RUTH M. MARTEN
Ruth M. Marten was born on Oct. 18, 1924, in Wichita, Kan., to William and Lillian (Nelson) Mueller. She passed from this life on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, at the Medicalodge of Clay Center, Clay Center, Kan., at the age of 85.
Ruth was baptized and confirmed at Evangelic Lutheran Church of Wichita. She attended Vernon country school and graduated from Wichita High School East in the Class of 1942. Ruth worked as a Sr. draftsman at Boeing Airplane Co., Wichita Div. before marrying Dalton C. Marten on Nov. 26, 1944. They were married for 61 years before Dalton passed away on May 16, 2006. They lived in Winfield, Kan., until 1958, when they moved to Clay Center, Kan. Ruth began sewing custom draperies. She was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church and Lutheran Women’s Missionary League and Clay Center Library Club.
In 1972, they moved to Concordia, Kan., where Ruth worked for Dr. Owensby and Dr. Miller. Ruth was a member of Concordia Lutheran Church and the Women’s Guild, the Atheneum Club and Concordia Country Club.
Besides her husband Dalton, she was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Paul Edward Mueller, who died in infancy.
Survivors include four children: Albert Marten of San Antonio, Texas, Linda Franson and husband Gailen of Clay Center, Kan., William Otto Marten and wife Colleen of Independence, Mo., and Neal Marten of Rotonda West, Fla.; eight grandchildren: James Franson and wife Shelli, Angela Franson and husband Justin Dean, Holly Heidrick and husband Jeff, Sarah Marten, Dylan Marten, Sydney Marten, Chelsea Marten and Anna Marten; six great-grandchildren: Isabella Meier, Nicholas Meier, Macy Franson, Hailey Franson, Caden Dean and Eli Dean; one brother, George Mueller and wife Bonnie of Wichita, Kan.; two nephews, Randall and Scott Mueller along with their wives and children; a brother-in-law, William Otto (Jack) Marten and wife Dolores of Helendale, Calif., and a sister-in-law, Helen Leimer of Augusta, Kan.; and dearly loved nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010, at Concordia Lutheran Church with the Rev. David Strommen officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Concordia, Kan.
Memorials may be made to Alzheimer’s Association or Ruth M. Marten Memorial Fund.
Visitation will be from 9 a.m.-9 p.m. with family greeting friends from 6-8 p.m. Monday at Chaput-Buoy Funeral Home, 325 W. 6th St., Concordia, Kan. For information or to send condolences visit www.chaputbuoy.com.