VAN BUREN – Anne Marie Martin, 86, died Sept. 21, 2004, at a Van Buren nursing home. She was born May 8, 1918, in St. Leonard, N.B., Canada, the daughter of Eddie and Therese (Bellefleur) Ruest. She was a former member of the Ladies of Saint Anne and the Daughter of Isabella of St. Bruno-St. Remi Parish. Anne Marie and her husband Frank were the owners and operators of Frank’s Chevron Station on Bridge Street in Van Buren and later Frank’s Sunoco and convenience store on Main Street for several years. She is survived by one son, James Martin of Corsicana, Texas; six daughters, Theresa Dobbs and her husband, Wallace, of Las Vegas, Nev., Caroline Beckman of Fort Kent, Marlene Madore and her husband, Kenneth, of Amherst, N.H., Judith Knapczyk and her husband, Richard, of Hallandale, Fla., Barbara Najera of Las Vegas, Nev., and Cynthia Martin of Houston, Texas; two sisters, Hilda Bijeau of St. Leonard, N.B. and Dorothy Michaud of Grand Falls, N.B; one daughter-in-law, Robertine Martin of Inola, Okla.; 16 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. She was predeceased by her husband, Frank Martin Sr., in 1995; one son, Frank Martin Jr. in 2003; and by one brother, Thomas Ruest. Relatives and friends may call 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Friday at the Ouellette-Thibault Funeral Home, 118 High St., Van Buren, and from 9 a.m. until time of service on Saturday. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday at the St. Bruno-St. Remi Catholic Church. Committal service and interment will be in the parish cemetery. Those who wish may contribute in her memory to the American Diabetes Association, Maine Affiliate Inc., 163 Lancaster St., Suite 98R, Portland, ME 04101.
ANNE MARIE MARTIN
