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Independent Journal
Thursday, March 8, 1973
page 4
KATE ZAUN ROBINSON
Dies At 95
Kate Zaun Robinson, a resident of Mill Valley for 80 years and the wife of a famed sea captain, died yesterday after a brief illness. She was 95.
A native of San Francisco, she and her late husband, Capt. Leighton Robinson, were married in 1900 and spent their honeymoon aboard the sailing ship Melanope, which sailed from San Francisco to Sydney, Australia, in what was then a record 44 days.
He rose from 14-year-old British sea cadet to captain, gaining a world-wide reputation as a seaman. He came to San Francisco from England in the 1800s and later was deputy ship commissioner for the Port of San Francisco for 36 years. He died in 1956.
Mrs. Robinson was a member of the Outdoor Art Club of Mill Valley for 55 years and paid off the mortgage on its clubhouse during the depression at the end of her four years as treasurer.
She also was a member of the Women’s Auxiliary, San Francisco Yacht Club in Belvedere.
She is survived by a son, Shayer O. Robinson of Mill Valley, and a daughter, Mrs. Joseph B. Miller of San Francisco.
Private funeral services were held yesterday at a Mill Valley mortuary. Interment was private.
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