Ronald Jay Robinson

Ronald Jay Robinson was born on August 1, 1942, in Colfax, Wash., to Ben and Agnes (McCormick) Robinson. He grew up working the family farm and attended school in Garfield, Wash. He joined the Army in 1959 and was stationed in Hanau, Germany, serving as an ordinance mechanic with the 814th Engineer Company. After the military, he worked for the Garfield Grange and joined Local 370 working in the Pacific Northwest. He had a job along the Snake River in Lewiston, Idaho, that was so hot the peanut butter melted on his sandwich. He quit and said he was going where his peanut butter wouldn't melt,...