Chisago City, Minn.: Martha M. Jung, 98, of Chisago City passed away Tuesday, July 16, 2013.
Martha grew up in the Hosmer area. Her father worked for the railroad for eight years, and then bought a farm when Martha was 12 years old, which he farmed for 15 years, and then owned and operated a gas station in Hosmer until he retired.
Martha and her husband Samuel were married in 1934 and rented a farm southeast of Hosmer for nine years. They then bought a farm in 1943, 5 miles southwest of Leola, which they farmed for 33 years. They sold their farm in 1976 and bought a house in Leola. Samuel died Jan. 18, 1980. Martha continued to live there until her health failed and then moved to an apartment in Chisago City, where her daughter, Marleen, lived. She lived at the Parmly LifePointes Nursing Home from 2009 until her death.
Martha was an active member at St. James Lutheran Church as president and treasurer of her Ladies Aid Group. She loved to read, make quilts, crochet, embroider and always had a large vegetable garden and many flowers to compliment her home.
Martha was preceded in death by her parents, John and Kathrina Grischkowsky; husband, Samuel; granddaughter, Angela; sisters: Alita, Adelgunda, Rosalie, Frieda and Dorothy; brothers: George and Henry; and daughter-in-law, June Jung.
Martha is survived by daughter, Marleen Layton; son, James Jung; grandsons: Delane, Timothy and Paul; granddaughters: Lindsey and Maria; sisters: Edna Durall and Laura Franson; brothers: Oscar Grischkowsky, Harold Grischkowsky and John Grischkowsky.
The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 21, 2013, at St. James Lutheran Church in Leola.
Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at church.
Interment will be at Green Mound Cemetery in Leola.
Memorials are preferred to the Alzheimer's Foundation of America, 322 8th Ave, 7th Floor, New York, New York 10001 or 1-866-232-8484 or www.alzfdn.org.
Arrangements by the Grandstrand Funeral Home in Lindstrom, Minn.
Condolences may be left online at grandstrandfh.com.