Naomi Pena

Naomi Wilson Pena, age 87, of Sweeny, Texas, passed away on December 27, 2020. She was born on March 24, 1933 in Kingfisher, Oklahoma and raised there by her mother Clara Tobacco and her father, Louis Wilson. She was sent to the Haskell Indian Boarding School in Lawrence, Kansas where she received her education. She later met and married husband, Horace Pena, and lived in his hometown of Robstown, Texas and later moved to Sweeny, Texas where she worked for the Sweeny School District for many years and eventually retired from there. Naomi and her husband Horace owned a place in Sargent, Texas where they would go every weekend and enjoy fishing and fellowshipping with the friends they knew there. Naomi spent the last few years living at the Fountains Assisted Living Center where she found peace and comfort.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Horace Pena and her two sons, Louis Ybarra and Horace Pena, Jr.

Naomi is survived by her two sons, David Kaw of Lake Jackson and Lorenzo Pena and wife, Ana of West Columbia; 9 grandchildren; and 8 great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be held Saturday, January 2, 2020 at C. T. Baker & Sons Funeral Home in West Columbia from 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm.

Funeral services will be held 10:00 am Monday, January 4, 2020 also at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Sweeny Cemetery.