Mary Alice Martin

CLERGY
Fr. Mathew Vazhappilly, Scotland, South Dakota
Fr. Gerald A. Leise, Jr., Schuyler, Nebraska
MUSIC
Organist ~ Georgianne Pravecek
St. George Choir
Congregational Hymns
“Amazing Grace”
“Gift of Finest Wheat”
“The Old Rugged Cross”
“O Loving God (Song of Farewell)”
“On Eagle’s Wings”
CASKETBEARERS
Curt Koob
Don Schmidt
Jim Dvorak
Jim Foley
Ray Schneider
Elton Rokusek
Mary Alice Martin, 50, of Scotland passed away on January 16, 2009 at Landmann-Jungman Memorial Hospital in Scotland after a valiant one-year battle with ovarian cancer.
Mary was born on June 6, 1958 in Schuyler, Nebraska. She graduated from Schuyler Central High School in 1976 and from Mount Marty College in 1981. She married Alexander Martin in Vermillion, South Dakota in 1986.
Mary was the loving wife of Alex and the loving mother of Ginger, Joseph and Joshua.
Her heart was full of poetry and love. She loved meeting people, being a friend, cracking jokes, laughing and helping people in many ways. She loved gardening, baking, cooking, crafts, collecting angels, reading magazines, watching movies, fixing things, playing cards and singing. She loved the Catholic Church, Jesus, angels and many, many people in the Scotland, Yankton and Schuyler, Nebraska communities. She loved planting dill, tomatoes, peppers, and flowers in her two gardens.
Mary’s life was full of joy and fun. Her great gift to us was her presence, caring and zest for living.
She traveled to Germany, England, the Black Hills, New York, Chicago, Minneapolis and Woodbury, Minnesota, Wisconsin and enjoyed living in Mesa, Arizona for four years.
She worked at Gurney’s Seed and Nursery for ten years. She also greatly enjoyed working part-time at the Scotland Post Office and St. George Catholic Church.
Forever grateful for having shared her life are her husband, Alex, daughter Ginger, and son Joseph, all of Scotland; her mother, Helen Jedlicka, sister Roberta (Tim) Kaup and niece Ashley Kaup, all of Schuyler, Nebraska; her mother-in-law Ruth Martin of Woodbury, Minnesota; sister-in-law Rebecca Martin of Landers, California; brother-in-law Andrew Martin and wife Ann Verme of Minneapolis, Minnesota; brother-in-law Benjamin Martin of Yonkers, New York; an uncle, George (Frances) Jedlicka; and her great-aunt, Bette Pupkes.
Preceding her in death were her son, Joshua Martin; her father, Elmer Jedlicka; a brother, Charles Jedlicka; her maternal and paternal grandparents; uncles Louise, Charles and Laverne Dvorak; and great-uncles Longine Jedlicka and Henry Jedlicka.