Submitted by Georgia Gill-Elkins South Bend Tribune Sept. 23, 1954

 

Edwin R. Martin

 

     Edwin R. Martin, until four years ago a South Bend real estate broker, died at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in the home of his mother Mrs. Gertrude Martin, in Plymouth, Ind. He had lived in South Bend from 1915 to 1950, when he moved to Florida, returning to Plymouth five weeks ago. He was a member of the River Park Fishing Club, the South Bend Real Estate Board and the state and national real estate boards. He was born Feb, 5, 1894, in Knox, Ind. and on Sept 23, 1916 he married Nellie Cullers, who preceded him in death. He was a member of the Evangelical United Brethern Church in South Bend. Surviving , besides his mother are two daughters, Mrs. Lois Yearling, Kalamazoo, Mich., and Mrs. Irene Wilson, Tampa, Fla; one sister, Mrs. Elsie Dulladway,  of Plymouth; four brothers, Charles and Arthur, both of Plymouth, Harry of Menton, Indiana and Ralph, in Michigan, and one grandchild. Funeral services will  be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Danielson & Van Gilder Funeral Home in Plymouth, where friends my call after noon Friday. Rev. Roscoe Wilson will officiate with burial in New Oak Hill Cemetery, Plymouth.