Graveside services for Jean May Robins Irwin, 73, of Arlington, TX will be at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, September 6, 2014 at Leland-Stoneville Cemetery. A memorial service was held on Saturday, August 30, 2014 at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Garland, TX. She died Wednesday, August 27, 2014 in Dallas, TX. Local arrangements are under the direction of Boone Funeral Home, Leland.
Born in Iowa City, Iowa on October 12, 1940 to the late Mary Robins, she is survived by her daughter Michelle Irwin-Bennight (Jesse) of Austin, TX, her son, John Irwin (B.C.) of Leland, her grandsons, Sean Irwin and Leitron Irwin, her sisters, Joan Mitchell (Don) of Amory, MS and Joyce Daniels (Bob) of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA and brother, George Robins (Patricia) of Malabar, FL.
Jean graduated from Miami Jackson High School, Miami, FL and received her RN from Augustana Lutheran Hospital Nursing Program and worked for several years in Moline, IL and Phoenix, AZ before moving to the Dallas area in 1969. Jean was in the first class of Physician Assistants to graduate in Dallas from UT Southwestern Medical School and began work as a PA in 1974 at the Family Clinic of Garland. In April 1979 she also took over the position of Administrator in addition to working as a PA. She went on to get her MBA from the University of Dallas in 1989, but shortly after that took a brief two-year hiatus to live in the Philippines. She returned to her Administrative position in 1991 and in April 1994, a merger allowed her to move to the position of CEO for Family Health Care Associates where she remained until her passing.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation, 1100 Industrial Road #1, San Carlos, CA 94070 and to Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 1333 Beltline Road, Garland, TX 75040.