Robin Battrick

Robin Louise Battrick, a long-time resident of Corvallis, died Tuesday at her home in Coffey, Mo., following a 10-month battle with cancer. She was 56. Robin was born in Bloomington, Ind. After a transient childhood with stops from Florida to Alaska, her family settled in La Grande in September 1965. She graduated from La Grande High School in 1969 as co-Valedictorian. She attended Reed College in Portland and Oregon State University. Robin served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Ecuador in 1973. She married her high school sweetheart, Craig J. Battrick, in the Idaho Falls Temple of the LDS Church on Feb. 12, 1974. They remained in La Grande for most of the next eight years, with brief moves to John Day and Pendleton, before moving to Corvallis on July 1, 1982. Robin became employed by Hewlett-Packard Company where she worked as a machine operator, technical writer and trainer, and intranet designer. She was communications manager for a software development division of Hewlett-Packard when she retired in July 2005. Craig and Robin moved to their retirement farm in Coffey, Mo., in December 2005. Robin is remembered by friends and family as a gifted and bright student, excellent home maker, and extremely capable employee. After being a straight-A student in high school and college, she was consistently ranked at the top of the employee rankings at Hewlett-Packard for most of her twenty-one year career. Robin was preceded in death by her mother, Virginia Cornelius, and brother, Greg Cornelius. She is survived by her father, Thomas E. Cornelius of Huntington; husband, Craig Battrick of Coffey, Mo.; children Joseph Battrick of Albany, Christopher Battrick of Portland, and Samantha Battrick of Kansas City, Kan.; brothers Robert Cornelius and Michael Cornelius of La Grande, Kurt Cornelius of Alberton, Mont., and Thomas M. Cornelius of Huntington; and five grandchildren. Due to the extended network of friends and family, multiple services will be held. The initial funeral service and interment will be in Coffey, Mo. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, at the Walnut Boulevard chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Corvallis. Bishop Mark Freeman will officiate. An additional memorial service will take place the following weekend in La Grande. An account funded by the sales of select book titles from Drift Creek Press has been established to help offset medical and funeral expenses. Visit Grassroots Bookstore in downtown Corvallis or e-mail Books4Robin@battrick.fastmail.fm for more information.

Robin Battrick

July 17, 1951 - July 31, 2007