Dorothy M. Martin
July 23, 1928 ~ February 7, 2023
Dorothy M. Martin, 94, of Columbus, died at 1:40 a.m., Tuesday, February 7, 2023, at Columbus Regional Hospital.
Dorothy was born July 23, 1928, in Rural Hancock County, the daughter of Andrew and Alice Horning. She married Ralph Martin on March 14, 1947. He preceded her in death on July 13, 2020.
Dorothy loved being a homemaker and taking care of her family. She enjoyed quilting, sewing, and traveling. In her many years of devotion to her Lord and Savior, she taught Sunday School, sang in the choir, and recently attended weekly Bible study and Chapel at Four Seasons, where she lived. Dorothy enjoyed cooking, some of her specialties were her Red Velvet cake and homemade Christmas Candies. A lady of many talents, a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, she will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her.
The funeral will be at 11:00 a.m., Friday, February 17, 2023, with Rev. Jerry Day Sr. officiating. Calling will be from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service at the funeral home. Burial will be at Garland Brook Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the Our Hospice.
Survivors include children; Lucille (Bob) Branaman of Seymour, Janice (John) Webster of Ft. Wayne, Les (Karen) Martin of Beach Park, Illinois, Marsha (Tom) Dawkins of Leo, Indiana, and Brad (Annette) Martin of Columbus; 15 grandchildren; and 29 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, and all her siblings, Bud, Hazel, Marie, John, Doris, Harry, Ray, Ivan, and Junior.
Arrangements entrusted to Jewell-Rittman Family Funeral Home.
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I am so sorry for your loss. Dorothy was such a special lady. I admired her as a wonderful Christian lady and someone that loved her family and her friends. I enjoyed being in the Jones small group at church with her. – Donna Harp
Dorothy Martin, babysat me as a young preschool child and it was her baking that has marked me all my life. It was her “chocolate chip” cookie that I fell in love with. Over the last 50 years, I have baked and giving away thousands of cookies to family and friends because Dorothy lovingly bake them for me. She also taught me God’s word in my fourth grade Sunday School class in the “kitchen” basement of the Berean Bible Church. Her patience and confident communication of the truth of Christ love for me and eternal stories from the Bible marked me as a young boy to want to know Jesus and His love more. Psalm 116:15 rings, true for Dorothy Martin … “ Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.”
Tom Nussbaum
Wheaton , IL
Lots of very good memories – from youth group leader, cookies new every week, instrumental in leading my brother to Christ, and being kind of a second mom to me, and mom to my best friend Les. I’ll miss her. (Mike)
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We are so sorry for your loss.
She was a special lady
Julie and Jaxson Zeigler
What a tribute to a servant of God and an amazing woman
I, too, remember the Bible Clubs and her delicious fresh baked cookies. What a special lady! She touched many lives. Thank you for sharing the video. Debbie (DeHaven) Bentley
I enjoyed seeing the highlights of Dorothy’s life. My sister Robbin and I have happy memories of attending the Bible club in her living room when we were in early elementary school. She lovingly shared stories of Jesus with the help of her flannel graph board. Later when we were in junior high, she was our Pioneer Girls leader at Berean Bible Church. The room was packed with girls and each week was full of fun activities. We are very grateful for Dorothy’s devotion to teaching about Christ, and her untiring service to Him.
Pam Moffitt
Dorothy was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, and friend. She lived every day as a special person. We all share a loss. Sharon Spall
We are so sorry about the death of your mother, grandmother. She was a precious lady one who loved the Lord and her family. I worked with her at Berean in Pioneer Girls when they first started that. I grew to love her and all of you. May the Lord give you comfort and peace at this time. Al & Becky Hupp
We attended Community Church of Columbus with Ralph and Dorothy We were then honored to serve in the same small group where we fell in love with them Most wonderful couple Strong faith in God and hearts full of love and devotion for each other We loved them so much We have missed Ralph and now missing Dorothy We will meet with them again one day
Max and Sara Zeigler
Little River SC
Dorothy was a special Aunt. We wrote letters to each other. Prayers for the family. Susan Gray Horning