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    Elmer Martin

 Elmer Harrison Martin, 69, Mari-
on Center, died Thursday, Dec. 4,
1997, at the Indiana Hospital.
 A son of William B. and Grace
Marie Butler Martin, he was born
Sept. 25, 1928, in Ramseytown, Jef-
ferson County.
 Mr. Martin was a member of the
Dixonville Wesleyan Methodist
Church where he was a honorary
member of the Missionary Society.
He was also a 20-year member of the
Carpenter and Heavy Construction
Union, Local 2774, Pittsburgh.
He was a heavy construction
worker arid retired in 1990.
 A veteran of the U.S. Army, he
served as a sergeant from 1946 to
1949.
 Surviving are his wife, Ruth Lu-
cille Sink Martin, whom he married
July 23, 1949; four daughters: Arla
Lewis, Frederick, Md.; Robin Au-
miller and her husband, Dexter,
Dayton, Ohio; Talona Greene and
her husband, Rodney, Indiana; Tra-
cey Burns and her husband, Jeffrey,
Marion Center; one son, Lonnie, and
his wife, Karen, Marion Center; 12
grandchildren; three great-grand-
children; two sisters, Vera Mae
Armstrong and Mildred Puchi,
Pittsburgh.
 He was preceded in death by his
parents; one granddaughter; three
brothers: Andrew, Albert LeRoy
and Arnold Richard Martin.
 Friends will be received from 2-4
and 7-9 p.m. Saturday in the Bowser-
Minich Funeral Home, Plumville,
where a funeral service will be held
Sunday at 2 p.m. with Pastor Rick
Cox and the Rev. Reid Blystone
officiating. Interment will be in the
Marion Center Memorial Cemetery.