Huron County MI Archives Obituaries.....Leppek, Martha Anna (Grifka) October 15, 2016
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Published in Huron Daily Tribune on Oct. 19, 2016
Martha Anna (Grifka) Leppek
April 15, 1918 – October 15, 2016
Martha Anna Leppek, 98, of Ruth, passed away Saturday, October 15, 2016, at the 
Huron County Medical Care Facility.   She was born April 15, 1918, in Tyre, to 
the late Edward and Katherine (Pollum) Grifka.  Martha married the love of her 
life, Chester on October 26, 1940.  They celebrated their 75th wedding 
anniversary in 2015.  They were farmers living their dream, retiring in 1983 
when they moved to a new home on Parisville Road. 
 
Martha became a parishioner of St. Mary Catholic Church after she married 
Chester.  She then joined the St. Mary Rosary Sodality and took pride in being 
a part of an organization that helps with the church picnics, funeral luncheons 
and much more.  Martha and Chester shared the heartache of losing their first 
born, Nancy, in 1958, at the age of 16 due to a farming accident and again in 
2004 when their beloved son, Tommy died of a heart attack at the age of 59.  
Family and friends meant everything to Martha.  She talked often of the trips 
taken, card games played and all the hard work that was shared with those 
family members, friends and neighbors she thought the world of.  If we also 
cherish those moments, she will live on in our hearts forever. 

Martha is survived by her beloved husband, Chester; one daughter, Carol 
(Richard) Diehl of Gulf Breeze, Forida; one son, Douglas (Deborah) Leppek of 
Safford, Arizona; her four cherished grandchildren, Donna (Tim) Smith and 
Denise (James) Soldenski, both of Lapeer, Jared Leppek and Travis (Jenny) 
Leppek, both from the Bad Axe area; six cherished great-grandchildren, Kenny 
Smith, Sam and Kate Soldenski, Matthew Leppek, Colton and Chloe Leppek; her 
twin sisters who are the only surviving siblings of their family of 11, Alice 
(Alger) Horetski of Port Austin and Agnes (Frank) Taylor of Ironton, Ohio; one 
sister-in-law, Vivian Rumptz of Ubly. 
Besides her parents and two children, Martha was also preceded in death by four 
brothers, Alex (Olive) Grifka, Cass (Margie) Grifka, Lloyd (Maggie) Grifka, 
Jack (Kathleen) Grifka; four sisters, Eleanor (Alex) Particka, Theresa (James) 
Taylor, Gladys and Irene Grifka; one daughter-in-law, Charlotte Leppek, who 
passed away in 2013. 

Mass of Christian burial will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 22 at St. Mary Catholic 
Church of St. Isidore Parish in Parisville. Rev. Todd Arnberg, pastor, will 
officiate. Burial will be in the St. Mary Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 2 
to 9 p.m. Friday at the Zinger-Smigielski Funeral Home in Ubly and from 10 a.m. 
until the time of the Mass Saturday at St. Mary Church.  There will be a rosary 
at 4 p.m. Friday by the St. Isidore Rosary Sodality.
Published in Huron Daily Tribune on Oct. 19, 2016


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