Rogers Co. Obit for: Jack Spangler Martin 
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Submitted to the Rogers County Oklahoma Archives 
Date: 10/20/2002 by: Bill Cook, wcook14024@aol.com
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9/24/2002

Jack Spangler Martin

Services for Jack Martin will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2002 in the Chapel 
of the Garden at Rice Funeral Service. Burial will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery. 
Friends may visit at the funeral home until 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Jack passed away on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2002. He was 77.

Born in Akins, Okla., on Dec. 31, 1924, Jack was the son of Roy Wayne and Ruby 
Iola Spangler Martin. He was reared in Akins, just outside of Sallisaw, and 
received his education in Stillwater. 

He joined the Navy in 1942 and served his country for seven years. Following 
Jack's discharge, he returned to Stillwater where he attended school at OSU.

A lucrative job in the shrimping business lured Jack to southern Texas where he 
worked for a time with his brother. 

Eventually, Jack moved on to Wichita and began a career in the refrigeration 
business. 

His employer soon became his father-in-law, as Jack and Lylith Mae Dunaway wed 
in Wichita on Feb. 2, 1957. 

After a time in Wichita, the couple retuned to Jack's Stillwater roots, where he 
operated his own air conditioning business. The family moved into Tulsa and Jack 
changed careers, becoming a pipefitter. In the early 1970s, the Martins moved to 
Claremore and then to acreage in the Sequoyah area, where their children 
attended school

When Lylith passed away in 1988, 

Jack moved back to Claremore and then to Disney until the present time. 

He always enjoyed his country life, his garden, the birds and small creatures 
and working the land. He found satisfaction and happiness in the simple things 
he was able to enjoy at home.

Those who survived and carry cherished memories of Jack Martin include his 
children, Brenda Martin of Disney, Jacqueline Martin of Fairview, Texas, and 
Kent Martin of Fort Worth, Texas; grandchildren, Ashley, Kelsey and Chris Clark 
of Fairview, and Keeann and Jake Martin of Fort Worth; siblings, Ann Anderson of 
Colorado Springs, Colo., Ben Martin and Jerry Martin, both of Kansas City, Mo., 
Jay Martin of Georgia and David Martin of Claremore. 

He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, and brother, Aubrey Martin of 
Verdigris.



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