Marlene Alice "Marti" (Nichols) Chapman Bortz (2016)

BORTZ, CHAPMAN, ENNS, NICHOLS

Posted By: Shirley Keating (email)
Date: 7/14/2016 at 23:06:43

Kennedy-Kennard Funeral and Cremation
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma

Obituary for Marlene "Marti" Bortz

Marti was born March 1, 1940 in Des Moines, Iowa. She passed away on July 2, 2016 in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. She is survived by her only child Mark Chapman of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, (married to Brenda Enns Chapman,) and by her Grandchildren Alison Chapman, Christopher Chapman, and Bradley Chapman. Marti was preceded in death by her husband Daryl Bortz of Ottumwa, Iowa.

Marti graduated from Des Moines Technical High School in 1959, and as a young woman worked at various jobs in the Des Moines area. She moved out of state, but in the late 1960s returned to Iowa with her young son, Mark and settled in Winterset where her parents, Roy and Merline Nichols, lived. They lived in Winterset until Mark moved in 1980, and Marti moved a few years later to Ottumwa when she married Daryl Bortz. In 2003 she moved to Broken Arrow, OK to be closer to Mark.

Marti was always active in her churches, playing piano among many other things. She loved Gospel music. She also loved being active in local politics, as a member of the Republican Party, in whatever city or county she may have lived in.