MARTIN, Gladys (Betts) 1920-1986

MARTIN, BETTS, ANDERSON, LINDLEY, KISLEY, WILLERT, SHRODE

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 7/7/2013 at 23:51:12

Funeral services were held on Wednesday, November 5, 1986, in Wayside Chapel of the First United Methodist Church in Mason City, Iowa, for Mrs. Everett (Gladys) Martin, 66, of Mason City. She died on Monday, November 3, 1986 at a Mason City Hospital. Rev. C. Wallace officiated, and burial was in the Osage Cemetery.

Mrs. Martin was born on February 27, 1920 at Charles City, Iowa, to John and Ida (Anderson) Betts. She graduated from Osage High School in 1939.

On October 10, 1964, she married Everett Martin at Iowa City. They lived on a farm near Osage until 1975 when she moved to Mason City. Mr. Martin died in 1974. While living in Osage, Mrs. Martin worked as a nurses aide at the Osage hospital, then at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Mason City, until last August.

She was a member of the First Methodist Church in Mason City.

Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Norbert (Diane) Kisley of Mason City, and Pamela Willert of Omaha, Nebraska; two sisters, Mrs. Melvin (Adelaide) Lindley of Osage and Mrs. Donald (Josephine) Shrode of Aurora, Colorado; two brothers, Ervin Betts of Osage, and Hilding Lindley of Dakota City, and five grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a granddaughter; and three brothers.

Source: Mitchell County Press, Nov. 12, 1986
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Social Security Death Index:

Given Name: Gladys
Surname: Martin
Birth Date: 27 February 1920
Social Security Number: ***-**-2378
State: Iowa
Last Place of Residence: Cerro Gordo, Iowa
Previous Residence Postal Code: 50401
Event Date: November 1986
Age: 66
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NOTES:

The Social Security Death Index shows this about her brother, Hilding.

Given Name: Hilding
Middle Name: L
Surname: Lindley
Birth Date: 29 December 1928
Social Security Number: ***-**-6779
State: Iowa
Last Place of Residence: Humboldt, Humboldt, Iowa
Previous Residence Postal Code: 50548
Event Date: 7 January 2001
Age: 73