Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Martin, Helen Irene 1984
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Friday, December 14, 1984

Helen I. Martin, 75, of Ionia died Thursday morning in Highland General 
Hospital, Sebring, Fla.  Born in Marcellus July 9, 1909, she was the daughter 
of John and Lurinda Harrington Gates.  She moved as a girl with her family to 
Ionia and attended Ionia High School, graduating with the class of 1926.

She married Harry Martin in Ionia July 11, 1927, and they made their home in 
the Ionia area, farming on Dildine Road from 1938 to 1972, when the retired 
and moved into Ionia city.  They had spent recent winters in Florida. They 
observed their 50th wedding anniversary in 1977.  She was  along-time member 
of Zion United Methodist Church.

Surviving are her husband; three sons, Gerald of Carpenter, Wyo., Donald of 
Ionia, and James of Eaton Rapids; three daughters, Joan Hickok of Belding, 
Mrs. Don (Lucille) Bates of Ionia, and Mrs. Walter (Nancy) Gale of Plymouth; 
33 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren; two sisters, Mabel Fisher and 
Mrs. Arthur (Genevieve) Knickrehm of Englewood, Fla.  A brother preceded her 
in death.

Funeral services will be Monday at 2 p.m. at Zion United Methodist Church, 
with the Rev. Kay William officiating, assisted by a Martin’s grandson, the 
Rev. Rick Martin of Ionia Open Bible Church.  Burial will be in Easton 
Cemetery.  The family will be at Leddick Funeral Home Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. 
and 7 to 9 p.m.  A memorial has been established in care of the funeral home, 
for Zion United Methodist Church.


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