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Martin Weeks

Birth	:	15 Feb 1922 Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, USA
Death	:	17 Apr 2014 Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, USA
Burial	:	Bluff View Cemetery, Vermillion, Clay County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.7714000, -96.9056000
Description	:	Martin Weeks, 92, of Vermillion, South Dakota, passed away Thursday, April 17, 2014 in Vermillion. Martin was born in Vermillion, and but for the time spent in military service, lived his entire life on the family farm. He attended Prairie Bell School until high school, when he attended Vermillion High School. Martin was a country lawyer for 52 years, during which time he was a city and state's attorney. He was an accomplished outdoorsman, frequently hiking the Bitterroots of Montana and canoeing great expanses of Canada. He was a strong environmentalist who worked to protect the Vermillion and... Read More	Martin Weeks, 92, of Vermillion, South Dakota, passed away Thursday, April 17, 2014 in Vermillion. Martin was born in Vermillion, and but for the time spent in military service, lived his entire life on the family farm. He attended Prairie Bell School until high school, when he attended Vermillion High School. Martin was a country lawyer for 52 years, during which time he was a city and state's attorney. He was an accomplished outdoorsman, frequently hiking the Bitterroots of Montana and canoeing great expanses of Canada. He was a strong environmentalist who worked to protect the Vermillion and Missouri rivers, the Bitterroots and an Alaskan wilderness and the James River Basin. The fact that Martin's service was held on Earth Day seems a fitting tribute to his lifelong dedication to environmental conservatism. In 1996 he was one of four people to receive the National Leadership Award from the Environmental Law Institute in Washington D.C. After "retiring" he spent the remainder of his life passionately pursuing his life's work of caring for the family land and farm that his great-grandfather had homesteaded. Martin served in World War II in the Battle of the Bulge. He was a kind and humble man and a dearly loved leader of his family and he will be deeply missed. Martin is survived by his daughters, Patti Bancroft of Vermillion, and Mary (Stanley Halbert) Weeks of Lawrence, Kansas; his grandchildren, Blake Bancroft of Spearfish, South Dakota, and Raina Jones of Collinston, Utah; and his great-grandchildren, Canute Bancroft, Sunnie Jones, Aengus Bancroft, Waylon Jones, and Bodhi Thibault Bancroft. He was preceded in death by his wife, Marjorie "Hoppy" Weeks. [Courtesy: Kober Funeral Home]

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Martin Weeks's memorial is located at: Bluff View Cemetery, Vermillion, Clay County, USA.
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Martin Weeks death on 17 Apr 2014 in Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, USA
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Latitude: 42.7714000
Longitude: -96.9056000

Family Members:

Parent

Martin Weeks

(1877 - 1952)

Josephine Wilhelmina Shovage Weeks

(1884 - 1975)

Spouse

Marjorie Eve “Hoppy” Hospers Weeks

(1920 - 2004)

Siblings

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Bluff View Cemetery
Vermillion, Clay County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7714000, -96.9056000

2. Saint Agnes Calvary Cemetery
Vermillion, Clay County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7715900, -96.9072100

3. Saint Agnes Cemetery
Vermillion, Clay County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7872009, -96.8499985

4. Dowlin Cemetery
Burbank, Clay County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7789001, -96.8107986

5. Gibb's Cemetery
Newcastle, Dixon County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6985100, -96.8518400

6. Saint Peter Greenfield Cemetery
Vermillion, Clay County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8608017, -96.8644028

7. Clay Creek Cemetery
Clay County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8516998, -96.9788971

8. Ionia Cemetery
Newcastle, Dixon County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6893997, -96.8300018

9. Maskell Cemetery
Maskell, Dixon County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6878014, -96.9916992

10. Halverson Cemetery
Maskell, Dixon County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6908600, -97.0013500

11. Ahlsborg Lutheran Cemetery
Union County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8228000, -96.7612000

12. Saint Mary Cemetery
Union County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8520584, -96.7877502

13. Newcastle Cemetery
Newcastle, Dixon County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6550500, -96.8708700

14. Saint Peters Calvary Cemetery
Newcastle, Dixon County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6533800, -96.8744700

15. Spirit Mound Cemetery
Clay County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8885994, -96.9424973

16. Clay Point Cemetery
Prairie Center Township, Clay County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8987700, -96.9065600

17. Lime Grove Cemetery
Maskell, Dixon County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6632400, -96.9990500

18. Lime Creek Cemetery
Maskell, Dixon County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6569600, -97.0004700

19. Obert Cemetery
Obert, Cedar County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6702995, -97.0289001

20. Evergreen Cemetery
Meckling, Clay County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7896996, -97.0903015

21. Brule Creek Cemetery
Spink Township, Union County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8346510, -96.7324350

22. Taylor Cemetery
Clay County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8372002, -97.0785980

23. Union County Poor Farm Cemetery
Union County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7649210, -96.7077580

24. Saint Paul Cemetery
Elk Point, Union County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7641983, -96.7061005