William Martin
Oct 21, 2008 - 10:24:10 CDT
His parents also precede him.
Those surviving him include: One son - Stephen Martin of Kansas City, Missouri; Three daughters and sons-in-law - Arlene and Dale Jones of Doe Run, Karen and Erik Bolhafner of Ironton and Debbie and Tom Sethaler of O'Fallon; one brother - Robert Martin of Hawk Point, Missouri; one sister - Joyce Martin of Lillydale, New York and nine grandchildren and "dear" friend Jim Hahn of Desloge.
Mr. Martin had taught at several schools and had also been principal at Coffman, St. Joe at Bonne Terre and St. Bernadette's at Jefferson Barracks. He had also coached football and basketball at St. Joseph's in Farmington and Valle in Ste. Genevieve. His last teaching position was at the Hillsboro Department of Youth. He was a member of the Farmington Lion's Club, the Farmington, Blue Springs and Desloge Elks Lodge; the Knight's of Columbus and was active with Boy Scouts, Teens Encounter Christ (TEC) and Marriage Encounter. His hobbies were hunting, fishing and making turkey calls. He was a member of the St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Farmington.
Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00 p.m., on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at Wilson Funeral Home in Fredericktown with a Rosary at 7:00 p.m.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at the St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Farmington with Father James Dyer officiating.
Interment will be at the Shoemaker Cemetery in Jewett, Missouri.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions are suggested to the American Cancer Society or to Mass at St. Joseph's in Farmington.
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Arlene Jones posted on Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 at 9:54 am
As the oldest child of Bill Martin I wanted to thank the community for their very generous outpouring of love, support, and sympathy. Words cannot express the comfort that was provided to us by knowing that so many cared. Whether you visited the hospital, the funeral home, or attended the mass, brought or served food, played the organ, served as pallbearer, sent a card, called, said a prayer, or in some other fashion touched our lives during this time, thank you. From Dad's friends, students, and bother Elks, to the members of St. Joseph church, and our own friends and coworkers-the support was not only comforting, but allowed us to begin healing from the pain and loss. From Dad's children: Karen, Stephen, Debbie, and myself and also from his grandkids: Corey, Jessica, Bradley, Allison, Connor, Emily, Tyler, Amber, and Parker; THANK YOU for your kindness, and made a difference, did not go unnoticed, and will be remembered.
sandstone posted on Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 at 9:31 am
To Bill's Family,
My thought are with you in your time of loss. Mr. Martin, (Bill/Moose) was not only one of my high school science teachers, he was a friend. Bill and I use to hunt turkeys together, I was in boy scouts with him. Again my regards to his family you have lost a great person. "Make em gobble Moose"
My thought are with you in your time of loss. Mr. Martin, (Bill/Moose) was not only one of my high school science teachers, he was a friend. Bill and I use to hunt turkeys together, I was in boy scouts with him. Again my regards to his family you have lost a great person. "Make em gobble Moose"
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More than that, he showed a lot of us it was ok to be nerds, that it was important to be ourselves. He mentored a lot of us at the FHS Chess Club that he sponsored all those years ago to do just that. Just the kind of thing kids in those tough years need help with - building self esteem.
My thoughts are with his family. Great guys like that are missed and hard to replace, especially when its your Dad.