Viola Mary Burns Martin

1892 - 1983  (90 years)

• Name	Viola Mary Burns Martin
  Born	6 Jun 1892	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Gender	Female
  Died	28 Feb 1983	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	3 Mar 1983	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I4627	Rossville
  Last Modified	3 Aug 2019

  
  

  Father	Joel Vandiver (Joe) Burns,   b. 3 Dec 1862,   d. 11 Mar 1932  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Julia Ellen Navarre Burns,   b. 6 Feb 1863, South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana ,   d. 16 Nov 1928, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F938	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Stanley Martin,   b. 8 Sep 1894, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 6 Feb 1991, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 96 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, Viola Mrs. Viola M. Martin Mrs. Viola M. Martin, 90, Rossville, died late Monday at a Topeka hospital. She was born June 6, 1892, at Rossville, the daughter of Joseph and Julia Navarre Burns, and spent her life in the Rossville community. Mrs. Martin was a member of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church at Rossville and the Altar Society at the church. She also was a member of the auxiliary to Jimmie Lillard Post No. 31 of the American Legion in Rossville. She was married to John S. Martin Sept. 16, 1916, in Topeka. He survives. Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Bonnie R. VandeVelde, Kansas City, Kan., and Mrs. Nona A. Halton, Eufaula, Okla.; five sons, James I. Martin, Lubbock, Texas, John S. Martin Jr., Howard, Robert B. Martin, Rossville, Raymond L. Martin, 2832 W. 19th, Topeka, and Donald D. Martin, at home; a brother, Raymond Burns, Holton; 34 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren. Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Rossville. Burial will be in Rossville Cemetery. A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. today at Verschelden Funeral Home in St. Marys.