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Martin, Michael David 1970-1998

MARTIN, FRIESE

Posted By: Doris Hoffman, Volunteer (email)
Date: 7/31/2017 at 20:10:32

Michael D. Martin

LE MARS, Iowa - Michael David Martin, 27, of Chicago, formerly of Le Mars, died Saturday, May 2, 1998, in Chicago.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Le Mars Bible Church, with the Rev. Fred Gums officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. today, with a prayer service at 7 p.m., at the church. Mauer-Johnson Funeral Home of Le Mars is in charge of the arrangements.

Mr. Martin was born Dec. 31, 1970, in Le Mars, the son of Milton and Dorothy (Friese) Martin.

He graduated from Le Mars Community High School in 1989, where he was involved in sports and drama activities and was a member of the National Honor Society. He graduated from the University of Chicago with a bachlor of arts degree, with honors, in English, in 1993. While in college, he was captain of the track team and active in theater productions.

He moved to Austin, Texas, where he taught at a school for the blind and contiued to be active in the theater. In August 1997, he returned to Chicago, where he was active in theater productions and worked for the Chicago Museum of Fine Arts.

Survivors include his father of Le Mars; three brothers, Doug and his wife, Angela, of Le Mars, Tom and his wife, Melinda, of Pierce, Neb., and Jim of Winona Lake, Ind.; three stepbrothers, Aaron Lee of Chicago, Adam Lee of Ames, Iowa, and Doug Lucas; a stepmother, Connie Lucas; a stepsister, LeAnne Gronemeyer; his special friend, Tracey Overwrath; a niece; and several aunts and uncles.

He was preceded in death by his mother and a stepmother, Connie Martin.

Pallbearers will be Tim Martin, Doug Zahn, David and Donald Friese, Leon, Arlyn and Kent Weeldreyer.

Mauer-Johnson Funeral Home
Le Mars, Iowa


 

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