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JOANNE MARTIN Obituary
Joanne "Jo" M. Martin, 76, a longtime resident of Guemes Island, WA passed on Tuesday, August 23, 2016 after a short battle with cancer.
She was born on September 15, 1939 in Shawano, Wisconsin to Maynard R. Wussow and Lucille M. Witthuhn.
Jo graduated from the University of Denver with a BA degree in Education and spent well over 30 years, combined, as an Elementary Educator both in Wisconsin and Washington. She met and married the love of her life Charles L. Martin in Seattle on March 26, 1982. They celebrated 34 years of marriage.
Her favorite recreational activities included reading, beachcombing for shells, travelling, solving puzzles and gardening. The last ten years of her life she and Chuck spent snow birding between Fort Myers, Florida and Guemes Island, WA.
Jo is preceded in death by her parents and siblings, Jim and Donna Wussow.
She is survived by her husband, Chuck; step-sons, Greg Martin, Jeff (Joelle) Martin; daughters, Kim Grinnell (Curtis), Jamie Baxter (Kris), Jody Voy; grandchildren, Sydney, Jordan, Zak, Blake, MacKenzie, Maxine, Payten, Addy, Emery, Nathanael, Cierra and Austin.
Jo was a member of the Seattle Children's Hospital Guild Association and P.E.O. International, an organization of women helping women reach for the stars.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made in memory of Jo to the Seattle's Children's Hospital, 4800 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105.
Arrangements are in the care of Evans Chapel & Crematory Inc., of Anacortes, WA & the San Juan Islands.
To share memory of Jo please visit www.evanschapel.com and sign the online register.
To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
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September 24, 2016
Dear Chuck and Family, I just heard of Jo's passing and I am grief stricken! Jo and I spent many hours together at Dickinson, so I am blessed with a lot of memories of Jo's love of family, teaching, and her many friends. I extend to all of you my most sincere sympathies in this time of such sorrow. I am proud to have called her my friend for over 20 years! With much caring, Barbara Olson
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