Monona County IA Archives Obituaries.....Martin, Minnie Rude September 6, 1961
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MINNIE MARTIN
DIES AT ONAWA                  (From the collection of Vivian Norby Andersen)

	Mrs. Minnie Rude Martin passed away Wednesday, Sept. 6, 1961 at the 
Onawa hospital after a lingering illness.  She was 83 years of age and was a 
life-long resident of Monona county.
	Minnie Olive Rude, daughter of Andrew and Esther Rude, was born July 
28, 1878 at Callendar, Iowa.  At the age of two she moved with her parents to 
a farm east of Moorhead where she grew to womanhood.
	She was confirmed at the age of 13 in the Soldier Lutheran Church 
where she was very active in the choir.  She attended Onawa high school and 
Denison normal.  At the age of seventeen she began her teaching  career in 
rural school; later she taught kindergarten in the Moorhead public school.  
She also attended the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago where she 
studied voice.
	On March 24, 1901, she was united in marriage with George W. Martin, 
who passed away in 1933.  To this union were born six children, two sons and 
four daughters.
	Mrs. Martin moved to Onawa with her family in 1907 and had been a 
member of Trinity Luther church since then.  A tireless worker in the ladies 
aid society, she held the office of president for several years.  She was 
presented with a life membership in that organization.  At the age of 75 she 
was continuing to serve her Master as the teacher of a Sunday School class.
	Mrs. Martin is survived by one son, Wilbur R. of Anderson, Indiana; 
three daughters, Mrs. Julius (Eddith) Johnson of Onawa, Mrs. James (Mabel) 
Craford of Sibley, and Mrs. Robert (Mary) Bokorny of Hillside, Illinois; five 
grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. Anna Henderlider 
of Onawa.  She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, one 
daughter, one son, two half sisters, and two half-brothers.
	Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, Sept. 8 at Trinity 
Lutheran church, pastor John Carlsson officiating.  Mrs. Chris Gregersen and 
Mrs. Gene Baltaz sang “I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say” and “I’m bur a Stranger 
Here”, accompanied at the organ by Miss Agnes Johnson.  Casket bearers were 
Chris Gregersen, Harold Ravnsborg, Wallace Bergstrom, Hermann Giermann, Clark 
Ruffcorn and Gene Baltaz.  Interment was in the Onawa cemetery with 
arrangements by the Pearson Funeral Home.


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