Kay Co., OK - Obits: Kathleen Jean Martin ***************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: Lovena Norton USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************** July 15, 1999 Obituaries - Kathleen Jean Martin Kathleen Jean Martin, longtime Ponca City resident, died unexpectedly Friday, July 9, 1999, at St. Francis Hospital, Wichita, Kansas. She was 65. A memorial service was held Monday, July 12 at 1 PM at Trout Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Roy Edwards, Church of the Nazarene, officiating. A private committal was scheduled at the Newkirk Cemetery at a later date. Kathleen Jean (Keen) Martin was born April 19, 1934, in Kildare to Cecil T. and Ella S. (Backhaus) Keen. She attended school at Kildare and later attended Newkirk High School. On June 4, 1952, she married Thomas Andrew "Toby" Martin in Ponca City. She then accompanied him on his tour of duty with the Marines. In 1954, they moved to Winfield, Kansas and then to Topeka, Kansas, in 1955. Her husband was employed as a pipe fitter in 1964 the family followed his work to Decatur, Illinois, and the following year to Taylorville, Illinois. In June 1968, they returned to Ponca City and established their home on McCord Road. Her husband died January 12, 1998, and Mrs. Martin moved into town in May of this year. Mrs. Martin loved to work in her yard and garden. She enjoyed canning and sewing, was a superb seamstress and a "born" homemaker who enjoyed cooking for family dinners. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her mother, Ella S. Keen; stepmother, Mildred Beller Keen; brother Virgil Lee Keen; and an infant brother. She is survived by two sons, Carl Duane Martin and Charles Thomas Martin both of Ponca City; father, Cecil T. Keen of Ponca City; sister, Mrs. Bill (Marjory) Robinson of Newkirk; two brothers, Donald D. Keen and Thomas J. Keen both of Newkirk; four grandchildren, Jennifer, Jeff, Andy and Jake Martin; and many other relatives and friends. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Ponca City, 1904 N. Union, Suite 103, Ponca City, OK 74601 ---