Frances Marie Martin, age 87, Moorhead, MN, died Thursday, December 8, 2005, at Moorhead Healthcare Center.
Frances Marie Buffington was born March 9, 1918 in Newton, Kansas. She grew up and received her education in Kansas. On September 10, 1935, she was united in marriage to George H. Martin at Burlington, Kansas.
Following their marriage, they lived in Kansas, from 1947 to 1976 in Colorado, and in Arizona. In 1987, they returned to Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. Mr. Martin died on April 6, 1994. After his death, she continued to live in Cottonwood Falls. In October of 2003, Marie moved to Moorhead, where she became a resident of Moorhead Healthcare Center.
Marie is survived by a daughter, Darlene (Merl) Robertson, Moorhead; a sister, Bonnie (Richard) Wahrle, Pueblo, CO; two brothers, Robert (Sandy) Buffington, Tucson, AZ, and Jim Buffington, Pueblo; ten grandchildren; twenty one great-grandchildren; and seventeen great-great-grandchildren.
Visitation: One hour prior to the service
Funeral service: Saturday, Dec. 10, 2005, at 3:00 PM,
Korsmo Funeral Chapel, Moorhead, MN.
Additional services and burial will be in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas.