Tuesday Morning, April 28, 1953
Section Two, Page Eleven, Column 2
Retired Railroad Man Succumbs
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m., Wednesday in Settergren's Funeral Chapel for Charles B. Martin, 74, of Park City, retired Northern Pacific Railway Conductor, who died at 7:20 p.m. Sunday in a Billings hospital. Death was attributed to a heart ailment. Mr. Martin had been in the hospital since April 14.
He was born April 22, 1879, in Woodburn, Ia., son of Dr. and Mrs. M.C. (should be T.) Martin. He came west as a young man and entered railroad employment at Livingston in 1903. He married Miss May Davis at Woodburn Oct. 7, 1905, and the family made its home in Livingston. Later they resided at Billings, Laurel, Logan and Bozeman. After Mr. Martin's retirement in 1944 they moved to Park City.
He was a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, the Order of Conductors and the Amorc.
Besides his wife, he is survived by a son, Charles B. Martin Jr. of Livingston; three grandsons and one step-grandchild. Following services Wednesday the body will be taken to Great Falls for cremation.
Tuesday Morning, April 28, 1953
Section Two, Page Eleven, Column 2
Retired Railroad Man Succumbs
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m., Wednesday in Settergren's Funeral Chapel for Charles B. Martin, 74, of Park City, retired Northern Pacific Railway Conductor, who died at 7:20 p.m. Sunday in a Billings hospital. Death was attributed to a heart ailment. Mr. Martin had been in the hospital since April 14.
He was born April 22, 1879, in Woodburn, Ia., son of Dr. and Mrs. M.C. (should be T.) Martin. He came west as a young man and entered railroad employment at Livingston in 1903. He married Miss May Davis at Woodburn Oct. 7, 1905, and the family made its home in Livingston. Later they resided at Billings, Laurel, Logan and Bozeman. After Mr. Martin's retirement in 1944 they moved to Park City.
He was a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, the Order of Conductors and the Amorc.
Besides his wife, he is survived by a son, Charles B. Martin Jr. of Livingston; three grandsons and one step-grandchild. Following services Wednesday the body will be taken to Great Falls for cremation.
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