F. Darlene Martin-Wiebenga

MARTIN, WIEBENGA, BELLAMY, WYANT, SHARP, WIIK, CHALUPECKY, HAMILTON, DRECKMAN, BASLER, HUNTLEY, KIRK, SCHWAKE, FRASER

Posted By: Ruth Maring- Volunteer (email)
Date: 2/11/2007 at 07:57:18

The Clinton Herald
Published: February 09, 2007 11:42 pm

F. Darlene Martin-Wiebenga

Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the Fulton Chapel Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home

SERVICES: 10:30 a.m. Monday at Second Reformed Church, Fulton, with the Revs. Royanne Mathews and Wayne Carvell co-officiating

FULTON, Ill. — F. Darlene Martin-Wiebenga, 66, of Fulton, died Friday at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.

Burial will be in Fulton Township Cemetery, Fulton.

She was born May 18, 1940, in Salt Lake City to Roy and Iola Bellamy Wyant. She married Merle M. Martin on Nov. 3, 1962, in Plainfield, Wis. He died in December 2000. She married Harvey P. Wiebenga on May 17, 2003, in Fulton.

She was employed as a Certified Nurses Assistant for Bickford Cottage in Cedar Falls and most recently in Clinton.

She was a Certified Christian Worker with the General Council of the Assemblies of God. She was active in the Coffee Break Ministry of Second Reformed Church, Fulton.

Survivors include her husband; three daughters, Peggy (Dave) Sharp of Reedsburg, Wis., Donna (Andrew) Wiik of Fulton and Jo Ann Chalupecky of Hillsboro, Wis.; two sons, the Rev. Keith (Karen) Martin of Clinton and Dale (Lara) Martin of Clinton; a stepdaughter, Darla Wiebenga of Fulton; two stepsons, Dalbert (Bette) Wiebenga of Morrison, Ill., and Dean (Jennifer) Wiebenga of West Dundee, Ill.; 15 grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren; three great-grandchildren; five sisters, Arliss (Jim) Hamilton of Cedar Falls, Ann Dreckman of Madison, Ohio, Wanda (Wally) Basler of St. John, Ind., Marilyn (Mike) Augabrite of Tulsa, Okla., and Edna (Kenny) Huntley of Waterloo; six brothers, Kenneth (Marilyn) Wyant of Waterloo, Carl (Judy) Wyant of Evansdale, Larry (Sherrie) Wyant of Waterloo, Gary (Polly) Wyant of Waterloo, Richard (Nancy) Wyant of Waterloo, and Michael (Paula) Waynt of Evansdale; one half sister, Lois Jane Kirk-Schwake of Waterloo; and two half brothers, Gordon Fraser of Waterloo and John Fraser of Canada.

Memorials have been established.

She was preceded in death by her first husband, a great-granddaughter, a brother and three half brothers.

Death date: Feb. 9, 2007