She grew up in West Bountiful, Utah. As a child she worked on the farm and rode horses with her father. She learned her gentleness and love from her mother.

LaVinia attended South Davis Jr. High and Davis High School, serving as Student Body Vice President at both schools. She was also crowned Future Farmers of America queen. As a teenager, she was liked by all. Often at school dances, instead of meeting with the popular boys and girls, she directed the boy she was dancing with to the sidelines to visit with those who hadn’t been dancing.

After high school, she attended Brigham Young University for a year, where she danced with the Brighamettes, then later worked for Zions Bank.

In 1957, after a three-year courtship, she married M. Moreno Robins in the Logan Temple. After making their home in Salt Lake, Seattle, and back to Salt Lake, they moved to Provo in 1963, where she lived for the rest of her life. From 1984-1987, she and Moreno served as Mission Leaders in Guadalajara, Mexico. From 1996-1998 they were leaders at the Guatemala Missionary Training Center. LaVinia could be found playing the piano at most of the mission meetings. As one of their missionaries reminds us, “Hermana Robins was the reason the missionaries smiled!”

She was known as a fun lady who loved jokes and made friends with everyone she met and always made people laugh with her witty sense of humor.

LaVinia has always been an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served for years as Jr. Sunday School Coordinator, in the Relief Society, and the Young Women organization. In Primary, she taught the “Firelights” to knit and the “Trekker” boys to build things. She served for three years as the Stake Girls Camp Director where she provided all camp goers with guitar lessons and she compiled a “Camp Songs” book for them.

She was very involved with the Utah County Medical Auxiliary, including serving as President. This auxiliary focused on service to the community, including improving free medical care.

Her husband, Moreno, observed, “Her main desire in life was to be a mother, and she filled that role perfectly. She always had time to leave what she was doing to listen to her children or help with their projects.” LaVinia supported her children with all their many activities, including sports, dance, music, and horse shows. The children competed on the horses, but their mother put in the most work as the chef, cowboy costume designer, hairdresser, etc. She sat on the bleachers for hours cheering them on. She sent her five children on missions to Michigan, Japan, Chile, Mexico and Spain.

She is survived by those five children, Marisa (Kevin) Nielsen, Mesa, AZ, Kipp (Tammy) Robins, Orem, UT, Melita (David) Hill, Farmington, UT, LaDonn (Marlin) Christianson, Provo, UT, Tanya (Doug) Lee, Ephraim UT, 34 grandchildren and 92 great grandchildren (ages 17 and younger, with three more on the way) all of whom love and respect her.

Over the years, LaVinia and Moreno also welcomed six young people into their home for an extended period of time – Arlan Riggs, Steve Robins, Jan Biakeddy, Steve Bird, Aytana Pomar and Justin Norris.

She us preceded in death by her husband, Moreno, and her three sisters, Karleen Winegar, Doris Keith, and Donna Wood.

The family thanks Lina Hansen, full-time caregiver, for the past 2 1/2 years, enabling LaVinia and Moreno to stay in their home where they felt most comfortable.

We thank all of LaVinia’s family and friends for loving and caring for her through the years. She sure loved you!

Funeral services will be held Saturday, April 11, 2026, at 11 a.m. at the Edgemont 7th ward building, 555 E. 3230 N. Provo, UT. A viewing will be held Friday evening, April 10 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Sundberg Olpin Mortuary located at 495 South State Street, Orem, UT and on Saturday prior to the service from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the church. Burial will be in the Orem City Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please feel free to donate to the Missionary Fund of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or your favorite charity.

Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.SundbergOlpinMortuary.com.