Clara Lou Martin, 85, of Wabash, Indiana, died at 6:06 am, Thursday, March 11, 2021 at her home. She was born January 24, 1936 in Wabash County, Indiana, to Burvia Haskel and Lona (Nelson) Lawson.
Clara Lou was a 1954 Somerset High School graduate and attended Marion Beauty College. She married Charles Max Martin at the Somerset United Methodist Church on March 17, 1957. Clara Lou was a hairdresser 36 years and worked in Human Resources at the Wabash County Hospital, retiring in 2001 after 20 years. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Wabash, and a longtime member of the Woodlawn United Methodist Church, in Somerset. She was also a member and past Worthy Matron of the Lafontaine Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star, the Woman’s Clubhouse Association, Red Hat Society, and the Wabash Garden Club.
She is survived by her husband, Charles Max Martin of Wabash; three children, Ronald E. (Mari) Martin of Converse, Indiana, Rhonda Martin and Deanna (Rod) Grey, both of Phoenix, Arizona; four grandchildren, Scott Martin of Wabash, Lori (Scott) Turner of Indianapolis, Indiana, Dereck Grey of Scottsdale, Arizona, and Danielle Grey of Phoenix, Arizona, two great-grandsons, Logan Noble Turner and Landon Charles Turner, both of Indianapolis. She was preceded in death by her parents, brother, Burvia “Sonny” Lawson, and two sisters, Norma Jean Larimore and Geraldine Jones.
Family will receive friends from 2-5pm Sunday, March 14, 2021 at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Ave. Wabash. Funeral services will be 10:30 am, Monday, at the funeral home, with Pastor John Cook officiating. Burial will be in Mississinewa Cemetery, Somerset. The family requests facial coverings be worn.
Preferred memorials are the First United Methodist Church or Parkview Wabash Hospital.
The memorial guest book for Clara Lou may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.
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