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Katherine Martin Obituary

Martin, Katherine Toalson age 98, on Sunday, November 5, 2006.
Beloved wife of the late Cecil A. Z. Sharp, the late John Reavis and the late John J. Martin; loving mother of Cecil T. Sharp and the late Angela Sharp Walsh; dear grandmother of Catherine Walsh-Petrosky (Joe), Colleen Johnson (McKinley), Gregory Sharp and the late Zachary Sharp; great-grandmother of Tyler, Caitlin, Jeremiah, Lauren and Zachary; sister-in-law of Helen Sharp Wycliff; aunt, great-aunt, cousin and friend.
Katherine was a proud Cub Scout Leader and Nurse Anesthetist at City Hospital for many years.Services: A Funeral Service will be conducted at the LUPTON CHAPEL, 7233 Delmar Blvd., University City on Saturday, November 11, 2006 at 1:00 p.m. Interment Carlyle City Cemetery, Carlyle, IL. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions appreciated to the American Cancer Society, 4207 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63108. The family will receive friends at Lupton Chapel on Friday, November 10, 2006 from 3 to 9 p.m.

Published by St. Louis Post-Dispatch from Nov. 8 to Nov. 16, 2006.

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Bob and Dixie Rogers

November 11, 2006

Cecil: We are certainly thinking of you at the passing of your mother. What mixed emotions we have at a time like this--sadness for the void that has been created in our lives, but relief that our parent's discomfort is over.

Our sympathy to you and your family.

Dixie (hoyt) Mansker

November 8, 2006

Cecil, Thinking of you in the loss of your mother.

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