Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Jane B. MARTENIS
Jane Martenis Balderston, age 85, died on June 30, 2013, at the Ware Presbyterian Village in Oxford, Pennsylvania.
Jane was born on December 7, 1927, in Hances Point, Maryland, the daughter of the late Fred Boorman Martenis and Emily Williams Martenis. Jane grew up in Elkton on her parents' farm, Twin Pines. She graduated from Elkton High School. She worked on the farm until she was old enough to go away to college. She graduated magna cum laude with a degree in voice from Maryville College in Tennessee. Following graduation, she began teaching school in Havre de Grace, Maryland, and later on taught for many years in the Cecil County public school system. While teaching, she earned a Master's Equivalent from Towson State Teacher's College. She participated in the Presbyterian Women at West Nottingham Presbyterian Church and directed the choir there as well. Jane also was actively involved in the family farm, Colora Orchards.
Jane was a fourth grade teacher for many years at Rising Sun Elementary School in Rising Sun, Maryland. She had a beautiful mezzo soprano voice and sang with the Sweet Adelines and elsewhere around the county.
Jane is pre-deceased by her husband Donald with whom she shared 61 years of marriage. She is survived by her children, Stephen Lloyd Balderston of Colora, Maryland (spouse Cecilia), and Donna Balderston Kaiser (spouse Donald), four grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. She is also survived by siblings, Emily Martenis McGaffin of Raleigh, North Carolina, Fred Weller Martenis of Prescott, Arizona, Thomas Williams Martenis of Burlington, Vermont, and Katharine Martenis McCormick of Bear, Delaware. She was predeceased by her sisters Mary Elizabeth Martenis Yarrington and Helen Martenis Gallaher.
Visitation will be held for family and friends from 9 to 11 a.m. followed by services at
11 a.m. on July 10, 2013, at West Nottingham Presbyterian Church in Colora, Maryland. Burial will be private.
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