Service: 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, United Methodist Church, Wapello. Visitation: 2-7 p.m. Wednesday, Dudgeon-McCulley Funeral Home, Wapello, family will meet friends 5-7 p.m. Burial: Elmwood Cemetery, Morning Sun.

WAPELLO, Iowa — Keith H Robbins, 78, of Wapello, died Monday, Oct. 26, 2009, at the Great River Medical Center in West Burlington. 

 The Revs. Sue-Ellen Sherman and Rev. Scott Smith officiated. 

Family and friends will gather for a luncheon and fellowship after the burial at the Wapello Ambulance Building.

A memorial fund has been established for the benefit of the United Methodist Church building fund.

Mr. Robbins was born June 16, 1931, the son of John Carl and Beulah May Helmers Robbins, in LaHarpe, Ill. He married Lois Ann Housman Sept. 2, 1949, in Nashua.

He attended country school in Illinois and graduated from Yarmouth High School in Yarmouth. 

He farmed all of his life. 

He was a member of the United Methodist Church at Wapello and a charter member of the Louisa County Corn Growers Association. 

He had served on the Sperry School Board and was a 4-H leader in Wapello.  He was a past Sunday School teacher. 

He was an avid Cubs and Hawkeye fan. 

He loved his family and enjoyed the family activities.

He is survived by his wife, Lois; a son, Timothy W. Robbins and wife, Elizabeth, Wapello; two daughters, Brenda K. Wagg and husband, Thomas, Cedar Rapids and Pamela J. Pugh and husband, Mark of Columbus Junction; 10 grandchildren, Aaron Robbins and wife, Christina, Angela Jenks and husband, Sean, Doug Housman and wife, Faith, Crystal Wiley and Jeff, Janelle Clymer and husband, Mike,  Andrew Wagg and wife, Megan, Morgan Wilcox and husband, Jason, Mallory Wagg, Todd Pugh and Matt Pugh; eight great-grandchildren, Lexy, Colby and Cian Jenks, Aiden and Owen Housman, Bryn and Bristol Wiley and Samuel Wagg. 

He was preceded in death by his parents.