Willard "Dick" Martin

1920 - 2009  (89 years)

• Name	Willard "Dick" Martin
  Born	8 Jan 1920	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1921	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-306511
  Died	11 Dec 2009	Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I306511	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Seranus S. Martin,   b. 10 Dec 1887, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Jun 1964, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Blandina Gingerich,   b. 5 Jul 1889, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Nov 1956, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)
  Married	1912  [3]
  Family ID	F29443	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  WILLARD MARTIN GOSHEN -- Willard "Dick" Martin, 89, of 1801 Greencroft Drive, Apt. 432, died Friday (Dec. 11, 2009) at 10: 18 a.m. in Goshen General Hospital. He was born Jan. 8, 1920, in Woolwich Township, Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada, to Seranus S. and Blendina (Gingrich) Martin. He married Melba Weaver on Dec. 15, 1962, at Yellow Creek Mennonite Church. She survives along with four sisters, Naomi (Ephraim) Hoffman of Kitchener, Ontario, Valina Martin of Elmira, Ontario, Lucinda Martin of Wichita, Kan., and Viola Martin of Elmira; and one brother, Floyd "Butch" Martin of Waterloo, Ontario. He was preceded in death by one brother, Elmer Martin, and one sister, Lena Snyder. Rieth-Rohrer-Ehret Funeral Home, 311 S. Main St., Goshen, is handling arrangements. Visitation is from 3 to 5 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Koinonia Room at College Mennonite Church, 1900 S. Main St., Goshen. The funeral service is 11 a.m. Wednesday at College Mennonite Church with Pastors Gary Martin and Katie Cunningham officiating. Mr. Martin, formerly of Floradale, Ontario, began working in a sawmill with his father and brother Elmer while living in Canada and ultimately became head sawyer. He received a B.A. in history from Goshen College and a B.D. in theology from Goshen Biblical Seminary. After college, he worked eight years at the Mennonite Board of Missions, where he met his wife, in the 1-W program, serving as 1-W coordinator in Denver from 1964 to 1968. He also worked at the Great Commonwealth Insurance Company, the Wakarusa Farm Center and the Rochester Silo Company. He served in alternate service at Montreal River Camp in 1941, worked on a drilling crew on the TransCanada Highway, helped start Chesley Lake Camp in Ontario and served for 30 years at many Mennonite camps in Ontario, Illinois and Pennsylvania. He belonged to College Mennonite Church, was a volunteer with the Victim Offender Reconciliation Program and helped start the Pa. Deitsch Society of Northern Indiana and the Indiana-Michigan Open Golf Tournament. In retirement he golfed, read and did woodwork. Memorial contributions may be given to Mennonite Mission Network, Elkhart or Goshen College. Online condolences may be sent at www.rrefh.com.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2121] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1921, SubDist. 18 Page 6. [S3231] Find A Grave, Willard “Dick” Martin (1920-2009) - Find A Grave.... (1920). Findagrave.com. Retrieved 27 June 2018, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88688874/willard-martin. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, August 4, 1964 - Obituary of Seranus Martin.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 8 Jan 1920 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1921 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 11 Dec 2009 - Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, USA  = Link to Google Earth