St. Clair County Obits

LORETTA S. MARTIN

St. Clair County Courier
15 September 2006
Lorett Sylvania Martin, 87, Sheldon, formerly of Humansville, died Monday, Sept. 11, 2006, at the home of her daugther, Mary Ellen Farmer, where she resided for the past 2 1/2 years. The daughter of Clarence Julius and Millie Bradshaw Ridgway, she was born at LaHarpe, Kan., Jan. 9, 1919.
Loretta and Leonard Burl Martin were married May 4, 1940, and lived on a farm north of Humansville until Burl's death May 17, 1986.
In addition to her husband, she was also preceded in death by her parents; a brother and sister-in-law, Jim and Della Ridgway; a sister, Betty Lewis; and a great-grandson.
Loretta was a homemaker and lived at Circle Drive Apartments in Humansville for several years and attended the Humansville First Baptist Church.
Survivors include two daughters, Kathleen Carroll and her husband, Harvey of Humansville and Mary Ellen Farmer of Sheldon; one brother and sister-in-law, Bob and Jackie Ridgway of Auburn, Mich.; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Jo Ann and Beryl Cooper of Owasso, Mich. and Ruth and Larry Butcher of Macelona, Mich.; five grandchildren, Rick Carroll and his wife, Sissy, Chuck Wigge, Loretta Beth Follin and her husband, Chris and Teresa Bray and her husband, Ryan; 14 great-grandchildren and three step-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on Thursday, Sept. 14, in Murray Funeral Home, Humansville. Interment was in Humansville Cemetery.
Online condolences may be made at www.murrayfuneralhome.com