Martin, Gerald E. 1939-2013

MARTIN, HOLT, HOWARD, ROGERS, FULTON, DORSEY

Posted By: Ruth - Volunteer
Date: 3/28/2013 at 20:42:22

Gerald E. Martin, 73, of Camanche, IA, died Friday, March 8, 2013 at Hope Creek Care Center, East Moline, IL. Funeral services will be held at Noon, Thursday, March 14, 2013 at the Clinton Chapel Snell-Zornig Funeral Homes and Crematory. Visitation will be held from 10 AM until the service hour Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Clinton Lawn Cemetery, where full Military honors will be conducted.
Gerald was born August 11, 1939 in Clinton, IA, the son of Earl and Mildred A. (Holt) Martin. Gerald was a 1958 Clinton High graduate; he received his BA and BTH degrees from Nebraska Christian College and his Master of Divinity from Lincoln Christian Seminary. Gerald married Sandy Howard on October 16, 1960 in Clinton, Iowa.
Col. Gerald E. Martin had been a Chaplain in the United States Army for more than 23 years, retiring in 1997. After retirement, Chaplain Martin served from 1997 to 2007 as the Executive Director of the Chaplaincy Endorsement Commission for the Christian Churches/Churches of Christ. Prior to his military service, he had been a minister in local churches.
Col. Martin is survived by his wife, Sandy of Camanche; son, Daniel (Robbie) Martin of Elgin, SC; son-in-law, Adam Rogers of Colorado Springs, CO; grandson, Ryan Martin of Elgin, SC and his sister, Alice V. Fulton of Clinton.
He was preceded in death by his parents, daughter, Dee Jai Martin Rogers, brothers, Robert and Richard Martin and sister, Mildred Dorsey.
Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association.