Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Evelyn R. Martz

Aug. 4, 1914 - Jan. 13, 2007

South Bend Tribune 1/16/2007

MISHAWAKA - Evelyn R. Martz, 92, residing in Mishawaka, IN, passed away at 1:40 p.m. Saturday, January 13, 2007, in Holy Cross Health & Rehabilitation Center, South Bend. Mrs. Martz was born August 4, 1914, in Cass County, Michigan, and had lived in the South Bend-Mishawaka area all her life.

On June 27, 1936, in Sunnyside Presbyterian Church, South Bend, as Evelyn Eddy, she married Herbert E. Martz, who preceded her in death on June 6, 1978. She was also preceded in death by two brothers, Newell and Lawrence Eddy. She is survived by two nephews, Herbert (Christy) Eddy of Granger and Floyd (Carol) Eddy of South Bend; and two nieces, Pricillia Favian of LaPorte and Carol Condon of South Bend.

Mrs. Martz retired in 1985 as a nurse with the Visiting Nurses Association following 30 years of service. She was a longtime member of the Order of Eastern Star Chapter #569 where she held many offices. She was also a member of the White Shrine of Jerusalem #10, Order of Amaranth, the Social Order of Beauceant Elkhart Assembly 129, and of Sunnyside Presbyterian Church in South Bend.

Services will be conducted at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 17, in the Palmer Funeral Home-River Park, 2528 Mishawaka Ave., South Bend, where members of Chapter 569 will also conduct an Eastern Star service. Friends will be received one hour prior to services Wednesday in the funeral home. Burial will be at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Osceola. IN. Contributions in memory of Evelyn Martz may be made to Sunnyside Presbyterian Church, 115 South Frances Street, South Bend, IN 46617; or to The Center for Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc., 111 Sunnybrook Court, South Bend, IN 46637.