Helen Nadine Martin

Helen Nadine Martin passed from this life into eternal life on October 3, 2019 at the Crowley County Nursing Center in Ordway, Colorado.

Nadine was born May 15, 1933, to Herbert and Tressie (Deeter) Knowlton, at home in White Rock, Colorado. She attended White Rock School, across the road from her childhood home, through the 4th grade. For 5th grade she lived in Trinchera with her teacher Mrs. Hall and daughter Patsy Hall and attended school there. For 6th through 8th grades she again attended White Rock. Her first year of high school was in Fowler, but she got sick and missed a lot of school, and with transportation to school an issue she quit school that year. The next year her dad had a job in La Junta so they got a place to live in La Junta and she attended La Junta High School. Her sophomore year of high school the White Rock school had closed and they were running a bus to Fowler, so she changed to Fowler High School. She graduated from Fowler High School in 1952 and was co-salutatorian of the graduating class. She then attended 3 years of college in Greeley, CO.

On August 20, 1955, she married Cletus J. Martin in La Veta, CO. That fall she student taught 3rd grade at Edison, north of Boone, for the 1955-56 school year.

On January 5, 1957, the first of five children was born, a son, Kenneth. Next came a baby girl, Audrey, followed by another boy, Warren, another girl, Jeanie and last of all, a girl, Judy, in 1973. She spent almost all of her adult years as a mother, homemaker, and ranch wife – 18 of those years on the Red Top Ranch southwest of Fowler, CO, followed by a move in 1986 back to the home she was born in at White Rock. She was a longtime member of the White Rock Friends Club and the Fowler Historical Society. Nadine attended Country Bible Church at White Rock and was baptized there in obedience to the Lord as an outward sign of inward faith in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. She loved gardening, animals, cooking, laughing and spending time with family. In August of 2017, failing health forced a move from her beloved White Rock home to the nursing home in Ordway.

She is preceded in death by her parents Herbert and Tressie Knowlton; brothers Harry, Allen and Ralph Knowlton. She is survived by husband Cletus of the family home; children Kenneth (Tiffany) Martin of Oakley, KS; Audrey (Randy) Braddock of Syracuse, KS; Warren (Jeania) Martin of La Veta, CO; Jeanie (Larry) Morgan of La Veta, CO; and Judy (Brook) Figgins of Vilas, CO. She has 9 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held on October 12, 2019 at the Fowler United Methodist Church in Fowler, CO at 11 am. There will be a meal following the service and everyone is invited.

In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to the White Rock schoolhouse fund at White Rock Friends Club, 33999 Hwy 167, Fowler, CO 81039.

Peacock-Larsen Funeral Home & Arkansas Valley Crematory is in charge of arrangements.