San Joaquin County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Martin, Dorothy Marie October 30 2004
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The Record  November 5, 2004
Stockton
Dorothy Marie Martin 
Sept. 20, 1917 - Oct. 30, 2004



Dorothy Marie Martin, 87, of Stockton, passed away on Saturday, October 30, 
2004, at Dameron Hospital following a heart attack. Born to Gilbert Hastings 
and Marie Cathey September 20, 1917, in French Camp, her life began on the 
family farm in Waterford. Following graduation from Oakdale High School in 
1936, she attended Wheaton College in Illinois and later received a Master's 
Degree in Special Education from the University of San Francisco. Dorothy 
taught school at Oakdale Jr. High School from 1946 to 1950, and later at 
Stockton Jr. High and Lafayette School in Stockton. She eventually built and 
operated her own school at her own home, also in Stockton. Her career as a 
teacher for over 35 years focused on the special needs of disadvantaged 
children. Her accomplishments in housing and schooling up to as many as 12 
children are well recognized. 
Well educated and multilingual, Dorothy's passion for adventure led her to 
travel extensively, sailing about the world aboard her own boat. While sailing 
from France to San Francisco, she met Jose Martin, a sailor in the Canary 
Islands later to become her second husband in 1961. 
Her first marriage was to Ron Gordon of Watsonville. Dorothy and Jose settled 
in Stockton, CA. Here they built and operated a home for foster children whom 
they home schooled for 18 years before retirement. Dorothy is a member of St. 
Paul's Episcopal Church in Stockton. She is pre-deceased by her brother, Fred 
Hastings. 
She is survived by her husband Jose; son, Sheldon; nephews, Steven Hastings of 
Healdsburg, Gary Cathey of Sacramento, Jessie Smith of Stockton; grandnephew, 
Ryan Hastings of Healdsburg; cousins, Allen Hastings of Palo Alto, Allen 
Hastings of Los Altos Hills, Mark Hastings of Palo Alto, Joseph Rogers of San 
Francisco, Winifred and Caroline Rogers of Santa Rosa, Gloria Knight of Foster 
City, Clara Van Dyne of Shasta Lake, and sisters-in-law, Nievita Martin of 
Stockton and Beverly Schoenwetter of Oakdale and foster children, Ethyl, 
Jessica, Jeff and grandchildren Peter and Dorothy Fechner.
Graveside Services will be held at Acacia Memorial Park, 801 Scenic Drive in 
Modesto, on Thursday, November 4, 2004, at 11:30 a.m. Memorial Services will be 
held at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 2220 W. Alpine Ave. in Stockton, on 
Saturday November 6, at 11:00 a.m. Donations can be made to St. Paul's Church, 
Stockton.


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