Anchorage resident Lorraine Dorothy Martens, 87, died Nov. 19, 2003, at Anchorage Pioneer Home. A service of remembrance was held at Anchorage Lutheran Church, 1420 N St.
Ms. Martens was born March 21, 1916, in Persia, Iowa, and moved to Alaska in 1937. In 1937, she worked as a clerk stenographer for the Office of the U.S. Commissioner, and in 1937-38 for the Northern Commercial Co. In 1938, she worked for a year as a clerk for the city of Anchorage before beginning her career as an accountant for Alaska Railroad. She retired in 1971. She was a member of the Anchorage Lutheran Church.
Survivors include her brother, Wallace Martens of Anchorage; sisters-in-law, Gevena Lee Martens, Pauline Martens and Betty Martens of Anchorage; nephews and their spouses, Larry and Diane Gill, Russell and Barbara Gill, Gregory Gill, Neil and Shirley Martens, Dana and Lynette Martens, Marcus and Ginger Martens, Kenneth Martens, all of Anchorage; nieces and their spouses, Christine Gill of Anchorage, Joan and Howard Burns of Tacoma, Wash., Carol and Maurice Trotman of Kitty Hawk, N.C., Sharon Ksander of Alexandria, Va., and Mary Lynn and Mike Harned of Anchorage. Memorial donations may be sent to the American Cancer Society, Alaska Chapter, and Lutheran Social Services of Alaska. Arrangements were with Evergreen Memorial Chapel.
Anchorage resident Lorraine Dorothy Martens, 87, died Nov. 19, 2003, at Anchorage Pioneer Home. A service of remembrance was held at Anchorage Lutheran Church, 1420 N St.
Ms. Martens was born March 21, 1916, in Persia, Iowa, and moved to Alaska in 1937. In 1937, she worked as a clerk stenographer for the Office of the U.S. Commissioner, and in 1937-38 for the Northern Commercial Co. In 1938, she worked for a year as a clerk for the city of Anchorage before beginning her career as an accountant for Alaska Railroad. She retired in 1971. She was a member of the Anchorage Lutheran Church.
Survivors include her brother, Wallace Martens of Anchorage; sisters-in-law, Gevena Lee Martens, Pauline Martens and Betty Martens of Anchorage; nephews and their spouses, Larry and Diane Gill, Russell and Barbara Gill, Gregory Gill, Neil and Shirley Martens, Dana and Lynette Martens, Marcus and Ginger Martens, Kenneth Martens, all of Anchorage; nieces and their spouses, Christine Gill of Anchorage, Joan and Howard Burns of Tacoma, Wash., Carol and Maurice Trotman of Kitty Hawk, N.C., Sharon Ksander of Alexandria, Va., and Mary Lynn and Mike Harned of Anchorage. Memorial donations may be sent to the American Cancer Society, Alaska Chapter, and Lutheran Social Services of Alaska. Arrangements were with Evergreen Memorial Chapel.
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