Winifred M. Martin
March 29, 1915 — September 24, 2003
Winifred M. Martin, 88, of Manchester, died Wednesday afternoon, September 24, 2003 at Linn Manor Care Center, Marion, Iowa, following a brief illness.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 am on Saturday, September 27, 2003, at the Gospel Hall, Manchester, with Robert Orr officiating. Friends may call from 4:00 pm until 9:00 pm on Friday at the Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Manchester, and after 9:30 am on Saturday at the Gospel Hall. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery in Masonville, Iowa.
Winifred was born March 29, 1915, in Coffins Grove Township, Manchester, Iowa, the daughter of Fred C. & Lillian A. (Reed) Kimball. She attended school in Manchester. On October 3, 1936, Winifred was united in marriage to John Allen Martin, Sr. in Waterloo, Iowa. The couple moved to Ottumwa, Iowa and then in 1946 moved back to the Manchester area, settling in Coffins Grove Township. In 1976, the couple moved to their home on Doctor Street in Manchester. John died June 18, 1977. Winifred continued to live in their home until moving to the Good Neighbor Home in February of 2001.
Winifred attended the Gospel Hall in Manchester. Winifred was a true homemaker and her joy was raising her family.
Winifred?s family includes four daughters and their husbands, Sue Ellen & Kenneth Gentz of Manchester, Iowa, Linda & Garey Entsminger of Manchester, Iowa, Merry Beth & Richard Baker, of Rockford, Illinois, and Julie Anne & Allan Kluiter of Clarksville, Iowa; twenty-two grandchildren; thirty-five great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Evelyn Lighty of Clarence, New York; two daughters-in-law, Fran Martin and Marlene Ryan both of Manchester; and one sister-in-law, Jean Watson of Pasco, Washington.
Preceding in death are her parents, Fred C. & Lillian A. Kimball; her husband, John Allen Martin, Sr.; two sons, John Allen Martin, Jr., and Gerald Curtis Martin; two great-grandchildren, Stephanie Martin and Andrew Gentz; and four brothers, Delbert, Robert, Roy, and Walter Kimball.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 am on Saturday, September 27, 2003, at the Gospel Hall, Manchester, with Robert Orr officiating. Friends may call from 4:00 pm until 9:00 pm on Friday at the Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Manchester, and after 9:30 am on Saturday at the Gospel Hall. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery in Masonville, Iowa.
Winifred was born March 29, 1915, in Coffins Grove Township, Manchester, Iowa, the daughter of Fred C. & Lillian A. (Reed) Kimball. She attended school in Manchester. On October 3, 1936, Winifred was united in marriage to John Allen Martin, Sr. in Waterloo, Iowa. The couple moved to Ottumwa, Iowa and then in 1946 moved back to the Manchester area, settling in Coffins Grove Township. In 1976, the couple moved to their home on Doctor Street in Manchester. John died June 18, 1977. Winifred continued to live in their home until moving to the Good Neighbor Home in February of 2001.
Winifred attended the Gospel Hall in Manchester. Winifred was a true homemaker and her joy was raising her family.
Winifred?s family includes four daughters and their husbands, Sue Ellen & Kenneth Gentz of Manchester, Iowa, Linda & Garey Entsminger of Manchester, Iowa, Merry Beth & Richard Baker, of Rockford, Illinois, and Julie Anne & Allan Kluiter of Clarksville, Iowa; twenty-two grandchildren; thirty-five great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Evelyn Lighty of Clarence, New York; two daughters-in-law, Fran Martin and Marlene Ryan both of Manchester; and one sister-in-law, Jean Watson of Pasco, Washington.
Preceding in death are her parents, Fred C. & Lillian A. Kimball; her husband, John Allen Martin, Sr.; two sons, John Allen Martin, Jr., and Gerald Curtis Martin; two great-grandchildren, Stephanie Martin and Andrew Gentz; and four brothers, Delbert, Robert, Roy, and Walter Kimball.
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