Tobie Robatel
1850–1935 (age 85)
Biography
Tobie Robatel, born in 1850, steered a Lyonnais industrial complex through the rapid changes of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, balancing the demands of expanding manufacturing with care for the skilled artisans and workers who kept his plants humming.
He was known for listening to civic leaders and supporting the Croix-Rousse neighborhood where his factory families lived, leaving a legacy of thoughtful stewardship that endures in the memories of the nouveau cimetière de la Croix-Rousse where he now rests.