Patricia A Robinson

Marriage of Patricia Anne Robinson and G. Harold Klein 

The Ithaca Journal, Jun 21 1952, P. 4, Col. 3, with photo of bride

"Miss Patricia Anne Robinson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Robinson of 312 Beechwood Road, Ridgewood, N. J., formerly of Ithaca, and G. Harold Klein, son of Mrs. Bertha Klein of Milford, Conn., were married at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, June 15, 1952 at the West Side Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood, with the Rev. George Knight performing the ceremony.
  The bride, who was given in marriage by her father, wore a gown of ice blue nylon net over taffeta with fitted bodice and off-the-shoulder neckline outlined in beaded flower applique. The bouffant skirt terminated in a chapel length train. Her finger tip ice blue veil of nylon tulle was attached to a head band of tulle and lilies of the valley. She carried a cascade bouquet of lilies of the valley and flesh roses centered with a white orchid.
  Mrs. Gordon Duncan of Candor was her matron of honor and wore a floor length gown of pink marquisette and lace. In her hair she wore a halo of small pink flowers. Her bouquet was of blue delphinium and pink carnations.
  The bridesmaids were the Misses JoAnne Smith, Judy Goodstein, Margaret Schloo, and Nancy Coggeshall, all of New Jersey. Their gowns of blue were the same as the honor attendant's and they carried bouquets of pink carnations and blue delphinium.
  Mr. Allen Erickson of Endicott was the best man and the ushers were Gordon Duncan of Candor, Daniel Hall of Noank, Conn., Robert Thomas of Harvey, Ill., and Hermann Moehrbach of New York City. David Hall was ring bearer.
  ...
  Mrs. Klein was graduated from Cornell University June 9. The bridegroom also attended Cornell.
  Mr. and Mrs. Klein will make their home in New Haven, Conn."

Obituary for Dorothy Hall Sorrell
  Dorothy Sorrell, 86, early aviator, Co-founded an aerial mapping firm.
The Record [Hackensack, New Jersey], Nov 3 1996, P. 32, Cols. 1-3.

'Dorothy Hall Sorrell, a pilot, pioneer of aerial photography, and co-founder of an airline, died Oct. 31. She was 86.
  The longtime Ridgewood resident was among the nation's first women fliers. She piloted planes in the 1930s.
  Mrs. Sorrell and her first husband, Cecil S. Robinson, founded an aerial mapping company in upstate New York. Robinson Aerial Surveys still operates today out of Newton.
  Another company founded by the couple, Robintech, pioneered vibration equipment used to mount cameras to airplanes. The technology improved the Allies' ability to photograph enemy territory during World War II.
  Mrs. Sorrell and her first husband founded Robinson Airlines, which eventually became Mohawk Airlines. That airline merged with USAir.
  Family members recalled Mrs. Sorrell's love of flying.
  "She would tell us stories. I remember when she talked about taking off and an oil line ruptured in the plane. She could see absolutely nothing. The windshield was sprayed with oil," said her stepson, Clyde "Tex" Sorrell of Bergenfield. "So she was trying to turn the plane around, sticking her head out the window to see, and trying to get the plane back on the ground before the engine quit." Mrs. Sorrell's brother, William D. Hall, who operated the mapping company until he retired in 1981, said that during World War II, his sister was in the Civil Air Patrol. She worked in New York as an aircraft spotter searching for enemy aircraft.
  "People don't know that we had to draw our blinds and keep our lights to a minimum, especially in New York City," Hall said.
  Mrs. Sorrell and Robinson were divorced after the war. She later married Clyde Sorrell, an attorney in New York. He died four years ago.
  Mrs. Sorrell was a member of the West Side Presbyterian Church for more than 30 years, and was a volunteer at The Valley Hospital for more than 20 years.
  Also surviving is a daughter, Patricia Robinson Cross of Canoga Park, Calif; a stepdaughter, Susan Sorrell of Tortola, British Virgin Islands; two grandchildren; and her sisters, the Rev. Bonnie Seitz of Red Lion, Pa., and Dr. Ann Myers of Baltimore.'