Shirley A. Martin, 77, of Deansboro, passed away on Friday, April 3, 2014 at the Harding Nursing Home, Waterville. She was born October 26, 1937 in Little Falls, one of twelve children of DeForest and Effa Eckler Phillips and received her education in local schools. On April 8, 1961 at Mark’s Lutheran Church, Canajoharie, she married Robert L. Martin. Together they had four children, whom she leaves. Teresa (Blake) Gray of Warren, ME and granddaughter Angela; Catherine (Donald) Potter of Waterville, and grandson Stephen; Robert Martin, Jr. of Whitesboro; Lester Martin of Morris, and grandchildren Hope and Kyle and many nieces and nephews.
Shirley worked for her son at L & C Auto of Deansboro, and also had worked on the Family Farm. She enjoyed Ceramics and watching WWE Wrestling.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at 7 PM from the Burgess & Tedesco Funeral Home (Kloster & Northrop Memorial Chapel), 201 E, Main St., Waterville. Interment will be held in the spring in Fort Plain Cemetery. Friends are invited and may call on Wednesday, April 8, 2015 from 5 to 7 PM at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 6390 Fly Rd., 2nd Floor, East Syracuse, NY 13057 or to the Stevens-Swan Humane Society, 5664 Horatio Blvd., Utica, NY 13502