Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Martin, III , Joseph Henry  August 29, 2005
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The Tehachapi News  
Joseph Henry Martin III 

1959 – 2005

Services were held Friday Sept. 2 at St. Francis Church, Bakersfield for 
dearly loved son, brother and father Joseph Henry Martin III who passed away 
after a brief battle with lung cancer on Aug. 29, 2005.

Joe, the grandson of Tehachapi pioneers Herb and Ola Mae Force, and the son of 
their daughter Beverley and Joseph Martin II, was a graduate of Tehachapi High 
School where he majored in journalism. He was a founding youth member of the 
Tehachapi Maranantha Fellowship. He obtained a B.A. from Bakersfield College 
and began a computer oriented career that included working for Kern Schools 
Federal Credit Union, S.A. Camp Farms, and then Tiberon, where his job as 
Programmer Analyst took him from Hawaii, across the U.S. and to Puerto Rico 
helping to write and install the Emergency 911 system in various cities. Joe 
had recently planned to further his education and become a substance abuse 
counselor.  

Joe was an avid gardener, gourmet cook and antique collector. He enjoyed 
monitoring news, politics and religion. 

Joseph was preceded in death by his father Joseph Martin II in 1974, and his 
brothers Timothy and Daniel in 2002. He is survived by his mother Beverley 
Martin Carroll of Tehachapi, sons Joseph and Loren Martin of Bakersfield, Cpl. 
LVN Jeffry Martin U.S. Army and wife Crystal of San Antonio Texas, daughter 
Vanessa and husband Cpl. Matt McGhee US Coast Guard of Ketchikan Alaska, 
daughter Natalie Martin of Bakersfield, brother Peter Martin and wife Donna of 
Bakersfield, and sisters Chrystelle Kinsella and husband Bill, Mary Anne 
Hornbeck and husband John, and Laura Villacana of Tehachapi, Elizabeth Martin 
and Jennifer Martin of Bakersfield. Joe also had numerous nieces, nephews, and 
close friends who will miss his mischievous humor and delicious cooking.

Joe recently renewed a fervent relationship with Jesus Christ. This was God’s 
gift allowing he and his family to find comfort during the sudden ravages of 
metastatic cancer. In lieu of flowers donations may be sent to Joe’s favorite 
charity: Franklin Graham’s Samaritan’s Purse.
 


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Volunteer submission - No relation to the deceased.
http://www.tehachapinews.com/obits.html
Volume 106 - No. 21
Sept. 7-13, 2005


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