Barbara Holland Robertson

June 17, 1928 - April 18, 2025

A funeral service will be held for Barbara Holland Robertson on Monday, May 5, 2025, at 10:30 a.m., at Trinity Episcopal Church, 76 E. Main Street, Newark, Ohio, with Rev. Lee Anne Reat and Rev. Abeoseh "Abby" Flemister officiating. Burial will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery, 275 N. Cedar Street, Newark.

Family will receive friends on Sunday, May 4, 2025, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., at Brucker & Kishler Funeral Home, 985 N. 21st Street, Newark.

Bobby, as she was known by her family and friends, was born to the late Dr. Christian V. and Anna Gertrude (Willis) Holland on June 17, 1928, in Arlington, Massachusetts.

She passed away on Good Friday, April 18, 2025, at the age of 96, at Licking Memorial Hospital, in the Selma Markowitz Hospice Care Center, in Newark.

Bobby graduated from The Beard School, in Morristown, New Jersey, in 1946, and from Randolph Macon Women's College, with a bachelor's degree in education, in Lynchburg, Virginia, in 1950.

She taught school after graduating from Randolph Macon and again years later.

She and her husband, Calloway M. "Robby" Robertson, Jr., raised five sons and served as grandparents to sixteen grandchildren.

She was a highly capable, talented and organized person and a fierce supporter and advocate of people in whom and matters in which she believed.

Naturally athletic, she enjoyed participating in and watching others participate in sports immensely.

She was an active member of Trinity Episcopal Church in Newark; Heath and Newark City Schools Parent Teacher Associations; multiple community organizations, including Monday Talks, TWIGS, Twentieth Century Club, Garden Club, Bridge Club, Gourmet Club, Alfretta Club and the Licking County Tour of Homes; and the Granville Tennis Club, where she played tennis until she was in her early 80s.

She loved her country, state and community very deeply.

She especially loved (1) her family and friends, (2) the house and yard—and all the majestic trees, magnificent bushes and beautiful flowers in it—where she and her husband Robby raised their five sons and welcomed family and friends, (3) the Episcopal Church in which she was active for decades and (4) the Eastern Shore of Virginia, where her father grew up and she spent some of her childhood.

She is survived by her five sons, J. Martin Robertson, of San Francisco, California, Dr. Gregory C. Robertson (Kelley), of Atlanta, Georgia, Thomas Calloway Middleton Robertson III (Gail), of Columbus, Ohio, Christian H. Robertson (Michele), of Newark, Ohio, and Dr. John Y. Robertson (Amy), of Atlanta, Georgia; her sixteen grandchildren, Katie, Calloway IV (Lindsay), Ashtin, Abby (K.C.), Christian II (Aimee), Grant, Johnny (Jasmin), Nicholas, Elizabeth, Will, Caroline, Peyton, Storm, Drew, Alexis and Cole; her twelve great grandchildren; and her sister-in-law, Barbara H. Holland.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in passing by her husband Robby and her brother, Christian V. Holland, Jr.

Bobby's children, daughters-in-law and grandchildren love her with all their hearts and souls and miss her very much.

They ask God to bless her spirit with everlasting life.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Trinity Episcopal Church, 76 E. Main Street, Newark, Ohio 43055. To sign an online guest book, please visit www.brucker-kishlerfuneralhome.com.