MARTIN, Gerry Lee 1956-2016

MARTIN, BLUHM, JOHNSON

Posted By: K.L. Kittleson
Date: 8/18/2016 at 15:00:21

Obituary for Gerry Lee Martin, Jr.

Gerry Lee Martin Jr., age 59, of Lansing, Iowa, died Sunday evening, June 19, 2016, from injuries sustained in an auto accident in rural Allamakee County, Iowa.

Funeral Service will be held 10:30 a.m. Friday, June 24, 2016 at Hugeback-Johnson Funeral Home – Olson Chapel in Nashua with Rev. Vincent Fricke presiding. Interment will be held at Greenwood Cemetery in Nashua with Adrian Martin, Marty Martin, Keith Martin, Thomas Martin, Anthony Martin and Brandon Gronwoldt serving as pallbearers.

Friends may greet the family from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 23, 2016 at Hugeback-Johnson Funeral Home – Olson Chapel in Nashua, IA. Visitation continues an hour prior to the service at the funeral home on Friday.

Gerry Lee Martin Jr. was born July 9, 1956, at the old hospital in Charles City, Iowa, the son of Gerry Sr. and Shirley (Bluhm) Martin. He went to school in Oelwein, Jesup, Maynard and Nashua before graduating from Nashua High School in 1974. He then began a good and enjoyable life. He married April Johnson of Nashua. To this union two children were born.

He loved to fish, hunt, gardening and was an avid morel mushroom hunter. He loved to do these things with his wife, children and grandchildren. He especially enjoyed fishing with his grandchildren on the Mississippi River in Lansing, Iowa.

Gerry is survived by one son, Adrian (Marie) Martin of Lansing, Iowa; one daughter Lacey Priebe of Lansing, Iowa; three grandchildren, Thomas Lee Martin, Anthony Levi Martin and Allyvia Lucille Martin; two brothers Keith (Kathy) Martin of Bassett, Iowa, Marty Martin of LeRoy, Minnesota; one sister Brenda (James) Gronwoldt of LeRoy, Minnesota; many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Roy and Jeffery Martin.

Source: Hugeback-Johnson Funeral Home website