Leola Robbins Black died Monday April 15, 2002 in Bellevue, Washington.

The oldest of three children, she was born to Joe and Delphia Robbins on April 23, 1908 in Robbins Tennessee. She attended the Robbins schools and later received a degree in Education from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville Tennessee.

She married James Charles Black on September 1, 1927 at the Robbins Congregational Church.

Before coming to Richland Washington in 1946 she taught in the Robbins schools for 16 years. She continued her teaching career in Richland and did post graduate work in Washington State and Hawaii. In 1973 she retired from Carmichael Junior High School where she was awarded a medal from the Freedom Foundation of Valley Forge for outstanding classroom achievement.

She was a member of the Tri-City Retired Educators Association, WEA, NEA, Delta Kappa Gamma, Richland and Tri-Cities and President Emeritus Federated Women’s Clubs and The Washington State and General Federation of Women’s Clubs.

Her primary interests were her family, teaching, traveling and Federated Women’s Clubs activities.

Among her survivors are her daughter, Carol Foster of Bellevue Washington; Grandchildren, Linda Young and her husband Charles of Bellevue; Luanne Peterson and her husband Kenneth of Sammamish; James Foster and his wife Julie of Auburn; William Foster and his wife Kimberly of Snohomish; Great -Grandsons Nathan Stevenson, Casey and Andy Peterson, Stephen and Bradley Foster, Ryan Foster and Great-Grandaughter Caitlin Foster.

She was preceded in death by her husband James Charles Black in 1984.

Funeral services will be held at Einan’s Funeral Home in Richland Washington on Saturday, April 20th, 2002 at 2:00 p.m. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Richland.

Remembrances may be made to the Make-a-Wish Foundation of Washington and Alaska or to Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center in Seattle.