Dorothy Martin

Dorothy Alice Knabe Martin was born on December 4, 1928 to Ella M. Benjamin Knabe and Charles H. Knabe in Jackson County, Minnesota. She attended school in Heron Lake, Minnesota. Dorothy married Worthing W. Martin in Flanders, South Dakota on April 30, 1946. The couple then farmed in Heron Lake for two years before moving to rural Kensington, MN in 1948, where they farmed. The couple was blessed with 5 children, Linda Lou (Glenn) Russell, David Worthing (Diane) Martin, Kathleen Ella (Daniel) Hoff, Shelly Ann (Jesse) Tellez, and Bradley Samuel Martin. Dorothy has nine grandchildren, Currey (Connie) Russell, Amy (Alex) Hernandez, Marlo Hurley, Heather (Chris) Phillips, Hilary (Jason) Olson, Benjamin Martin, Josh (Sandi) Rahn, Jessie (Troy) Gross, and Anthony Tellez. Dorothy has 14 great grandchildren, Haley and Brandon Russell, Kylie, Rowan and Claire Hurley, Ella Landon, Brodie Phillips, Tanner, Tate, and Gracie Olson, Cayden Martin, Carter and Keaton Rahn, and Trey Gross. Dorothy loved her family and loved to bake and do canning in the summer time. She also enjoyed playing cards and doing word find puzzles. She enjoyed her many years of living on the farm and being a farm wife. Dorothy was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Worthing (Bud) Martin, her parents, Ella and Charles, three brothers, Louis, Pete, and Ben, and two sisters, Myrtle and Lila. A funeral service was held Saturday, April 21, 2012 at Kensington Covenant Church in Kensington, MN. Reverend David T. Wallin officiated. Marvin Andreasen and Pam Anderson provided music. Interment followed in the Pike Lake Cemetery near Kensington. Pallbearers included Chris Phillips, Jason Olson, Troy Gross, Eric Barnes, Dale Knabe, Virgil Knabe and Anthony Tellez. Honorary pallbearers included all of Dorothy?s Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren.