It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Martha Lydia Dunn on March 5th, 2014 at the age of 77 years. She was born in Dinorwic, Ontario on October 3rd, 1936 to parents Sigmund and Lydia Schultz. She grew up on a homestead with her six siblings. At the young age of 16 she moved out of her parents’ house to work in Dryden at a diner. She married her husband Denver Dunn in 1957 and two years later had their only child, Cindy Leanne.
Martha spent most of her working days at the local pulp and paper mill in a division called the St. Regis Bag Company. She also worked in the mill’s finishing room bundling sheets of paper. In 1983 she became gravely ill and took sick leave from the mill. A short time later she became a doting Grandmother.
She was a master in the kitchen; her specialties were breaded chicken and pork chops, glazed ham, macaroni and cheese, and sweet and sour spareribs. She also liked to share her carrot cake, rum balls, chocolate zucchini cake and zucchini loaf around wherever she went. She was an avid gardener, at times keeping up two gardens.
Martha is survived by her daughter Cindy Leviski and son-in-law Peter, her granddaughter Sheri Leviski and her husband-to-be Bry Kotyk, sisters Lily Schultz, Hilda Flint and Linda Smith, brother Arnold Schultz and sister-in-law Bea, as well as nieces, nephews and other relatives.
She was predeceased by her husband Denver of 48 years, her parents, her sister Connie Neely and husband Ted, Erwin Schultz, his wife Connie, and her brothers-in-law Edmund Schultz, Ed Smith and Ken Flint.
A Memorial Funeral Service to celebrate Martha’s life will be held Wednesday, March 12th at 2:00 p.m. in the Moffat Chapel of the Stevens Funeral Homes with Pastor Velma Henderson officiating.
Interment of ashes will take place at a later date.
If friends desire donations may be made to DRHC Room Renovation Fund or Palliative Care online or through the Stevens Funeral Homes P.O. Box 412, Dryden ON P8N 2Z1. Condolences may be posted at www.stevensfuneralhomes.ca