala, FL, Joan Bales of Weatherford, TX, and Lois Kennedy and husband, Charles of West Columbia, TX; son, Larry Robbins and companion, Lynn Fargo of Hudson Falls; seven grandchildren, Ricarda Quesenberry and husband, Steve, Shannon Tomlinson and husband, Harly of Ocala, FL, Kristie Fosmire and husband, Jeff o Argyle, Dawn Robbins of Kingsbury, Elisha Robbins-Saucier and husband, Chris of Murrieta, CA, Blyth Bales and wife, Sunshine of Weatherford, TX, Rebecca Sansing and husband, Bill of Bay City, TX, Audrey Jonson and husband, Kurt of Danbury, TX, and John Burris and wife Laurel of Danbury, TX; Twenty one great grandchildren, Murphy and Wayne, Wallace, Jordan, Jeffery, and Janelle Fosmire, Kyle, Aubrey and Lilly Tomlinson, Channing and Reisling Bales, Owen, Dylan, Amelia, and Loretta Sansing, Clayton, Bryson and Corbin Johnson, Hunter, Easton and Noah Burris, and Kayla, Aubrey and Hailey Saucier. Great-great grandchildren, Michael Wallace and Kaisley and Bayler Tomlinson; daughter in law, Daisy Robbins of Kingsbury; stepson, Edwin Robbins of South Glens Falls; and half-brother, Bruce Graves of Fort Ann; along with several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Services will be held in the spring at a time to be announced.
Loved Aunt Rena. Beautiful soul!
RIP Miss Rena fly high with the Angels, it was a privilege to know you.
Aunt Rena you are greatly missed and will miss our conversations.
Sending condolences and love to the family. Prayers for everyone. 💔💔
Aunt Rena – so many memories, so much laughter shared, so many cups of tea and tiny sandwiches, so very much history and stories of old that made us wonder at the breadth and depth of your sharp mind. We will miss our visits and cherish every silly retort, every tap we witnessed as you rocked to the music and the wisdom you shared with a twinkle in your eye.
And to all cousins’, 1st, 2nd and beyond, our deepest sympathy and understanding.
Always a smile and a twinkle in your eyes Aunt Rena! Mom and dad loved you.
Fly high!
Love to the family!❤️