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Martha Blasi (1926-2019)

BLASI, JESSEN, BLUM

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 3/6/2019 at 15:26:16

MARTHA BLASI
Clarinda

Martha Blasi, 92, passed away Saturday, March 2, 2019, at Goldenrod Manor in Clarinda. Visitation will be held from 5 to 6 p.m. Monday, March 11, at Ritchie Funeral Home in Clarinda. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 12, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Clarinda with a luncheon following burial at the Clarinda Cemetery.
On Oct. 3, 1926, Martha Jessen was born in Wellman, Iowa, to Peter John Jessen and Bertha Kathryn Elizabeth Blum Jessen. She was baptized on Oct. 24, 1926, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Wellman. Martha grew up on a farm with eight brothers and sisters. She thought of herself as "mother's helper." Martha was confirmed on May 12, 1940, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Ottumwa. Her confirmation verse was Psalm 27:1. She graduated from Pulaski High School in 1944 and attended Parsons College in Fairfield for two summer sessions. She taught at a rural school, Pleasant Knoll, in Pulaski for two years. Later, she worked at the Ottumwa Telephone Co. as an operator.
On Oct. 1, 1946, Martha married Jerald Blasi, also from Pulaski. They resided in Petersburg, Va., where Martha worked at the local phone company while Jerald served as an army medic. Upon his discharge from the service, they moved back to Iowa.
Jerald and Martha moved to Clarinda in 1962, where they raised four daughters. Martha was an active member of St. John's Lutheran Church in Clarinda. She held offices in the LWML. She enjoyed sewing for world relief, teaching Sunday school and vacation Bible school and singing in the choir. She made it a priority to attend various Bible study groups. Volunteer work also took up a lot of her time. She delivered meals, worked on the hospital auxiliary and helped at the Glenn Miller Museum.
Her faith and community were very


 

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