Martha Glenn Phelps1

F, #43019, b. Feb 22, 1923, d. Jul 18, 2008

Family

Wendell Elwin Tillotson b. Jun 12, 1923, d. May 25, 2015

Chronological Events

Birth*Feb 22, 1923 Martha Glenn Phelps was born on Feb 22, 1923 at Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa, United States.1 
Marriage*Aug 25, 1944 She married Wendell Elwin Tillotson, son of Harry Lee Tillotson and Sylvia Katherine Taylor, on Aug 25, 1944 at United States.1 
Death*Jul 18, 2008 Martha Glenn Phelps died on Jul 18, 2008, at age 85 at Northwestern Medical Center, Saint Albans, Franklin County, Vermont, United States.1 
ObituaryJul 19, 2008  OBITUARY: Martha Glenn Tillotson, age 85, passed away at the Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans, VT. She was born in Knoxville, Iowa the daughter of the late Claude A. & Ella Glenn (Gaylord) Phelps.

Martha served in the US Navy Waves during WWII receiving her honorable discharge with the rank of SK2c. She was a 1953 graduate of the University of Vermont receiving her BS in Education. She taught math at Enosburg Falls High School for 30 years retiring in 1985. She was a devoted teacher, taking whatever time was needed to help her students succeed.

She was a member of the Enosburg Falls United Methodist Church, Delta Kappa Gamma (Zeta Chapter), National Education Association, Vermont Retired Teachers Association, and the Franklin/Lamoille Retired Teachers Association.

She enjoyed playing golf and was a longtime member of the Enosburg Falls Country Club where she was a multiple time ladies club champion. She also enjoyed knitting reading and working in her flower gardens.

She is survived by her husband Wendell E. "Barney" Tillotson of Enosburg Falls. They were married August 25, 1944. She is also survived by her son, Lee Tillotson and his wife Susan of Bakersfield; 2 daughters, Janet Machia and her husband Bernard of Bakersfield, and Kathy Bokori and her husband Tom of Scottsville, KY; 5 grandchildren, Leif Tillotson and his fiancé, Amy Gary, Courtney Tillotson his wife Sara and their children, Jarrett & Avery, Jeremy Tillotson his companion Emily Garceau and their daughter Ruby, Shaun Machia his wife Angela and their children Marisa & Rowen, and Jackie Daviau her husband Steve and their son Isaac; 2 sisters, Elizabeth Beard of Houston, TX, and Arlene Nichol of Carthage, IL; several nieces and nephews. Besides her parents, she was predeceased by a daughter Claudia Tillotson; a granddaughter, Megan Fitzgerald; a brother, Claude A. Phelps Jr; and sisters, Clara Swayze & Roxa Dill.

Information found at Find-A-Grave.com.1
 
Burial*Jul 21, 2008 She was buried on Jul 21, 2008 at Maple Grove Cemetery, Bakersfield, Franklin County, Vermont, United States, Find A Grave Memorial# 20394653.2 

Military *

 

Listed as a Military Veteran who served in wartime combat in World War 2.

 

Citations

  1. [S19] Obituary - Online, Newspaper or Funeral Home.
  2. [S58] Gravestones - Death Cert, Find-A-Grave, BillionGraves, #19.