John Marquis Robinson © Enid News and Eagle 02-01-2011 Submitted by: Jo Aguirre
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ENID — Funeral service for John Marquis Robinson will be 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011, at Marshall Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Brian Bixler officiating. Interment will be in Waynoka Municipal Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva.
John Marquis Robinson Jr., 96 of Alva, was born July 29, 1914, on the old home place, eight miles east of Waynoka, Okla., in the Highland area to John Marquis Sr. and Sarah Jessie (Yocam) Robinson.
He grew up in and around the Waynoka and Highland areas of Woods County. John passed away in the early morning of Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011.
On Oct. 4, 1934, John married Dorthea (Quinn) at Pilgrim Holiness Church of Hopeton. They started their married life on the ‘Old Home Place.’ John worked at the Ice Plant in Waynoka and later took a job with Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co. He retired in 1974 after 30 years of service.
John and Dorthea were members of First Church of God in Waynoka and Amarillo, Texas, later joining the Washington Avenue Christian Church, also in Amarillo.
John was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Dorthea; his brothers, Roy Robinson and Clyde Robinson; his sister, Sylvia Chritton; son-in-law, James A. (Jim) Case; and other relatives and friends.
He is survived by two daughters, Elaine Hamilton and husband Herb of Texarkana, Ark., and Lorraine Case of Alva; grandson, Mark Bixler and wife Cindy of Texarkana, Ark.; granddaughters, Angelia Case and Valarie Case of Alva; great-grandsons, Bryan Bixler and wife Kelly of Texarkana, Ark., and Brent Bixler and wife Mindy of Little Rock, Ark.; great-great-granddaughters, Madelyn and Kathryn Bixler of Texarkana, Ark.; and Share roommate, Bob Love; other special nephews, nieces, other relatives and friends.
Memorial contributions may be made through the funeral home to Share Medical Center Activity Fund.
Remembrances may be shared with the family at www.marshallfuneralhomes.com.
(Submitted by family)
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