BAKERSFIELD, CA — Robin Lynn Howard AKA Trisha Robin Wills Davisson is the daughter of Ellis Howard of Shenandoah, Iowa, and Dianne Hammons Higby of Lebanon, Kansas.

Robin was born on April 6, 1982 in Loveland, Colorado, and passed away September 4, 2018 in Bakersfield, California.

In 1993 Robin and her two siblings were taken from their mother, Dianne, and adopted out to Debbie Wills and her husband.

The children were able to keep their first names and to add other names. That is how Robin became known as Trisha Robin Wills.

In May 2008, Robin had found her biological mother, Dianne, once again. She then proclaimed, “That is so pretty cool!” When Dianne and her present husband, Wes Higby, asked what … Robin said, “My mom married my best friend’s (Curt Higby) dad!” She then turned to Wes and said, “Dad, thank-you for taking care of my mother!”

On August 10, 2008, Robin was baptized at the First Christian Church of Smith Center, Kansas.

Robin told Dianne and Wes she was married to Codi Davisson and had a daughter, Trissy, then divorced Codi.

Then Robin married Roger Dom and had two children, Nevaeh and Carlas.

Then in October, Robin and Navaeh went back to California. Because Robin didn’t want to lose contact with her mother, they called each other often.

Robin is survived by her mother and stepfather, Dianne and Wes Higby, of Lebanon, Kansas; her father, Ellis Dean Howard of Shenandoah Iowa; brother, Timothy Virgil Wills; and sister, Tiffany Marie Wills of Chanute, Kansas; Ex-husband Codi; daughter Trissy Davisson, Roger Dorn; daughter Nevaeh and son Carlas of Califronia; and step-brothers and sisters Teresa Mohler and Joel White of Lebanon, Tina and Eston Jones of Red Cloud, Nebraska, Michelle and Brad Vonfeldt of Great Bend, Kansas, Curtis and Virgene of Grinnell, Kansas, and Nellie and Del of Dodge City, Kansas.

Robin then asked where her maternal grandma was buried. So, Dianne and Wes took her to Dianne’s mother’s burial site in Missouri. Robin then found her grandmother’s, Dovie Lee McGuire Hammons, burial plot.

Robin is preceded in death by adopted mother Debbie Wills; aunt Sherry Howard; uncle Larry Howard, step-father Leonard McPherson; grandparents: Dovie Lee McGuire Hammons, Joan Taylor, James and Grace Bachelder Higby, Virgil and Lillian Helms McPherson; great-grandparents; and several great-aunts and uncles.