KENDUSKEAG – Laura M. Martin, 85, the wife of the late Alton R. Martin, died Sept. 1, 2005, at a Bangor nursing home after a long illness. She was born Oct. 9, 1919, in Woburn, Mass., the daughter of Ira and Laura (Byron) Goding. She was a U.S. Army Veteran of World War II and a member of St. John’s Catholic Church and the Kenduskeag Ladies Aid. She loved gardening and traveling with her daughters, especially to the coast. Surviving are a son, Robert of Kenduskeag; three daughters, Janice Smith and her husband, Bruce, of Kenduskeag, Mary Martin of Bangor and Carol Babin and her fianc?, Randy Cox, of Kenduskeag; a sister, Marion King of Hermon; two brothers, George Goding and his wife, Mary, of Rochester, Vt. and Ira Goding of St. Petersburg, Fla.; eight grandchildren, Michael, Shane, Jesse and Joseph Smith, Aurora Martin, Corey Hewey, Nikki Chatfield and her son, Nathaniel, and Sarah Haskell and her daughter, Lacey; and two other great-grandchildren, Lucia Smith and Thomas Hilton. Laura was predeceased by a sister, Josephine Vail and a brother, Albert Goding. Friends may call 6-8 p.m. Monday at the Thompson Funeral Home, 17 Hudson Rd., Corinth. A Mass of Christian Burial will be said 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6 at St. John’s Catholic Church, 207 York St., with Fr. Richard McLaughlin officiating. Burial will be in the Kenduskeag Cemetery. Those who wish may make donations for the benefit of the family, care of Thompson Funeral Home, 17 Hudson Rd, Corinth, ME 04427.
LAURA M. MARTIN
