John Stanley Martin

1894 - 1991  (96 years)

• Name	John Stanley Martin
  Born	8 Sep 1894	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	6 Feb 1991	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I4614	Rossville
  Last Modified	3 Aug 2019

  
  

  Father	Samuel Lewis (Louis) Martin,   b. 2 Aug 1852, Germany ,   d. 17 Jan 1899, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 46 years)
  Mother	Antoinette Mary Kester Strimple Martin,   b. 17 Jul 1852,   d. 4 Feb 1942  (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F806	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Viola Mary Burns Martin,   b. 6 Jun 1892, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 28 Feb 1983, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 90 years)
  Married	16 Sep 1916	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  	Their wedding may have been June, not September. (see 50th wedding anniversary announcement)
  Children	+ 1. James I Martin,   b. 23 Mar 1917, Maple Hill, Wabaunsee County, Kansas ,   d. 3 Jun 1995, Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas  (Age 78 years) + 2. John S Martin, Jr.,   b. 28 Jan 1921,   d. 1989  (Age 67 years) + 3. Robert Burns Martin, Sr.,   b. 12 Jan 1923, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 28 Mar 1990, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri  (Age 67 years)   4. Donald D Martin,   b. 8 May 1926, Willard, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 30 Jun 2002, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 76 years) + 5. Raymond L Martin + 6. Bonnie Ruth Martin VandeVelde,   b. 30 Jul 1931, Willard, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 6 Jul 2017, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 85 years) + 7. Nona A Martin Haltom
  Documents		Anniversary- Martin, John and Viola Celebrate Golden Wedding ROSSVILLE RESIDENTS TO CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING — Mr. and Mrs. John S. Martin will celebrate their Golden Wedding Anniversary on Sunday, June 19. A reception in their honor will be held in the Rossville Community Center from 2:00 to 4:00 P.M. No invitations are being sent but friends and relatives are invited to attend. The couple requests that no gifts be presented. Both Mr. and Mrs. Martin were born in Rossville and have spent most of their lives in the Rossville Community. They have seven children and thirty grand-children. The children are: James of Lubbock, Texas: John Jr. of Moline. Ks.; Robert and Ray of Topeka; Mrs. Bonnie Vande Velde of Kansas City. Ks.: Mrs. Nona Haltom of Oklahoma City, Okla.; and Donald of the home.
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2018 15:52:49
  Family ID	F2013	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Martin, John S. John S. Martin ROSSVILLE — John S. Martin, 96, Rossville died early Wednesday, Feb 6, 1991, at a Rossville nursing home. Mr. Martin was caretaker of Ross¬ville Cemetery for many years. He was born Sept. 8, 1894, at Rossville, the son of Samuel and Mary Martin, and spent all his life there. Mr. Martin was a member of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church and an honorary member of Jimmy Lillard Post No. 31 of the American Legion, both in Rossville. He was married to Viola M. Burns on Sept. 16, 1916, in Assumption Catholic Church in Topeka. She died Feb. 28, 1983. He also was preceded in death by two sons, John Martin Jr., in 1989 and Robert B. Martin in 1990. Survivors include two daughters, Bonnie VandeVelde, Kansas City, Kan., and Nona Haltom, Eufala, Okla.; three sons, James Martin, Lub¬bock, Texas, and Donald Martin and Raymond Martin, both of Topeka; 34 grandchildren; and 36 great-grand¬children. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in St. Stanislaus Catholic Church here. Burial will be in Rossville Cemetery. Mr. Martin will lie in state after 2 p.m. today at Verschelsen Funeral Home in St. Marys, where a wake service will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday.