Robin Renee Exum

Dear Jordan, Ashley, Sara, and Ian, children of Robin Parker,
I can't imagine the grief and sadness in your hearts over the passing of your mother, Robin Parker. She is sorely missed.
I met Robin in 2022, but I felt like I had known her for 13 years. How can that be, you may ask. David Egbert, and my son Michael Egbert talked about Robin with unprecedented admiration and respect, as a reliable and thorough Medical Chart Retrieval Specialist, who traveled to far flung corners of the United States. Most significant was how Robin conducted herself; Robin's character. Robin was larger than life!
In 2022 my son, Michael Egbert, the owner of Scanning Sherpas blessed me with the privilege of assisting with travel for Technicians. and the first event was a Summit for all technicians in Salt Lake City. Now I would meet the legendary people that were highly regarded and significant in Michael's life. I would finally meet Robin Parker! Robin was exactly as David and Michael had said- kind, tenacious, committed, stoic, and consistent.
Robin became a dear friend of mine. We shared our ups and downs, the many challenges, and also the experiences that in later conversations we would laugh about together. One experience was Robin's drive to Fort Kent Maine. She drove through a snowstorm, on a very narrow road. She sent me pictures of her windshield, her hands frozen to the steering wheel. She allowed an elk the right of way, as it sauntered across the road, in white out conditions. She laughed, and we both prayed hard!
Once in a while Robin would check into a hotel and the front desk was less than welcoming. I advised Robin to tell the front desk that Peter Parker was her brother. A few times I had spoken to the front desk prior to Robin's arrival, to request a ground floor room. If the hotel pushed back I would say, "You know, Robin Parker's brother is Peter Parker." Robin would then get the best room available.
Robin was sentimental. Once I found Robin cozied up in her hotel room with a burger and blankie watching the Hallmark Channel. It happens all the time!
Robin loved you, Jordan, Sara, Ian, Ashley. You were always on her mind. She was secretly thrilled when one of you totaled her car. She said "Yaye, I get to buy a new car!!!" She was devastated when Ian's hand was severely injured.
Robin was a lifter. She lifted my soul so many times. She had a way of making one feel like they made a difference in her world. Truth be known, it was Robin who made the difference in my world. If Robin was in a city on the first Sunday of the month, she would go to her church and would take fridge magnets that would say in effect :"you matter, you are special, God loves you, have a beautiful week." Robin would get to the church early and observe those in attendance. She would then quietly approach any stranger that she felt needed the little magnet and stay by their side during the meeting. After one meeting, a woman who had brought flowers for a Sunday School class approached Robin, gave her the flowers and said "Will you please move here?"
Robin loved God and Jesus Christ. Robin would also take any opportunity to share her belief with total strangers. I was amazed at how Robin shared her love of the Saviour with ease. Robin shared this love with David and my age 17 year old's Sunday School Class I placed on her work calendar on Sunday, "TESTIFY" -in perpetuity.
Robin had many health issues, and she bravely moved forward with faith, perseverance and love.

Robin Parker, I love you. I will cherish you forever.

You are My Angel!
Love,
Lori Egbert
Your Travel Angel


Lori Mortensen Egbert
erocktravel@gmail.com
Elephant Rock Travel & Adventures
(801)425-0342

Dear Family of Robin,

We are missing Robin and it is unimaginable how you are all feeling. It was a privilege to work with Robin for more than 13 years. We sent her to every corner of our country from Alaska to Florida and from California to Maine and many states in between. Robin never complained about where we would ask her to go.

Never did I hear disparaging or critical feedback from any of the providers she serviced. On the contrary, there were messages such as, Robin is so efficient and thorough, kind and helpful, quick and accurate, and knowledgeable with her work. When she entered the room she brought a light and uplifting feeling to everyone.

I am confident that our Saviour, Jesus Christ, and Redeemer has received Robin into His loving embrace and I pray that you all will feel the blessings of comfort from our loving Heavenly Father. I for one have been blessed immensely for knowing Robin during my journey in this life on earth and look forward to seeing Robin again.

God bless you all.

Robin has been such a wonderful friend to countless people over the years. Her smile, laugh, & testimony lit up the entire room she happened to be in, no matter where she happened to be. We are feeling this grievous loss because such a brilliant and wonderful light on this earth has gone out. We love you, Robin, & we will miss you. Rest well, my dear friend.

I worked with Robin some years ago and we just clicked. She had the best sense of humor, loved to laugh and had the best smile. I had just finished helping a customer one time and told her I let the customer know many times what my name was but the customer kept calling me “Evna”. Since then Robin’s nickname for me was Evna lol. We wouldn’t talk all the time but when we did it was as if we never skipped a beat. She loved her family and talked about them often. She was such a beautiful person, inside and out. Condolences for the family and will keep you all in prayers. Robin was a big reason I decided to do a solo trip of my own to another country ❤️. She inspired me and she will be missed.

It was so good seeing and talking to her at our class reunion. Rip my friend

I met Robin in junior high, and from that moment, we remained friends through all the years. ❤️ Even though life took us in different directions, we always supported and encouraged each other through Facebook and Instagram.

Oh, how I’m going to miss you, my friend. 💔 Your presence, your kindness, and the memories we shared will always hold a special place in my heart.

Rest easy, Robin, until we meet again. 🕊️❤️ You will never be forgotten.

I first met Sister Robin Parker 2006. Her sweet spirit alone would fill any room. Her presence alone would have all your troubles go away just being near her. So many memories over the years is what will remain with me. She was a go getter and always always had a "Smile" on her face.

To Robin’s family and loved ones,

I want you to know just how much your mom meant to me and how grateful I am that life brought her into mine.

I had the pleasure of meeting Robin on a work trip to Dallas. I remember picking her up at the airport, and there she was with that big, contagious smile on her face. There was just something about her. I knew almost immediately that we were going to be friends.

As soon as she got into the car, she said, “Hey, do you want to go to Waco?” I gave her a little side-eye and said, “Okay… do you have some kind of fascination with the Waco compound crimes?” She laughed so hard. She said, “No! I want to go see Joanna Gaines’ Magnolia and all the shops!” And just like that, we were off on our first adventure together.

That memory makes me smile because that was Robin. She could turn an ordinary work trip into a memory you would still be laughing about years later.

We later worked together in Miami, and after our workdays we would spend time at the beach, grab something to eat, sit and talk, and just enjoy life. I remember driving around with her one day when I noticed that the voice on her GPS had a British accent. Then I heard it say something like, “Take a right at the slip road.” I started laughing and said, “Robin, what in the world is a slip road?” She laughed and said, “The exit! Take the exit!” We laughed so hard about it.

Robin had such a love for all things British, so of course even her GPS had to be British. After that, every time that GPS lady told us to take the “slip road,” it became our little joke. It’s funny how something so small and silly can become one of the memories you treasure the most.

Work may have been what originally connected us, but it didn’t take long before our friendship had very little to do with work.

One of my favorite memories happened when we were both working in California. We were covering different regions, and one evening Robin was coming out of Bakersfield while I was heading into Bakersfield. Of course, we were on the phone with each other.

We started asking, “What mile marker are you at?”

We kept getting closer and closer until we realized we were about to pass each other. And sure enough, there we were—going opposite directions down the highway, passing one another while still talking on the phone. We laughed so hard. Even after we passed each other, we stayed on that phone for hours until we both reached our hotels for the next leg of our trips.

Those are the moments I will treasure now.

Robin started out as a work friend, but somewhere along the way, without either of us probably even realizing when it happened, she became one of my best friends.

She was one of the easiest people in the world to talk to. Robin was a night owl living on the East Coast, and I lived on the West Coast, so I always knew there was a pretty good chance she would still be a wake when I wanted or needed someone to talk to. We spent countless late nights on the phone.

And to her children and grandchildren, please know that you were part of those conversations so often.

We talked about our children. We talked about our grandbabies. We talked about life, family, work, things that were bothering us, things that made us proud, and sometimes absolutely nothing important at all. We would laugh until our stomachs hurt over the smallest things.

Those conversations gave me the opportunity to know another side of your mom—the woman behind the coworker, behind the friend, and behind that contagious smile. I got to know her as a mother and grandmother who loved her family deeply. You were such a huge part of her world.

I hope in the days ahead, when the grief feels especially heavy, you remember that your mom’s life touched people far beyond what you may ever fully know. There are people like me who are carrying pieces of her with us because of the friendship, laughter, kindness, and memories she gave us.

I will miss her beautiful smile. I will miss her sense of humor. I will miss her kindness. I will even miss that little bit of spiciness she could bring out when the moment called for it—and those of us who knew her know exactly what I mean.

But more than anything, I will miss simply knowing that she was there.

I will miss knowing I could pick up the phone late at night and hear her voice on the other end. I will miss our belly laughs, our random conversations, our work adventures, and those moments that seemed so ordinary at the time but now feel incredibly precious.

When I think about Robin, I genuinely struggle to think of anything negative. She had such a good heart. She was simply a wonderful woman who brought light, laughter, and friendship into my life.

I feel incredibly fortunate that all those years ago, a work trip to Dallas put two women in the same car together. Neither of us could have known that day that it would turn into years of friendship, adventures, beaches, highways, late-night conversations, stories about our children and grandchildren, and memories I would one day hold this tightly.

I loved your mom dearly, and I will miss my friend more than words can properly express.

Thank you for sharing her with the rest of us.

And I hope you always know that outside of the family who loved her so deeply, there were friends like me who loved her too.

Her friendship was a gift to me, and I will carry her laughter, her smile, her stories, and a little bit of that Robin spiciness with me for the rest of my life.

And I have a feeling that anytime I hear someone say “slip road,” I’ll hear Robin laughing right along with me. ❤️

With all my love and deepest condolences.