This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Palmer, Martin, Tew, Evans Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Qg.2ADE/424 Message Board Post: Idaho State Journal, 07/05/03 MALAD - Our beloved Erma Martin Evans Palmer, age 86, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Wednesday morning, July 2, 2003, in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was born on August 4, 1916, in Elkhorn, Idaho, to Edith Tew Martin and Riley Alexander Martin. She grew up and lived all of her life in Malad, Idaho, with the exception of this paat year when she moved and made new friends at the Cordia Senior Residence in Salt Lake City, Utah. She graduated from Malad High School in 1935. She worked at the Oneida IGA grocery store, J.C. Penney, and the ASCS office in Malad. She married Fay Jones Evans on July 4, 1936, in Malad. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Logan LDS Temple on August 13, 1964. After Fay's death on August 1, 1993, she married Jenkin L. Palmer on February 17, 1996. He passed away on August 30, 2001. She was preceded in death by her parents and two sisters, Valena Martin Bennett and Edna Martin Harris. She is survived by her daughter, Sharon Evans Jensen (Ren), Fort Collins, Colo., and her son, Gary Martin Evans (Kathy). American Fork, Utah; eight grandchildren, Kirk, Calie, Kristy, Beckie, Angela, Valerie, Wendy and Melinda, and twenty-one great-grandchilden, who all loved her dearly. She is also survived by two stepsons, Tom Palmer (Edna) of Malad and Stanley Palmer (Janice) of Idaho Falls; a foster stepson, Sherm Facer (Nancene) of Layton, Utah, and a special cousin, D.A. South of Salt Lake City; step-grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in many callings, including Relief Society president. Erma was known for her hospitality to friends and family and was a patient caregiver to many in their times of illness. Her family get-togethers for holidays, such as Thanksgiving and the Fourth of July, will remain as precious fond memories. Memor ial donations in Erma's honor may be sent to the Cordia Senior Residence, 4522 South 1300 East, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84117, or the Residence Care Source Hospice, 1025 East 4500 South, Salt Lake City, Utah 84117, whose care was deeply appreciated during the last week of her life. Funeral services will be held on Monday, July 7, 2003, at 11 a.m. in the Malad LDS Fourth Ward chapel, 40 N. 200 W. Friends may call at the Horsley Funeral Home, 132 W. 300 N., Malad, on Sunday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. and on Monday at the funeral home from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Burial will follow in the Malad City Cemetery.