Elizabeth Decima Barclay Martin

Elizabeth Decima Barclay Martin, 85, Scottsbluff, died Monday (5/30/05) at the Regional West Medical Center. She was born June 25, 1919, at Grinnell, Kan., to Dr. John Judson Barclay II and Mary (Royer). She graduated from high school and attended Ward Belmont Women's College in Nashville, Tenn., and later graduated from Kansas University at Lawrence, Kan. She married Max M. Martin on May 25, 1941, at Grinnell. She was a mother to her three boys and taught school after they were reared. They lived in Pawnee City until 1979 when they moved to Sun City, Arizona. She moved to Scottsbluff in 1999, where she had resided since.

She was a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority and was past president, Phi Beta Kappa honor student, PEO Chapter FC, lifetime member of the Disciples of Christ Christian Church, and the Women's Fellowship of the church.

She is survived by her sons, Dr. Max Martin, Jr. and his wife, Mary of Lincoln, Dr. Samuel Martin and his wife, Leslie of Wahoo, and Dr. Judson Martin and his wife, Sue of Scottsbluff; grandchildren, Kara Durgin and her husband, Chad, Judson Martin and his wife, Lindsey, Sara Seberg and her husband, Chris, Beth Gissendanner and her husband, Greg, Blake Martin, and Danielle Martin; great-grandchildren, Peyton Anne and Piper Elizabeth Seberg, and Rebekah Elizabeth Durgin; brother, Royer Barclay and his wife, Althea of Lindsborg, Kan.; and many nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by husband; brother Judson Barclay.

Memorial services: 10 a.m. Thursday, First Christian Church, Scottsbluff. Pastor Michael Stein. Elizabeth requested that her remains be cremated. Jolliffe Funeral Home & Crematory, Scottsbluff, is in charge of arrangements. Inurnment: 2 p.m. CST, Pawnee City Cemetery with the Rev. Walter Rowoldt. Wherry Brothers Mortuary is in charge of arrangements in Pawnee City. In lieu of flowers, memorials have been established to the Max and Elizabeth Martin Scholarship Fund; or the Campbell Mansion Fund, Bethany, W. V.