San Joaquin County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Martin, Floyd January 19 2005 ********************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/obits/obitsca/obitsca.htm ********************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Vickie Stone VctrStV4U@aol.com January 29, 2005, 4:17 pm Lodi News Jan 29, 2005 Floyd Martin Floyd A. Martin, 87, of Cedar Hills, Texas and formerly of Lodi, died Jan. 19. He was born April 8, 1917, in Jefferson, Iowa. Mr. Martin was raised near Slayton, Minn., where he farmed with teams of horses. He married LaWauna M. DeBall in 1941, and they settled in Lodi in 1947. He was employed by Stokely Van Camp and then Pacific Coast Producers as a night cookroom foreman for 30 years. He was a member of First United Methodist Church in Lodi for over 50 years. He moved to Texas in 2002 to be near his son and his family. He enjoyed all aspects of gardening, and enjoyed helping friends and neighbors with their yards. He is survived by his sons, John Beal, of Faribault, Minn., Ronald Martin, of Weaverville, and Richard Martin, of Cedar Hill, Texas; daughter, Shirley Wallace, of Houston; sister, Melba Carney, of Slayton, Minn.; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Alan Kimber officiating. Inurnment will be private at Cherokee Memorial Park. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ca/sanjoaquin/obits/gob5026martin.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/caobfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb