Don B. MARTIN

MARTIN, TANNER, BALLOU, STEVENSON, DEEN, HAGEMEISTER, ZINSER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/30/2006 at 14:55:31

Don B. Martin, 87, of Eagle Grove, died on Thursday, March 16, 2006, at the Rotary Ann Nursing Home in Eagle Grove. Memorial services were held on Monday, March 20, at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Eagle Grove. Pastor Paul Stone officiated at the 10:30 a.m. service. Burial was in the Rose Hill Cemetery, Eagle Grove.

Don B. Martin was born on August 12, 1918 at Goldfield. He attended the Willow School through eighth grade and in 1937 graduated from the Eagle Grove High School where he participated in football, wrestling and vocational agriculture. On June 5, 1946, Don was united in marriage with Margaret Tanner at the East Side Lutheran Church, Eagle Grove. They farmed in the Eagle Grove/Goldfield areas until retiring in 1998 when they moved to Eagle Grove. For 18 years, Don was also a rural mail carrier for routes in Goldfield and Hardy. Don was a member of the Ullensvang Lutheran Church in Thor, where he served on the Church Council and as head usher and was also a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Eagle Grove. He was a 4-H club leader, a member of the Humboldt County 4-H Youth Committee, and served on the Goldfield Cooperative Elevator Board of Directors.

He is survived by his wife, Margaret Martin of Eagle Grove; four children, Dick Martin and wife, Becky of Wake Forest, North Carolina, Janet Martin and husband, Bob Ballou of Monticello, Randy Martin of Raleigh, North Carolina and Jill Stevenson and husband, Dan of Des Moines; six grandchildren; a brother, Leon Martin of Algona; and a sister, Miriam Deen and husband, Harrison of Portales, New Mexico. He was preceded in death by his father, Roy Martin; birth mother, Agnes Hagemeister Martin; mother, Grace Zinser Martin; and a sister, Cleo Martin.

March 23, 2006
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