Martha Lenora Robnett

Martha Lenora Robnett of Ft. Cobb, Oklahoma, passed away on December 28, 2016 in the Shannon Springs Nursing Home in Chickasha, Oklahoma. Martha lived a full life of 90 years before going home to meet her Lord. Martha was born to Napoleon Bonapart Robnett and Frances May Christian on December 25, 1926, which made her a Christmas gift. She attended and graduated from Washita Public School in 1944. She then attended college and graduated from the University of Hawaii in 1951. Martha also attended Cameron University in Lawton and graduated from the University of Oklahoma. She taught school for awhile but decided to leave her job as a teacher at the El Paso Technical Institute in El Paso, Texas and join the U. S. Navy in 1952. Martha was assigned to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, where her duty assignment was that of Communications Watch Officer. While in the Navy she became an Expert Rifleman and an Expert Pistolman. Martha enjoyed going to pistol matches, on August 30 to September 3 in 1954 she was at a pistol match at Camp Perry, Ohio where she was with five others, one of them being General Eisenhower's personal secretary, Helen Weaver. Martha owned and operated a gift shop in Norman, Oklahoma called "Pot of Gold" for 16 years before coming back to Fort Cobb to the family farm and beginning her tenure as a farmer/rancher. Martha was an extremely gifted, hard working and fun loving lady to be around. She had so many stories to tell of her many adventures, that was always a joy to sit and listen too. Left to cherish her memory is her sister, Alberta Foreman of Wynnewood, Oklahoma; nephews: Joe Robnett, Jimmy McNeally, Steve O'Neal and Randy McNeally; nieces: Gayle Horlivy, Shirley Ann McNeally, Carol Nowlin, Peggy Pitzer and Cindy Winchester; a host of other relatives and many loving friends.Martha is preceded in death by her parents; brother, Roland Robnett; sisters: Agnes Staggs, Ola Santacruz, Odlee Crawford, Rosie O'Neal, and Lucille McNeally; niece, Shirley Dorsey; nephews: Cason McNeally, Ronnie Robnett, Donnie Tusinger, and Larry Crawford. Her funeral service will be Monday January 2nd at 2:00 pm in the Ft. Cobb Funeral Home with interment to follow in the Oak Grove Cemetery, Fort Cobb under the direction of Fort Cobb Funeral Home.Condolences may be sent to the family at www.smithfuneralservices.com

Martha Lenora Robnett

December 25, 1926 - December 28, 2016

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