Jennie Prosser Robinson, 95, of Madison passed away peacefully on Aug. 3 after a brief illness.
Jennie was born on June 17, 1920, in Brooklyn, New York. She attended grade school at Packer Collegiate Institute, Brooklyn, New York, then attended and graduated from Vassar College with a BS in mathematics in 1941. She later continued her education, earning a master’s degree in education at Southern Connecticut State College in 1960; in addition she attended Williams College School of Banking in 1980.
Jennie grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and her family’s second home in Center Moriches on Long Island. She is predeceased by an older sister Mary and two younger brothers, Walter and John.
She married John V. Robinson in 1941 and lived a short while in Manhasset, New York, where she worked as an engineering assistant. After the birth of her two sons, the family moved to Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, where they operated a small farm. The family later moved to Guilford, where they grew Christmas trees and still maintained a few sheep. In 1960 Jennie began a career as a math and science teacher in Clinton for 15 years. She worked as a trust administrator for Union Trust Co. in New Haven for 8 years, and then started her own financial planning and consulting business from her home in Madison in 1983.
Among her many interests she enjoyed world travel, especially by ship, and visited many European and Asian countries as well as Australia. She enjoyed golf, tennis, sailing, art museums, opera, Bridge clubs, and dining out with her many good friends.
Jennie is survived by her two sons, Frederick Robinson and wife Julie and Jeffery Robinson and wife Debbie. In addition to her sons, she is survived by four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at the 1st Congregational Church in Madison on August 12 at 2:00 p.m. There will be no calling hours; interment will be private.
Memorial contributions may be sent to Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, 322 Eighth Ave., 7th floor, New York, NY 10001. To sign the online guestbook, please visit hawleylincolnmemorial.com.
