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Doris Jean Hanson Martin

Birth	:	11 Nov 1928 Baxter, Jasper County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	5 Oct 2002
Burial	:	Elgin City Cemetery, Elgin, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.9580000, -91.6410000
Description	:	Doris Jean (nee Hanson) Martin, the daughter of Melvin Rudolph Hanson and Cleo Eleanor (nee Gilbert) Hanson, was born Nov. 11, 1928, at Baxter, Iowa. She was baptized June 7, 1931 at Faribault, Minn., and confirmed in October of 1943 in the East Clermont Lutheran Church. Doris Hanson graduated from Elgin High School in 1946. On June 25, 1948, she was married to Lyle Henry Michael Martin in Prairie du Chien, Wis. Doris Martin taught in the Brackin and Brainard country schools, rural Fayette County, Iowa, from 1946 to 1951. She took time off to raise three children. Doris Martin returned to college and received her... Read More	Doris Jean (nee Hanson) Martin, the daughter of Melvin Rudolph Hanson and Cleo Eleanor (nee Gilbert) Hanson, was born Nov. 11, 1928, at Baxter, Iowa. She was baptized June 7, 1931 at Faribault, Minn., and confirmed in October of 1943 in the East Clermont Lutheran Church. Doris Hanson graduated from Elgin High School in 1946. On June 25, 1948, she was married to Lyle Henry Michael Martin in Prairie du Chien, Wis. Doris Martin taught in the Brackin and Brainard country schools, rural Fayette County, Iowa, from 1946 to 1951. She took time off to raise three children. Doris Martin returned to college and received her bachelor's degree in 1970 from Upper Iowa University in Fayette. She taught in the Fayette Public Schools from 1966 to 1967 and in the Valley Community School District from 1967 to 1990, when she retired. Doris Martin volunteered in both the school and town libraries, and was a storyteller for school and community groups. She enjoyed hand crafts, reading, crossword puzzles, e-mailing, and genealogy, and she was a self-described Civil War buff. Doris Martin was a charter member of the Elgin Lutheran Church, where she taught Sunday School and was a member of WELCA, Courage Circle. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary, the historical societies of Clermont and Elgin, the Senior Citizens organizations of Clermont and Elgin, the Retired Teachers Association and Delta Kappa Gamma. In 1980 Doris was instrumental in starting a widow's support group that is still active today. Doris Martin was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Lyle, who died in 1979; and two brothers, Robert "Bob" Hanson, who died in 1995, and Hans Hanson, who died in 1938.

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Latitude: 42.9580000
Longitude: -91.6410000

Family Members:

Parent

Melvin Rudolph Hanson

(1898 - 1973)

Cleo Eleanor Gilbert Hanson

(1909 - 1980)

Spouse

Lyle Henry Martin

(1919 - 1979)

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Nearby Cemetories:

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Coordinate: 42.9580000, -91.6410000

2. Gods Acres Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.9925003, -91.6496964

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6. East Clermont Lutheran Church Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.9969406, -91.5916672

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Coordinate: 42.9444008, -91.5675964

8. Illyria Cemetery
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14. Highland Lutheran Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.8987000, -91.5330000

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Coordinate: 42.9209880, -91.5091230

16. Fry Family Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.0152530, -91.5182350

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Coordinate: 42.9300003, -91.7850037

18. Lima Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.8689000, -91.7373000

19. Corbin Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.8440000, -91.6200000

20. Wadena Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.8428000, -91.6520000

21. Saint Josephs Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.8424988, -91.6492004

22. Old Pioneer Cemetery
Wadena, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8375100, -91.6537300

23. West Union Cemetery
West Union, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate: 42.9611000, -91.8151600

24. Clark Family Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.9166505, -91.4751415