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Audrey Martin
AUDREY MARTIN
Tipton
Audrey Josephine Martin, 94, formerly of Tipton, died Wednesday, March 25, 2015, in Good Samaritan Nursing Home, Davenport. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Monday, March 30, at Fry Funeral Home, Tipton.
Vernon Rhodes will be officiating. Burial will follow in Tipton Masonic Cemetery. A gathering of family and friends will be Monday morning beginning at 10 o'clock until the time of service.
A memorial has been established in Audrey's honor.
Online condolences may be shared at www.fry funeralhome.com.
Audrey was born Sept. 17, 1920, in Davenport, the daughter of Paul Arthur and Ruth Olive Adams Sindt. Audrey was united in marriage to Walter "Bud" Edwin Martin on Sept. 27, 1940, in Davenport. She was a graduate of Tipton High School, a homemaker, and a member of Jehovah's Witnesses Tipton Congregation.
Audrey is survived by her daughter, Patti (Dennis) Ray of Atalissa; son, Walter (Marlene) Martin of Cocoa, Fla.; sisters, Evelyn Workman of Madison, Wis., and Marion Siefert of Davenport; five grandchildren, Karlena (Rick) Merritts, Kyle (Kara) Merritts, Katrina Merritts, Denise (Greg) Maiers and Dennis (Bridgette) Ray Jr; 13 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; son, Paul Harry Martin; and brothers-in-law, Bob Workman and Harold Siefert.
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