Yvonne Ana MacDonald-Robinson Obituary (1951

Yvonne Ana MacDonald-Robinson passed away in Puyallup, Washington on Sunday, December 5, 2021 after a short illness. Yvonne was born in Martinborough, New Zealand on January 16, 1951 to Ruanui H. MacDonald and Waiti TeMaari. She was raised by her grandmother. To her grandmother and her aunties, she was their Bonnie. In 1982, she met her life partner, Shelby D. Robinson. They were wed on September 26, 2015 in Seattle, Washington. Yvonne attended Wellington East Girls College. Her work in social services in Wellington, New Zealand sparked her interest in social work and empowered her to help her Maori people. She received a Bachelor of Social Work degree from the University of Louisiana at Monroe in 1992 and a Master of Social Work from the University of Houston in 1994. She worked at Riverside General Hospital in Houston, Texas as a social worker in the Senior Adult and Drug and Alcohol Day programs. While social work was her profession, she spent more of her working career driving city busses in Wellington, New Zealand; Sydney, Australia; and Seattle, Washington. Yvonne loved many kinds of music and had a beautiful singing voice. In her youth she sang in the most popular band in Wellington, New Zealand. She loved singing with her family, though she was shy about singing and sometimes had to be persuaded! She developed a love for Korean culture and food and most frequently could be found watching Korean dramas and playing on her iPad with her beloved black Labrador lying beside her. Yvonne is survived by her wife, Shelby MacDonald-Robinson; 3 sisters, Rurea Minnell, Myra Gay Bateman, and Larene Williams; and 5 brothers, James MacDonald, Charles MacDonald, Rua MacDonald, Alex MacDonald, and Kenneth MacDonald and their families. She was predeceased by her parents, Ruanui H MacDonald and Waiti TeMaari and siblings Melvin MacDonald, Donald MacDonald, Helen Kingi, Susanne Settle, and Louis MacDonald. There will be visiting hours at the Berg Mortuary of Provo, 185 East Center Street, Provo, Utah 84606, on Friday, December 17, 2021 from 6-8:00 pm. The following day, Saturday, December 18, there will be a graveside service at the Provo City Cemetery, 610 South State Street, Provo, UT 84606 at 12:00 pm. Donations may be made to Habitat for Humanity if you wish. Thank you to all who loved, visited, helped, and cared for Yvonne through her beautiful life. She truly had a life well lived and a heart well loved. Condolences may be expressed at www.bergmortuary.com.