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Martin, Wilda (1904-2004)

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2004 Sep 20 p. 10

Birth date: 1904 Jun 3

text of obituary:

WILDA MARTIN

Wilda Martin, 100, of Tompkins Memorial Health Center in Fort Dodge, Iowa, died Aug. 31, 2004, at Trinity Regional Medical Center. She was born June 3, 1904, in Livingston County, Ill.

As a young child she moved with her family to the Manson, Iowa, area, where she attended Manson High School.

On Aug. 29, 1923, she married Clarence Martin at First Congregational Church in Fort Dodge.

They farmed in the Manson and Fort Dodge areas. In 1987 they moved to Friendship Haven. Her husband died on Aug. 4, 1987.

Since 1998, she has been a resident of Tompkins Memorial Health Center. She enjoyed sewing, quilting and traveling.

She was an active member at First Baptist Church of Fort Dodge, where she taught Sunday school. Later she moved her membership to Epworth United Methodist Church in Fort Dodge.

Funeral services were held at Epworth United Methodist Church. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery in Manson.

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