November 10, 1934 - October 29, 2020
The Memorial service celebrating and honoring the life of Herbert “Herb” Martens, 85, of Enid, will be held 10:00 A.M. Tuesday November 3, 2020 in the Brown-Cummings Funeral Home Chapel. Services are under the direction of Brown-Cummings Funeral Home.
Herbert “Herb” Martens was born November 10, 1934 to Ferdinand and Ella Koch Martens in Minneapolis, Minnesota and passed from this life October 29, 2020 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
He grew up in Sherburn Minnesota where he attended school, graduating from Sherburn High School in 1953. On December 28, 1954 he married Neva Roehrs from this union came two daughters. He enlisted in the United States Army serving in Korea and Ft. Hood, Texas. After his honorable discharge he returned to Minnesota before moving to Iowa where he worked as a route salesman for Pepsi Cola and then Blue Bunny Dairy until 1967. He founded Herb’s Shoe Repair in Estherville, Iowa. He then moved to Mesa, Arizona where he worked as a Warehouse Foreman until 1997. He then retired from Mesa Public School System after twelve years. He moved to Enid in 2006 to be near family. He married Anna David June 3, 2017 in Enid Oklahoma. He enjoyed going to the casino and spending time with his family.
He is survived by his wife Anna, of the home, two daughters Terry and George Gordon, of Enid and Ruth and Gordon Clouse, of Lincoln, Nebraska; three grandchildren Chris, Nathan, and Allison; four great grandchildren Austin, Addison, Harper and Hadley; one step-daughter, Rebecca and Gustavo Haro, of Enid, and one step-son Cruz Cisneros, of Enid; four step grandchildren and four step great grandchildren.
Condolences may be made to the family online at www.Brown-Cummings.com. As one of Oklahomaʼs oldest single family owned and operated providers of funerals and cremations, Brown-Cummings is the name families have turned to for generations. They fully understand the honor and responsibility entrusted to them to preserve the story of oneʼs life. Visit 400 W. Maple, Enid, OK 73701. Call: (580) 237-5432.
Obituaries are posted, in part, due to the generosity of The Commons.
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