Janet Iona Martin 1931-2009

JAHNKE, SCHMIDT, MARTIN, OCONNELL, GENO, MONSERUD, SCHMIDT

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Date: 1/24/2010 at 18:37:12

Janet I. Martin, 78, of Waukon, died Monday, December 21, 2009, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, MN. Funeral services were held Thursday, December 24, at 10 a.m. at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Waukon, with Fr. Joseph Schneider officiating. Burial was held in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Waukon. Martin Funeral Home, Waukon, helped with the arrangements.

Janet Iona Martin was born March 9, 1931 in Garnavillo, the daughter of Herbert and Elnora (Jahnke) Schmidt. She attended a rural country school in Allamakee County, graduated from Waterville High School in 1948 and attended Luther College in Decorah and graduated from Upper Iowa University in Fayette. June 21, 1949 she married Francis Martin at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Waukon. Janet was a teacher for the Allamakee Community School District for 29 years, retiring in 1993. She was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church. Janet enjoyed spending time with her family and friends, reading, gardening, crocheting and needle work.

Survivors include her husband, Francis Martin of Waukon; her children, Jean Ann O’Connell of Chicago, IL, Dave Martin of Waterloo, Deb (Joe) Geno of Rochester, MN, Jeff (Lori) Martin of Waukon and Greg (Jan) Martin of New Providence, NJ; seven grandchildren, Adam, Alison, Courtney and Brendan Martin, Caitlin O’Connell, Marty (Wendi) Geno, Nikki (Chris) Kalkbrenner; three great-grandchildren, Conor Kalkbrenner, Emma and Addy Geno; a sister, Jean Monserud of Waukon and a brother, Herbert “Bud” (Kathy) Schmidt, Jr. of Waterville. She was preceded in death by her parents and a son-in-law, Robert O’Connell.

Casketbearers were her grandchildren and their spouses.

Waukon, Iowa newspaper, THE STANDARD, December 30, 2009

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