Allegany County MD Archives Obituaries.....John E. MARTIN, 1968 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/md/mdfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Shawn McGreevy shawnmcgreevy@geatz.com The News, Cumberland, Maryland, Wed 14 Feb 1968: "John E. Martin, 74, a labor leader in Washington for many years and a native of Lonaconing, died Monday at Calvert County Hospital after a long illness. He lived in Cove Point, Md., for the past three years. While he was born in Lonaconing, he lived most of his life in Washington. For 44 years he was a member of the Steamfitters Local 602 in Washington and had been a superintendant on several construction jobs in the D. C. area. He was elected assistant business manager of the union local in 1946, financial secretary in 1956 and business manager in 1956. He retired in 1967 from that position. Since 1926 Mr. Martin had served as a delegate to the Greater Washington Central Labor Council and at the time of his death was on the executive boards of the Central Labor and Building Trades Councils. He also served as a welfare trustee for Local 602. Mr. Martin enlisted in the Navy at the beginning of World War I and served his enlistment as a ship fitter in the Norfolk shipyard. Mr. Martin is survived by his wife, the former Mitzi M. Falentin; three children, Catherine M. Martin, of Kensington; and Mary Olga Kitts, and Thomas J. Martin, both of Silver Spring; and four sisters, Mary F. Moran, Agnes J. Martin, Florence Jenkins and Clara C. Stumpf, all of Washington." This file is located at http://files.usgwarchives.net/md/allegany/obits/m/martin-je.txt