The Perry Mirror Thursday December 26, 1940 Sister Passes Away In Topeka Monday. Mrs. Laura E. MARTIN, wife of Fred O. Martin, Topeka attorney, died Monday at her home in Topeka. She was born February 29, 1876, in Hillsboro, Ind., and came to Kansas with her parents when a small child, settling near Lawrence. She had been a resident of Topeka nearly thirty years. In 1924, she was married to Mr. Martin in Topeka. She was a member of the First Chirstian church, the Women's Club and the Flower Lovers' Club. Besides her husband, she is survived by one sister, Mrs. Minnie Young, of Topeka; and three brothers, George Strange of Perry, William Strange of Alta Vista and John Strange of Alberta, Canada. Funeral services will be held Thursday morning at 10 o'clock at Penwell's Funeral Home with interment in Topeka cemetery.