Martha Lee Lesnett

Martha Lee Wilson Lesnett “Marty” Martha Lee Lesnett “Marty” was born on November 23, 1925 to Dallas Earl and Alta Lee Wilson in Enid, OK. Martha attended schools in Enid, Fay and Waukomis, OK and in Pasadena, CA and graduated from High School in Enid in 1943. She met and married Howard Keith Lesnett in June of 1946 while they were working for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in Enid, OK. They had two children while living in Enid, a son, Steven Alan, in 1948 and a daughter, Jo Allyson, in 1951. They lived in Enid, El Reno, and Warr Acres until 1960, when they moved to Lompoc, CA, where they lived for 30 years, except for 9 years when they lived in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. In 1990, they moved to San Antonio, TX and in 1994, they moved to Watonga, OK to be near her sister, Rita Clewell. Her husband, Howard, preceded her in death in 1998, after 52 years of marriage. She continued to live in Watonga, OK until May of 2012 when her daughter took her to her home in Ventura, CA to care for her while in ill health until her death at age 87 on March 15, 2013. Martha was a full time mom until the move to CA, when she began working in retail sales at J.C. Penney’s and then as manager at Remar’s Women’s Apparel in Lompoc and at Chalet D’Or Jewelers in St. Thomas, USVI. In 1980, she opened her own shop, Marty’s Needlecrafts, and retired in 1986. Martha is survived by her son, Steve, who lives with his wife, Lori, in Granbury, TX; daughter, Jo Allyson Wilmoth, who lives with her husband, Robert, in Ventura, CA; grandchildren Toni Rae and Steve, Jr. in TX; great-grandchildren, Faron and Grady in TX; sister, Rita Clewell and her husband, Clemon of Watonga, OK. Services will be held in Watonga, Oklahoma later this week. Assisting the family with funeral arrangements is the Perez Family Funeral Home in Camarillo, CA.