Title	Mr.
Last Name	Robbins
First Name	William
Middle Name	L.
Maiden Name
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Place of Birth
Date of Birth	1884
Place of Death	Deer Isle, ME
Date of Death	1946-04-19
Publication	The Eastern Gazette 4-25-1946, p.5
Obituary	William L. Robbins Donald Robbins was in Deer Isle Monday to attend the funeral services of his brother, William L. Robbins, 62, who died suddenly Friday from a heart attack. William Robbins was the son of the late Byron and Maggie Robbins of Dexter and was a wellknown newspaper man. He was a former editor of Good Housekeeping magazine in Springfield, and was later managing editor of the Aroostoook Republican and editor of the Brunswick Record before becoming owner and publisher of the Deer Isle Messenger, weekly publication. He served his apprenticeship at the Bath Times. Mr. Robbins leaves a wife Mrs. Maude Robbins; two daughters; a son, serving in the Pacific; a sister, Lena P. Grant of Portland; a step-mother, Mrs. Rose J. Robbins of Dexter and a half brother, Donald Robbins of Dexter.