Virginia M. Martin

BERLIN – Virginia M. Martin, 88, of Cedar Drive, passed away Thursday, March 10, 2016, at the Vermont Respite House in Williston.
Born on May 23, 1927 in Barre, she was the daughter of Lyman Arthur and Georgia Mae (Edwards) Shepard. She attended elementary school in Williamstown and graduated from Williamstown High School.
Following her marriage to Gordon E. Martin, they made their home in the Marshfield and Plainfield area before moving to Roxbury. In 2004 after Gordon’s death, she moved to Berlin.
Virginia worked for the former Rock of Ages Capacitor Plant and for the former Sprague Electric Company for over 40 years. After her retirement, she accompanied her husband, Gordon on the road throughout the United States reading surface plates for Rock of Ages.
She was a former member of the Kingsbury Chapter 77, OES in North Montpelier. Her interests were reading, plants, and cross-stitch.
Survivors include her sons, Wayne Martin and his wife, Marcy of Cabot and Robert Martin and his wife, Beverley of Lebanon, VA; her daughters, Joyce Mattson of Berlin and Sandra Pollander of Northfield; twelve grandchildren; twenty-four great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild; two sisters, Eva Brown of Williamstown and Gloria Jean Shepard of Montpelier.
Besides her parents and her husband, a son, David Martin; a brother, James Shepard; and a sister, Marilyn Bolado, predeceased her.
A graveside service will be held in the spring at the Vermont Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Randolph Center with the date and time to be announced. There are no calling hours.
Contributions in her memory may be made to the Vermont Respite House, 99 Allen Brook Lane, Williston, VT 05495.