Cheryl Martin

Cheryl Faith Martin, died at her home in Hudson, Wisconsin on Thursday, April 28, 2016. She was born in LaGrange, Illinois, in 1946, and grew up in Downers Grove, Illinois. She attended Northern Illinois University and majored in Elementary Education. Having taught lower elementary grades for 29 years, she retired in 2012.

She gave her life to Christ at age 11, and worked with Good News Clubs for twenty years. Her love of music led her to use her talents of singing and piano playing to direct children’s choirs and to sing in Church choirs and later at the Phipps Oratorio Chorus and Summer Festival Chorus in Hudson, Wisconsin. She loved to travel and went on numerous mission trips and traveled in the Middle East, Europe and Ukraine.

She is survived by her husband, Paul, her sons, Joshua (Belonn) Martin, Justyn (Amanda) Martin, her brother Fred (Annette) Langford, four grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Fred and Mabel Langford, and her sister, Sonna (Rodger) Birnbaum.

Funeral arrangements will be through the O’Connell Funeral Home in Hudson, Wisconsin. There will be visitation there on Wednesday, May 4, 2016, from 4:00 PM until 7:00 PM. Her Funeral Service will be held at the Shepherd Of The Valley Lutheran Church in Afton, Minnesota, on Thursday, May 5, 2016, at 11:00 AM with visitation one hour prior to the service. Interment will be Friday, May 6, at Chapel Hill Gardens in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois.