TRAVERSE CITY — Barbara A. Martin, 81, of Traverse City passed away Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at Munson Medical Center in Traverse City.
Barbara was born on Monday, November 10, 1930 in Traverse City to Miles and Helene (Marwinski) Bright. She married Jack G. Martin, Sr., in Traverse City in 1951. He preceded her in death October 20, 1982. She then married Robert J. Hanes who also preceded her in death.
Barbara was the owner of Northern Tower with her husband Jack and later with her children. She had attended Northland Church and was a very talented painter and artist. Barbara loved gardening and music, was a beautiful pianist and thoroughly enjoyed working on and sharing genealogy. She also enjoyed playing board games with her grandchildren as well as playing video games.
She is survived by her children, Paul (Josie) Martin of South Boardman, Randy Martin, Terry (June) Martin and Jeanne (John) Gordon, all of Traverse City; her sister Sandra Miller of Traverse City; step-sons Vernon (Rebecca) Martin of Sacramento, Calif., Jack (Barbara) Martin, Jr. of Traverse City, Robert (Judy) Martin of Fife Lake and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Barbara was preceded in death by her parents, her husbands Jack and Bob; a daughter in law Janice Martin, her sister, Carolyn Henderson; granddaughters Andrea Martin, Michelle Mons and Rebecca Garrisi and her great grandsons Tommy and Jesse Garrisi.
Visitation for friends and family will be held at Bible Baptist Church on Friday, August 3 from noon until 1 p.m. Memorial services will begin at 1 p.m., also at the church with Pastors Joel Brown and Carlson Becker officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery at a later date.
Memorial contributions may be directed to The American Stroke Association, 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75231.
Please share your memories, thoughts and photos of Barbara with her family by way of her online guest book at www.reynolds-jonkhoff.com.
The family is being served by the Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home and Cremation Services.
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Barbara A. Martin
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Editorial: Park project will wed Acme to bay
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Bums top Wild Things, 6-2
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Furniture store chain celebrates 60 years
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Letters to the Editor: 06/19/2013
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Sports in Brief: 06/19/2013
TC's Chapman one back in Amateur; Toxic Cherries roll; Blue Stars still unbeaten.
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Community in Brief: 06/19/2013
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FINAL: Beach Bums 9, Florence 7
The Traverse City Beach Bums scored six runs in the seventh inning and then held on to defeat the Florence Freedom 9-7 Wednesday night in a Frontier League baseball game in Kentucky.
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Deputies confiscated a man's shotgun after he said he unintentionally shot a neighbor's dog.
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Editorial: Past time to address shooting range issues
To hear state Department of Natural Resources officials talk about it, there’s no big hurry to resolve issues surrounding informal shooting ranges on state land off Hoosier Valley Road.
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Rotary gives $241K in grants
A $65,000 grant awarded to Centre Ice for much-needed facilities’ upgrades is among $241,000 doled out this week by Rotary Charities of Traverse City.
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Lakers reach semis for 1st time since 2001
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Road request unlikely to gain traction
Grand Traverse County commissioners doubt they can pony up half the cost of a proposed $6 million bond to fund road repairs.
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Letters to the Editor: 06/12/2013
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Panthers come up short against Rogers City
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