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Karis Ann Robinett, 32, of Lake City, MI finished her earthly race and was welcomed into glory on May 21, 2024, after a short battle with leiomyosarcoma. She was born July 5, 1991, in Owatonna, MN to Glen and Traci (Hall) Robinett. She was thankful to have been homeschooled from kindergarten through high school and graduated in 2009. Upon graduation, she attended Pensacola Christian College, and was grateful for her employment in their dining services which allowed her to graduate debt-free with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree. On December 31, 1996, Karis accepted Jesus as her Savior and began a journey of determined, unshakeable faith. As a child, she loved participating in church activities including AWANA, VBS, Christmas musicals, children’s choir, or helping in set up and clean-up of activities. At the age of 15, she determined to live her life in support and participation in missions at home or abroad. Having a strong, adventurous spirit, she loved foreign missions most of all. Her first trip was to Thailand with Xtreme Impact through Liberty University. In 2008, she joined Operation Renewed Hope, passed their teen boot camp, and was able to join them the same year on a medical mission trip to Cambodia. The results of that trip are still impacting villages with churches that didn’t exist back then, to thriving bodies of believers today. This trip fueled her desire to become a nurse. After becoming an RN, she traveled on two more trips with ORH in 2016 to Albania and Peru. In 2019, she traveled to Kenya with Truth for Today Medical Missions where she met some of the people her grandmother, Ann Hall, had served with over 15 years earlier. At home, she used her nursing skills at the Reed City Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital, and Mary Free Bed at Home. She also used her skills to help friends and family with everything from band-aids, and ear cleanings, to helping her aunt, Wilma Barnhart overcome COVID, and end of life care for her grandfather, James Robinett. Her spiritual gifts of teaching and giving were not wasted. Whether on the mission field, at home with her nieces and nephews, or in church, she loved teaching children about Jesus through Bible stories, songs, games, and gifts. Her sense of humor was enjoyed by everyone who met her, and she was always ready for an adventure. She loved the outdoors, game nights with friends, watching old movies with her mom while drinking hot cocoa and eating cookies, quoting movie lines with her dad and brother, laughing, chatting, and pulling pranks. “Auntie” was one of her favorite titles. She deeply loved her nieces and nephews, Elizabeth, Gideon, Adelaide, and Jethro, as well as others who claimed her as their aunt. She will be greatly missed by her parents whom she honored throughout her life, her brother Levi and wife Lydia Robinett, nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins, friends, and the many lives she has touched. Services will be held at Evergreen Bible Baptist Church, 1972 Saunders Rd SE, Kalkaska, MI, on Tuesday, May 28, at 12:00 p.m. Family will receive friends that would like to reminisce, grieve, and celebrate prior to the service beginning at 10:00 a.m. at church. Arrangements provided by Wolfe-O'Neill Funeral Home, our family serving yours.

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Karis Ann Robinett

July 5, 1991 - May 21, 2024