Obituary of Vimy Martin

Mr. Vimy Martin, age 90, late of Red Wing and formerly of Parkside, passed away in his residence on Sunday, February 3, 2008. Vimy was born on May 7, 1917 to Harry and Mildred Martin, who lived near Parkside. He grew up as part of a large family, and enjoyed many happy experiences of farm life with his brothers and sisters. In 1940, he married Vera Johnson, and they raised three children, Terry, Sharon, and Dale. Vimy and Vera ran a farm, and were involved in their community. When the duties on the farm became less demanding, Vimy took up golf and curling, as well as spending time with his grandchildren, who were very special to him. He was always in close contact with each of them, and was interested in what they were doing. Vimy was kind hearted, helping, caring, generous, humorous, and loved being around people. He had a way of telling you something, and when you thought about it long enough, there would usually be some hidden truth in what he said. After his wife, Vera, passed away in 1999, Vimy traveled extensively with his son Terry to Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Ireland, Italy, France, and Switzerland and the Netherlands. Vimy loved music, and began to follow a certain musical group, and later married one of the members, Marlene Abdai in 2002. Vimy had a very active ninety years, and will be remembered by everyone as a giving man. Vimy will be fondly remembered by his loving wife, Marlene, of Red Wing; his children, Terry Martin of Parkside, Sharon (Dan) Marek of Shellbrook, Dale (Carol) Martin of Parkside; his grandchildren, Kevin (Leaha) Marek of Blackfalds AB and their children Tyson, Travis, Ryan and Evan: Michelle (Arnold) Crawford of Shellbrook and their children Danielle (Aaron) Honig & Kyra, Mikaela, Colby, Madison, Cassadie and Dacie: Cherie (Phil) Dittberner of Winnipeg and their children Freyja and Portia: Scott Martin (Tracy) of Parkside and his children Kelsy, Sara, Jayde, Marissa and Samuel: Kim (Jason) LaMotte of Shellbrook and their children Emmalynn and Allison; his stepchildren, Cindy (Bill) Mattson of Prince Albert, Wendy (Cam) Cartier of Prince Albert, Shari (Wayne) Ilnisky of Prince Albert; his stepgrandchildren Adam, Lisa, Michael, Mitchell, Alicia, Mason, Mathew, Shayna; his siblings, Muriel (Richard) Schmalz of Kelowna BC, Marjorie Evenson of Kelowna BC, Jack Martin of Shellbrook, Lora (Lyle) Preston of White Rock BC, Dick (Violet) Martin of Abbotsford BC; his sisters-in-law, Eileen Martin of Shellbrook, Hannah Martin of Athabasca, Alvina Martin of Kelowna. He was predeceased by his first wife, Vera Martin; his parents, Mildred and Harry Martin; his siblings, Florence (Bert) Mennie, Rex Martin, Pat Martin, Dennis (Rae) Martin, Tom (Margaret) Martin, Joe Evenson, Muriel Martin. The funeral service was held at the Pentecostal Church in Shellbrook on Friday, February 8 at 2:00 pm with Rev. David Bodvarson, Rev. Claude Tucker and Rev. Peter Nolan as officiants. The pianist was Terry Martin, with special music by Marlene Martin and Henry Jonasson and a duet by Jude Hanson and Marcia Martin. The eulogy was given by Kevin Marek and Wayne Ilnisky. Memorial donations may be made to the Shellbrook and Districts Health Services Project, or to First Steps Canada. Interment was in Parkside Cemetery.