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Submitted: 2/27/22 • Approved: 3/7/22 • Last Updated: 3/10/22 • R1423060-G1423060-S3
February 26, 1929 - July 22, 2018
*Obituary
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Wednesday, July 25, 2018
BELLA VISTA — Marion Bernice Martin, 89, of Bella Vista, Ark., died peacefully July 22, 2018, at Willard Walker Hospice Home in Fayetteville. She was born Feb. 26, 1929, in Melrose Park, Ill., to Harold and Emilie (Trenkler) Greinke.
Marion attended Walther Luther High School in Melrose Park and graduated from Proviso East in Maywood, Ill., in 1947. She met Paul Pennell Martin in 1945 and they married on June 25, 1949. Together they resided in Kansas City, Mo., Springfield, Mo., Decatur, Ill., and Olathe, Kan., before retiring to Bella Vista in 1994. She worked as a secretary for Hearst Publication in Chicago and later in Decatur, Ill., public schools.
Marion loved music and began voice and piano lessons at a young age, singing in choirs and playing piano her entire life. She blessed others with her musical gifts. She was a longtime member of Bella Vista Lutheran Church giving of her time where needed. Marion was a joy and blessing to everyone who knew her.
She was preceded in death by two sisters; two brothers; her husband of 68 years, Paul Martin; and her son-in-law.
Marion is survived by her children, Crystal F. Martin, Bella Vista, Gregory P. Martin (Chris), Houston, Texas, Heather Robertson, New Windsor, Md.; five grandchildren, Emily Martin, Houston, Texas, Katelynn Martin, Dallas, Texas, Christopher Barry (Megan), Westminster, Md., Alyssa Garcia (Ozzie), Fayetteville, N.C., Casey Barry, Juneau, Alaska; and one great-granddaughter, Piper.
Visitation will be held at 1 p.m. with a memorial service following at 2 p.m., Friday, July 27, at Bella Vista Lutheran Church, 1990 Forest Hills Blvd., Bella Vista, Ark.
Memorials may be made to the Leukemia Research Foundation at www.allbloodcancers.org or Bella Vista Lutheran Church.
Arrangements are provided by Bella Vista Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc. Online condolences may be made at www.funeralmation.com.
Contributed on 2/27/22 by wfields55
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