Obituary for Eleanor B. Martin
Eleanor Joyce Benner Martin, beloved wife of Carroll F. Martin died March 29th at Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta, Maine holding the hand of her lifelong love Carroll. She was born in Nobleboro, Maine, November 21, 1927 on the Benner family homestead, a daughter of Otis B. Benner, Sr. and Ida E. Jackson Benner. She and her husband wintered in Ocala, Florida and summered at Searsport and Nobleboro, Maine.
Mrs. Martin was a 1945 graduate of Waldoboro High School and was Class Historian. She was a majorette for the High School band and a Cheerleader for the basketball teams. She graduated from Rockland High School of Commerce in October 1957. She was a former member of Knox-Lincoln County Extension Association; past President of the Warren Health Council; Sister of Mystic Rebekah Lodge of IOOF in Warren; and was employed at Paragon Button Factory in the Grinding and Finishing Room; Medomak Canning Company and Sylvania Electric Company in Waldoboro, Maine.
After moving to Searsport with her Husband and son Darrell in 1962, she was employed by Corn Products Company International, Inc., as a switchboard operator; Laboratory Technician for Dr. Everett Bryant; and, later as a Private Secretary for Penobscot Poultry Company in Belfast, Maine until its closing. She was then employed as a Optometric Assistant to Dr. Everett Porter in Belfast until her retirement.
Eleanor was an avid genealogist, homemaker, and devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was formerly affiliated with the Baptist Church in Waldoboro as a Sunday School Teacher and was a book critic for several book publishers.
Besides her Husband who was her High School sweetheart and companion for 75 years, she is survived by her one son Darrell O. Martin and his companion, Linda Duncan, both of St. George, Maine and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; two grandsons, Daren C. Martin and his wife Melanie of Union and Dean C. Martin and his wife Kali of Warren; great grandchildren Hannah R. Hewes of Rockland and Cameron D. Martin of Warren, the mother of her grandsons, Paulette Martin of Rockport, brothers Ronald L. Benner of Union and Robert A. Benner of Waldoboro; cousins Murial Aker of Nova Scotia; Janet Hallowell of Bar Harbor and Bruce Atkinson of Georgia, as well as many loved nieces and nephews. Eleanor was predeceased by her sister Sylvia S. Buck of Lincolnville, brother Otis B. Benner of Waldoboro, sister-in-law Anita French Benner of Union and cousin David Benner of Nobleboro.
Visits will be held on Friday, April 8, 2022 from 5-7 PM at Hall Funeral Home, 949 Main Street, in Waldoboro. Burial will be at the German Cemetery at a later date.
"Across the years I will walk with you .... in deep green forests; on shores of sand; and when our time on earth is through, in heaven too, you will have my hand."
Hall's of Waldoboro has care of the arrangements, To extend online condolences visit their Book of Memories at www.hallfuneralhomes.com.
Mrs. Martin was a 1945 graduate of Waldoboro High School and was Class Historian. She was a majorette for the High School band and a Cheerleader for the basketball teams. She graduated from Rockland High School of Commerce in October 1957. She was a former member of Knox-Lincoln County Extension Association; past President of the Warren Health Council; Sister of Mystic Rebekah Lodge of IOOF in Warren; and was employed at Paragon Button Factory in the Grinding and Finishing Room; Medomak Canning Company and Sylvania Electric Company in Waldoboro, Maine.
After moving to Searsport with her Husband and son Darrell in 1962, she was employed by Corn Products Company International, Inc., as a switchboard operator; Laboratory Technician for Dr. Everett Bryant; and, later as a Private Secretary for Penobscot Poultry Company in Belfast, Maine until its closing. She was then employed as a Optometric Assistant to Dr. Everett Porter in Belfast until her retirement.
Eleanor was an avid genealogist, homemaker, and devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was formerly affiliated with the Baptist Church in Waldoboro as a Sunday School Teacher and was a book critic for several book publishers.
Besides her Husband who was her High School sweetheart and companion for 75 years, she is survived by her one son Darrell O. Martin and his companion, Linda Duncan, both of St. George, Maine and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; two grandsons, Daren C. Martin and his wife Melanie of Union and Dean C. Martin and his wife Kali of Warren; great grandchildren Hannah R. Hewes of Rockland and Cameron D. Martin of Warren, the mother of her grandsons, Paulette Martin of Rockport, brothers Ronald L. Benner of Union and Robert A. Benner of Waldoboro; cousins Murial Aker of Nova Scotia; Janet Hallowell of Bar Harbor and Bruce Atkinson of Georgia, as well as many loved nieces and nephews. Eleanor was predeceased by her sister Sylvia S. Buck of Lincolnville, brother Otis B. Benner of Waldoboro, sister-in-law Anita French Benner of Union and cousin David Benner of Nobleboro.
Visits will be held on Friday, April 8, 2022 from 5-7 PM at Hall Funeral Home, 949 Main Street, in Waldoboro. Burial will be at the German Cemetery at a later date.
"Across the years I will walk with you .... in deep green forests; on shores of sand; and when our time on earth is through, in heaven too, you will have my hand."
Hall's of Waldoboro has care of the arrangements, To extend online condolences visit their Book of Memories at www.hallfuneralhomes.com.