Robert Burns Martin, Sr.

1923 - 1990  (67 years)

• Name	Robert Burns Martin
  Suffix	Sr.
  Born	12 Jan 1923	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	28 Mar 1990	Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
  Buried	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I4624	Rossville
  Last Modified	3 Aug 2019

  
  

  Father	John Stanley Martin,   b. 8 Sep 1894, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 6 Feb 1991, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 96 years)
  Mother	Viola Mary Burns Martin,   b. 6 Jun 1892, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 28 Feb 1983, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 90 years)
  Married	16 Sep 1916	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  	Their wedding may have been June, not September. (see 50th wedding anniversary announcement)
  Documents		Anniversary- Martin, John and Viola Celebrate Golden Wedding ROSSVILLE RESIDENTS TO CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING — Mr. and Mrs. John S. Martin will celebrate their Golden Wedding Anniversary on Sunday, June 19. A reception in their honor will be held in the Rossville Community Center from 2:00 to 4:00 P.M. No invitations are being sent but friends and relatives are invited to attend. The couple requests that no gifts be presented. Both Mr. and Mrs. Martin were born in Rossville and have spent most of their lives in the Rossville Community. They have seven children and thirty grand-children. The children are: James of Lubbock, Texas: John Jr. of Moline. Ks.; Robert and Ray of Topeka; Mrs. Bonnie Vande Velde of Kansas City. Ks.: Mrs. Nona Haltom of Oklahoma City, Okla.; and Donald of the home.
  Family ID	F2013	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Deborah K Martin   2. Christina Martin Calvert   3. Robert Burns Martin, Jr.,   b. 8 Jul 1954
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2016 17:45:13
  Family ID	F2041	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Martin, Robert B. Robert Burns Martin Sr. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Robert Burns Martin Sr., 67, Kansas City, formerly of Rossville, Kan., died Wednesday, March 28, 1990, at his home. Mr. Martin was a telephone repairman for Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. before he retired. He was an Army veteran of World War II, having served in the Central Pacific. He had received the China War Memorial award. He was born Jan. 12, 1923, In Rossville, Kan., the son of John Stanley and Viola Mary Burns Martin. Mr. Martin was a member of Telephone Pioneers of America in Topeka and Communication Workers of America and was a former member of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Rossville. Survivors include two daughters, Deborah K. Martin, San Jose, Calif., and Christina Calvert, Shawnee; a son, Robert B. Martin Jr., Grandview, Mo.; his father, John S. Martin, Rossville; two sisters, Bonnie VandeVelde, Kansas City, Kan., and Nona Haltom, Lawton, Okla.; three brothers, James Martin, Lubbock, Texas, and Donald Martin and Raymond Martin, both of Topeka; and a granddaughter. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Rossville Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association. Carson Funeral Home in Kansas City, Mo., is in charge of arrangements.