Joe Martinez

1944 - 2025

Joe Martinez June 18, 1944 - November 11, 2025 Joe Martinez, age 81 of Breckenridge, passed away Tuesday, November 11, 2025. Funeral mass will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, November 14th at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Interment will follow at 2 p.m. in the Rule Cemetery in Rule, Texas under the direction of Morehart Mortuary. Visitation will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday, November 13th at Morehart Mortuary.

Joe Luna Martinez was born June 18, 1944 in Alamo, Texas to Leonardo Martinez and Paula Luna Martinez. He joined the United States Army and proudly served in the Vietnam War before his honorable discharge in 1970. On February 6, 2004, he married Katherine Jimenez in Abilene. Joe worked for the Texas Department of Transportation for years until his retirement. In his free time, he loved working on antique cars and going dancing. Most of all, Joe loved spending quality time with his family, especially his grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Lupe Martinez; sister, Sista Eisenman; one nephew, Billy Wayne Martinez; one granddaughter, CeLeste Contreras; and Isabel Varges.

Joe is survived by his wife, Katherine Martinez; two daughters, Mariah Joe Martinez, MaKaLam Joe Martinez, both of Cape Girardeau, Missouri; three step-children, Teresa Contreras of Lubbock, Melinda A. Hatfield of Abilene, Gabino Martinez of Abilene; four sisters, Mary Cedillo, Hope Goraham, Lala Foster of Fort Worth, Janie Walton of Colorado Springs, Colorado; eleven grandchildren; five great grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

Memorials may be made to the charity of the donor's choice and may be left at Morehart Mortuary. Condolences may be made online at www.morehartmortuary.net.