Obituary:Emma (McKee) Marin; Pioneer of Jackson Co., Oregon ********************************************************************************* USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE: ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ********************************************************************************* Transcribed and formatted for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Elizabeth Oct 2002 ************************************************************************ MARTIN, Emma (McKee), Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune, Sunday, 9 Aug 1942, p. 10 -- Emma M. Martin, Pioneer, Passes -- Emma McKee Martin, 75, passed away at a local nursing home Friday afternoon after a year's illness. She was born at Logtown, old mining town in the Applegate area, March 27, 1867, the daughter of John and Mary McKee, early pioneers of Jackson county. She was united in marriage to Albert Coffman, now deceased, in Jacksonville in 1889. Three sons and one daughter were born to the union, Andrew Coffman of Alberta, Canada; Wilbert Coffman, who lost his life during the first World war; Robert Coffman of Butte Falls, Ore.; and Mrs. Ella Wooden of Klamath Falls, Ore. Emma Coffman was united in marriage to Thomas H. Fredenburg July 29, 1900, at Butte Falls, Ore. One daughter was born to this union, Mrs. Lulu Case of Woodland, Calif. Emma Fredenburg was united in marriage to Oliver Martin, Nov. 5, 1920, at Klamath Falls, Ore. They lived at Malin for nine years, Central Point for seven years and in the Medford district six years. Mrs. Martin was a Gold Star Mother, and a member of Women's Auxiliary of D. A. V. and W. W. She is also survived by one sister, Mrs. Mary Higginbotham of Central Point, and two brothers, Amos McKee of Applegate, Ore., and John McKee of Central Point, Ore. Funeral services will be conducted from the Perl funeral home Monday at 10 a.m. with interment in the Butte Falls cemetery, the Rev. C. M. Brown officiating.