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Donald Dean Robinson
Sep 19, 1936 - Dec 18, 2022
Posted by Martha Reddout

© Watts Funeral Home
Marietta, OK
(permission granted)

Donald Dean Robinson, 86, of Tishomingo, Oklahoma, passed away on Sunday, December 18, 2022, at the Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 

He was born on September 19, 1936, in Hoisington, Kansas to the late Jesse Dock Robinson and Florence Alley Matthews Robinson.  Dean was raised in Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma and after graduation he traveled working in the oil field. He later was drafted into the United States Army in November 1959.  After basic training in Fort Riley, Kansas, he attended supply schools in Fort Knox, Kentucky and Fort Belvoir, Virginia, then assigned to Columbus Army General Depot in Columbus, Ohio.  In July of 1961, re-enlisted and was reassigned to the United States Army Major Signal Relay Center at Orleans (Saran), France.  Returned to the U. S. in July 1963 to Ft. Hood, Texas, where participated in all military maneuvers in the desert near Parker, Arizona in 1964, called “Operation Desert Strike.” Transferred to U. S. Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, Texas in November 1965 assigned to ARADMAC, an Army helicopter maintenance unit organized as a home base for a one and only of its kind unit called 1st TC (Seaborne) Bn.  Modified a Navy Sea Plane Tender (the USS Albemarle) to become a Floating Aircraft Maintenance Facility, renamed USNS CORPUS CHRISTI BAY, boarded this ship in early 1966 at Charleston, S.C. and served aboard it in Viet Nam coastal waters until January of 1967.  Discharged from Army in July of 1967. Dean married Willie Lee Darby on September 10, 1973, in Tishomingo and she preceded him in death on November 4, 2012. He was affiliated with the United Pentecostal church in Tishomingo, and he enjoyed fishing, singing and playing his guitar and playing on the computer.      


Dean is survived by 2 Grandsons: William White, Louisiana; John White, Louisiana. Great Grandchild: Paige Many, many nieces, nephews and cousins    
 
Dean was preceded in death by his parents, wife and 2 stepchildren, 3 sisters and 3 brothers. 
 
Casket Bearers: Shannon Pitts, Tyler Pitts, Roy Wolf, Hayden Woods and the American Legion.    

A keepsake video is available from the funeral home.
 
FUNERAL SERVICE
Watts Funeral Home - Madill
 Wednesday, December 28, 2022
 2:00 PM
 200 South First
Madill, Oklahoma 73446
 
INTERMENT
Oakland Cemetery
 Wednesday, December 28, 2022
 221 W Hwy 70
Madill, Oklahoma 73446
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