Florencemae Bailey Robertson

Florencemae Bailey Robertson was born on November 30, 1915 in Hastings, Nebraska. She passed away on December 9, 2007. Florencemae spent her youth in Muskogee, Oklahoma, moving to OKC in her early teens and graduating from Classen High School. She skipped 2 grades due to her love for school and education. Florencemae received her B.A. from the University of Oklahoma at 20 years old and was teaching at Northeast High School at 21. Florencemae left education during World War II to be the Administrator of Aluminum Procurement at Douglass Aircraft, now Tinker Field. After the war, she returned to Northeast as a teacher while working on her Master's degree in Education at O.U. and U.C.L.A during the summers. She taught European History, American History, English, French, Latin, and Journalism. Her first of many trips to Europe in 1949 was on the Queen Elizabeth II. Her next teaching assignment was at Harding High School where she met William Henry 'Bill' Robertson, an educational sales executive for North American Life Insurance. They were married on May 5, 1951 and had two children, David Kent and Edith Alexa. After raising two children, Florencemae went back to teaching at Heritage Hall in 1969. For the next several decades, she traveled throughout Europe over 30 times during her summer breaks. Florencemae retired from Heritage Hall in 1988, but returned as a volunteer to team teach with Dr. John Powell until 2002. The History Award for Achievement at Heritage is named in her honor. Her greatest pleasures were her family, learning, reading, and her Christian Science faith. She was a member of the First Church of Christ Science, Nichols Hills. She was grateful to be an American and felt as if the electric garage door opener and Caller I.D. were the best inventions of the 20th Century. In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions be made to the Heritage Hall or the animal charity of your choice. Services will be at Hahn-Cook, Street and Draper on Saturday, December 15, 2007, at 2:00 p.m.