Memorial service for Bob Clemmer will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, April 7, 2026, at The Christian Center with Pastor Paul Craig officiating.

Burial with military honors will follow at Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin, Oklahoma.

Robert Lynn "Bob" Clemmer was called home to his Lord and Savior Sunday, March 29, 2026, leaving behind a legacy rich in love, faith, and unwavering devotion to family. Bob was born on May 6, 1945, in Hawthorne, California, to Dee and Modene Clemmer while his father worked in the shipyards there after WWII. He was the middle child whose gentle spirit and kind heart would touch the lives of everyone he encountered. Though his birth certificate read "Robert," he was known simply as "Bobby" in his early years - a name his mother had chosen and sent in with his birth certificate only to have the Department of Vital Records send it back stating that Bobby was female name and she would need to change it. He was known later as "Bob" to the many friends, neighbors, and family.

Bob grew up in Lawton, Oklahoma, where his father opened Farmer's Lumber Company in 1948. From an early age, he was shaped by the values of hard work and community. As a boy, he was active in the Boy Scouts and Rodeo Play Days, and as a teenager, he worked alongside his father in a side business crafting rubber horse trailer mats - cutting strips from tires with a special machine. Those formative years laid a foundation of diligence and integrity that would define him throughout his life.

It was at Lawton High School during his senior year that Bob met Sue Ann Wright, and from that first meeting, he never looked back. Their love story - deep, steady, and full of grace - would span 61 years. They married in August 1963, just before Bob shipped off to Basic Training at Ft Lee, and they carried their vows faithfully through every season of life that followed. Together they welcomed three children: Susan, born at Bob's first duty station in Germany, and later Tracy and Robby.

By 1970, Bob and his brother-in-law John Clark had become partners in Farmer's Lumber. When Dee retired and John later opened his own lumberyard in Minco, Oklahoma, Bob carried on as the sole owner, stewarding the family business with the same care and character his father had instilled in him.

The defining chapter of Bob's life began in 1972 when he turned his heart over to the Lord at First Baptist Church in Marlow, OK. From that moment, faith was not merely a part of his life - it was the very center of it. Bob and Sue devoted themselves wholeheartedly to the Lord, working with youth from 1974 to 1978 at Paradise Valley Baptist Church, leading trips to Falls Creek and a mission journey to Mexico. They attended The Full Gospel Businessmen's Fellowship conferences which strengthened their walk with God. His spiritual walk continued to deepen as they became part of Lawton Christian Fellowship, later Grace Fellowship, and finally The Christian Center. Bob and Sue faithfully taught Sunday school to the littlest ones - the 2's and 3's class - for 25 years.

Bob built a home in the rural Lawton area and poured himself into being a businessman, husband, and father, eventually stepping away from his long-time hobby of racing super modified class cars at Lawton Speedway. Bob lived his faith with actions, not just words. He was a man who quietly and consistently helped the less fortunate - teaching skills, offering employment, and giving of himself without fanfare. For years, he tucked "The Good News" pamphlets into his monthly lumberyard statements, and his business signage always bore the name of Jesus. He was as dependable as a rock - a man you could always count on. He cultivated the work ethic in his children through family businesses and supported every interest and endeavor his children pursued so they could grow and thrive.

When the rise of mega home improvement stores led to the closure of the lumberyard in 1988, Bob embraced a new season- spending the next decade antiquing with Sue and filling their home and heart with beloved treasures and enjoying their three grandchildren.

In 1996, Bob and Sue bought the family property east of Lawton - the home his parents built in 1966, where Clemmer Boarding Kennels had first opened in 1969. They re-opened as Clemmer Pet Resort. For 25 years, they created a welcoming haven where families trusted them with their beloved dogs and cats. It was a labor of love, as so many things in Bob's life were. When Sue's health began to decline in 2019, Bob brought in family to take over the kennel, and he stayed by her side until her passing in 2024. He was devoted to her to the very end.

Bob was a man who genuinely loved people. He was cheerful and warm in conversation, always curious about the lives and adventures of those he met. He had a gift for making people feel seen and valued. Bob now joins those who went before him to Heaven: his beloved wife Sue, his son Robert Dee (Robby), his parents Dee and Modene, his sister Beverly, and brothers and sisters in the Lord too numerous to count. He is free.

Bob is survived by his daughter Susan Michelle (Shelly) and her husband Jimmy Dale (JD) Walker Jr. of Norman, Oklahoma; his daughter Tracy Lynn and her husband John Hambrick Jr. of Lawton, Oklahoma; his three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren: Kayla and Luke Myers, and their children Shepherd and Griffin, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Grayson Walker and his son Levi of Norman, Oklahoma; and Sara and Florian Helff, and their children Anna, Sophie, and Sebastian, of Kenmore, Washington.

"Well done, good and faithful servant." - Matthew 25:23

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