Martha Rose (Janzen) STOCKTON

STOCKTON, JANZEN, REIMER, JONES, EDDINGS, PJESKY, SENEY, ORTON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 1/6/2010 at 20:39:53

Martha Rose Stockton of Ponca City, died early Monday morning, Jan. 4, 2010, in Westminster Village in Ponca City at the age of 98 years.

Martha Rose Stockton was born April 9, 1911, in Syracuse, Kan., to Cornelius and Anna Reimer Janzen. While a toddler she moved with her family to a cattle ranch in Medford. The oldest of seven children, she was expected to help with raising her brothers and sisters. This gave her the desire to become a teacher. She attended school in Medford, Eagle Grove, Northwestern College in Alva, and received her bachelor's degree from Southwestern University in Winfield, Kan. While teaching in Peckham School she met and married James T. Stockton on Aug. 18, 1936, in Newkirk, Oklahoma. She later began teaching in Blackwell schools and taught for 32 years before retiring. Her husband preceded her in death on Feb. 6, 1981. Following her retirement she moved to Westminster Village in Ponca City where she served as president of the Villagers for the first two years. She also worked as a Villager volunteer and Retired Senior Volunteer Program with United Way. She was a member of St. Paul's Methodist Church in Ponca City. She enjoyed needlepoint, knitting, crocheting and other various crafts.

She is survived by her daughter, Judy Jones and husband J.C. of Ponca City; two sisters, Wilma Eddings and husband Arnold of Normal, Ill., and Anna Pjesky of Goltry; a grandson, Robert W. Seney Jr. and wife Crystal of Lewisville, Texas; and three great-grandchildren, Jacqueline Seney of Ponca City, Pacen Seney of Ponca City and Daeton Seney of Lewisville, Texas. She was also preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Bertha Orton; and four brothers, Rueben, Jakie and Paul Janzen and an infant brother at birth.

A graveside service is scheduled for 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 8, in Resthaven Cemetery in Ponca City with the Revs. Lisa Sheldon and Robert Montgomery of St. Paul's Methodist Church officiating. Honorary casket bearers will be Fred Williamson, Bruce Dale, Kirk Boersma, Vernor Courtney and Jim Rodgers. A memorial has been established with the Blackwell Public School Foundation in c/o Roberts and Son Funeral Home, 120 W. Padon, Blackwell, Okla. 74631.

January 5, 2010
The Ponca City News, OK