Martin, Mabel 1900-1989

MARTIN, COPLEY, KENNEDY, MURRAY, ZIEGENMEYER

Posted By: Marilyn Holmes
Date: 2/27/2014 at 15:32:51

The Grinnell (IA) Herald-Register

MABEL MARTIN

Mabel Martin, 88, of the Mayflower Home died Monday, May 22, at Grinnell General Hospital.

Funeral services were conducted Thursday at the Grinnell United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Raymond C. Lott officiating. Organist was Kathleen Heffner.

Burial was in Hazelwood Cemetery following cremation. Memorials may be made to the church.

The daughter of George and Eliza Copley, she was born June 4, 1900, near Grinnell. She attended rural school and later graduated from Grinnell High School.

She attended business school, then worked as a legal secretary. She later worked for Quaker Oats in Cedar Rapids and, for 20 years, as an auditor for the Internal Revenue Service in Des Moines. She later returned to Grinnell and was employed by the Bierman law firm.

She was married to Ira C. Martin, and the couple lived at Mountain Home, Ark. Following her husband's death, Mrs. Martin returned to Grinnell where she lived at the Mayflower Home since 1975.

She was a member of the Grinnell United Methodist Church, the Order of Eastern Star, and the national Association of Retired Federal Employees.

Surviving is a sister, Elsie Kennedy of Grinnell. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and two sisters, Grace Murray and Vera Ziegenmeyer.