Dr. John B. Martin
Dr. John B. Martin, 85, of Brownsville, Pa., died Tuesday, July 22, 2003, in Cherry Tree Nursing Home. He was the son of the late Ralph and Mary Kate Bowden Martin.
A veteran of World War II, he was a POW from 1944 to 1945, and fought in the Battle of the Bulge with the Combat Medics. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
He graduated from Harvard College in Cambridge, Mass., and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He was a member of the American Medical Association, and practiced medicine for 52 years and was a practicing physician at Centerville Clinic for 35 years. He was also on staff at Brownsville and Waynesburg Hospitals, a school doctor with Beth Center School District, and a doctor with Republic Steel Corporation.
He was a member of the Shrine and a lifetime member of the Mason BPOE, American Legion, AMVETS Post No. 103 of Hopwood, the VFW, a member and Race Physician of the Steel City Sports Car Club, and a member of several Pittsburgh Dance clubs.
Surviving are his wife, Pearl V. Martin; a son, Dr. John B. Martin Jr., and wife, Virginia; a daughter, Pamela Martin; a granddaughter, Alexia; and a sister, Marguerite Fox.
Friends will be received in the SKIRPAN FUNERAL HOME, 135 Park St., Brownsville, Pa., today from 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m., where a funeral service will be held Thursday at 1 p.m., with the Rev. Paul Wilson officiating. Entombment in LaFayette Memorial Park with full military rites accorded by AMVETS Post 103.