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Donald Bruce Robertson

Date of Death: March 11, 2025

Date of Birth: July 12, 1941

Biography:

Donald B Robertson was born in Framingham, Massachusetts on July 12, 1941. He was the youngest of three.

He is predeceased by his sister Virginia Arndt and George Robertson. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Bobbi, and three daughters and their husbands, Jill Olausson and Robert Seaman, Patricia and Doug Hartnett and Julie and Lee St.Louis. Grandchildren Annie and husband Dan Kolbe, Toby Olausson, Andrew and Chelsea Hartnett and Ashley and Cameron St. Louis.

    Don graduated from Worcester Polytech in 1963. He was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon and attended ROTC while getting his civil engineering degree. He spent his time in the army in Greenland after which he came back to Massachusetts to work for Daniel O'Connell Sons in Holyoke, Massachusetts.

He was a project manager for them on the bridge over the Merrimack River in Newburyport. The family then settled there for the next 22 years where Don and family developed deep friendships and active social lives. He coached his daughters softball leagues, played weekly tennis with the Low Profile Tennis Group and was a member of the Dalton club. When it was time for retirement he and Bobbi would spend the winters in Florida and moved to their summer home on Orrs Island . Don became very involved in the Orrs Bailey Yacht Club becoming Director of the Sailing School and serving on the board of directors.

    He was well known for his easygoingness and willingness to help with whatever needed to be done. Nobody could tell a better joke than Don. His grandchildren are forever thankful for the 10 summers that they spent staying on Orrs Island with Bobbi and Don while participating in the Sailing School, first as students and then as instructors. He would often go up on their lunch hour to spend time with them and just see how they were doing. Even when he contracted Parkinson's disease the last 15 years of his life, he retained a sense of humor and was so grateful for the help that many showed him. His family is so grateful for all of the caregivers that have been a part of their lives. He is missed by his family and friends.