Martin, Harry Adrian 1939 - 2014

MARTIN, CROATT, BRINCKS, PARDOE, HOLTHAUS, CHRISTENSEN, STOFFEL, KUHN, LANSING, WALZ, BEST, TIESKOETTER

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 10/18/2014 at 12:11:00

Harry Martin, age 74, of rural Waucoma, Iowa, died on Sunday, October 12, 2014, at his home.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, October 17, 2014, at St. Luke’s Catholic Church, 307 East main, in St. Lucas, Iowa, with Rev. Nick March presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Friends may call from 3:00-7:00 p.m., on Thursday, October 16, 2014, and also after 9:00 a.m., on Friday at St. Luke’s Catholic Church in St. Lucas, Iowa. There will be a rosary at 3:30.

Harry Adrian Martin, 74, Waucoma, IA died Sunday October 12, 2014, in his home on his Century Farm surrounded by family. Harry was born December 15, 1939, in Winneshiek County, Iowa, the son of Joseph and Rita (Croatt) Martin. Harry attended St. Luke’s Catholic School; completing his education while attending service in the United States Army from 1963-1965. He returned from service and married Mary Ann Brincks on May 29, 1965, at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church Ossian, IA. To this union four children were born: Carol, Gary, Kathy and Jennifer. Harry farmed throughout his life; briefly working at Shawver Well. Later he took a position at the Farmer’s Union Coop in Fort Atkinson, IA. His greatest joys were his family, neighbors, co-workers, playing cards, and harvesting his fields and the garden’s bounty. He was a member of the St. Luke’s Catholic Church, Aloysius Schmitt American Legion Post #691.

Harry is survived by his by his wife of 49 years, Mary Ann, of Waucoma; their children, Carol Martin (David Pardoe) of Black River Falls, WI, Gary (Gladys Holthaus) of Waucoma IA, Kathy (Jon) Christensen of Cedar Rapids, IA and Jennifer (Terry) Stoffel of Manchester, IA; grandchildren Jenna, Adrian & Stephanie Martin, Waucoma, IA, Nikolas, Elizabeth and Gabrielle Pardoe, Black River Falls, WI, Brady, Hope and Reagin Christensen, Cedar Rapids, IA and Abbigail and Lauren Stoffel, Manchester, IA; three sisters, Carlene (Jerome) Kuhn, New Hampton, IA, JoAnn Brincks, Carroll, IA, Sister Mary Ellen Martin CDS, Canton, OH; one brother, Charles (Rose Mary Brincks) Martin; sister and brother-in-laws, Arlene Lansing of Waukon, Barbara (Brincks) Spritzer, Chicago, IL, Kathy (Ronald) Walz of Highland Park, IL, Betty (Henry) Best of Waucoma, IA, Jerry (Jeanne) Brincks of Decorah, IA, Jeanne (Gerald) Tieskoetter of The Villages, FL, Jim (Elaine) Brincks of Harvard, IL, Tony (Marilyn) Brincks of Ossian, IA and Donald (Joyce) Brincks of Ossian, IA.

Harry was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph and Rita Martin his paternal grandparents; Carl and Theresa Martin and maternal grandparents Victor and Mary Croatt; brother-in-laws Leo Brincks, Virgil Brincks, Gervase Brincks and Lawrence Lansing; nieces and nephews, Marie Brincks, Jerry Kuhn and Mitchell Brincks.

Source: Schluter - Balik Funeral Home database

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