Robert Leo Martin © Enid News and Eagle 09-2016 Submitted by: Glenn
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The funeral service for Robert Leo Martin is 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016, at the First Presbyterian Church, with Martha Evans officiating. Interment is in Alva Municipal Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva. There will be a visitation Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016, with the family from 7-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Robert L. Martin Sr. was born in Barnard, Lincoln County, Kansas, on July 6, 1929, the son of Leo Howell and Mabelle Anna Robison Martin. He passed away Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016. Bob and Mary Jo were married in April, 1952. In 1958, they moved to Alva where Bob was the general manager of KALV radio. In 1966, Bob joined the faculty at Northwestern Oklahoma State University where he was an assistant professor of speech until his retirement in 1994. He received the John Sheffield Teacher of the Year Award in 1994.
Besides his parents, Bob was preceded in death by one sister, Geneva Weaver.
He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Mary Jo; and his children, Robert Jr. of Grove; and Dana Golbek, of Kingfisher. Additional family members include two grandsons and their wives, Eric and Requil Golbek, and their children, Ethan, Andrew and Emily, of Tulsa; and Mark and Chelsea Golbek, and their children, Cord and Chloe, of Kingfisher. Bob is also survived by his sister, Maxine White Branine of Pueblo, Colo.; and seven nieces and nephews who reside in Colorado and Kansas; other relatives and many friends.
In lieu of flowers, donations my be made through the funeral home in Mr. Martin's name to the Northwestern Oklahoma State University Foundation, or the Alva Presbyterian Church Organ Renovation Fund.
Remembrances may be shared with the family at www.MarshallFuneralHome.com.
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