Lorraine "Girlie" Annebelle Martius, 77, Revere, died Sunday, Feb. 17, 2002, at Valley View Manor, Lamberton. She was the mother of Thomas Martius, Luverne.
Services were Wednesday, Feb. 20, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Lamberton. The Rev. Lee R. Harder officiated. Burial will be in St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery, Springfield, at a later date.
Lorraine Johnson was born to George and Anna (Raveling) Johnson on May 12, 1924, in Remsen, Iowa. She attended country school near Remsen. The family moved to Highwater Township, Cottonwood County, and she continued her education through the ninth grade.
She married Henry Martius on May 26, 1942, at Zion Lutheran Church in Sanborn. During the war years they lived in Abilene, Texas, and Chillicothe, Ohio, where she worked as a waitress/governess and in the ammunition plant. Her husband was discharged from the Army in 1945. They started farming near Bernadott. In 1954 the family moved to Grove City and in 1959 they moved to Revere where they continued farming.
Mrs. Martius loved working with her flowers, doing needlepoint, making doughnuts, apple bars and raspberry jam.
Survivors include her husband, Henry Martius, Revere; four sons, Jerry (Peg) Martius, Sanborn, Dennis (Deb) Martius, Spearfish, S.D., Thomas (Bev) Martius, Luverne, and Richard (Deb) Martius, Walnut Grove; one daughter, Constance Lambert, Big Lake; 12 grandchildren, Mike and Sherrie Martius, Jody and Thomas Randolph, Tanya Lambert, Jennifer Heilman, Tina and Greg Simanski, Julie and Tim Thomas, Heidi Jo Martius, Darren and Tracey Martius, Jessica and Anthony Hacker, Staci and Andy Kleven, Elizabeth and Patrick Nath and Benjamin Martius; 13 great-grandchildren, Merrick, Siannah, and Skyeler Martius, Megan and Christopher Randolph, Madeline Lambert, Rachel and Josh Simanski, Tyler, Jordan and Amy Martius, Alexandra Kleven and Dylan Nath; two brothers, Elmer Johnson, Lamberton, and Raymond (Bonnie) Johnson, Revere; two sisters, LaVonne (Clyde) Prins, Lamberton, and Juanita (LuVerne) Pankonin, Brookings, S.D.; and three sisters-in-law, Marge Carlson, Lafayette, Marie (Donnie) Neeb, Lake Havasu City, Ariz., and Lucille Martius, Springfield.
Mrs. Martius was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, John and Jake Johnson, and one grandson-in-law, Bradley Heilman.
Sturm Funeral Home, Lamberton, was in charge of arrangements.